Visit To A Small Planet (1960)

Starring Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams
Directed by Norman Taurog

(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

A space alien trying to learn more about the earth descends to the planet and stays with the family of a gruff TV commentator who doesn't believe in extraterrestrial life.

Lewis stars as the alien in another of his "fish out of water" pictures.  This was based on a play by Gore Vidal, but according to my friend Dwight Kemper, there's little similarity, with the plot rewritten by Paramount's screenwriters.  When the alien discovers the Civil War is over, instead of trying to start a new war, as in the play, he uses his powers to impress a young couple, including levitating cars and people, and showing off magical drum work at a hipster club.  This leads to a romantic entanglement with the commentator's daughter and conflict with her fiancee.   Most of the humor is lowbrow but the special effects are pretty good, from the great John P. Fulton.

Scared Stiff (1953)

Starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda, George Dolenz
Directed by George Marshall
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

A nightclub entertainer and his clumsy sidekick accompany a young heiress to a Cuban island haunted by ghosts and a zombie.

According to Wikipedia, this film is the fourth adaptation of the same play, and was last filmed as 1940's The Ghost Breakers, starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.  Here it's remade as a vehicle for Martin and Lewis, and it's not a bad picture, featuring some fun numbers teaming the singer and comedian with Brazilian songstress Carmen Miranda.  Yet the horror scenes pale in comparison to the 1940 version, as for example, Jack Lambert's zombie does not have the same impact as Noble Johnson's did a decade earlier.  Although the presence of Lewis allows the filmmakers to jettison the stereotype played by Willie Best in the previous version, that leaves the film without any black actors, so that's not exactly progress.  Despite all that, fans of Martin and Lewis should enjoy the movie, but I'd recommend The Ghost Breakers as the better version for those looking for laughs and chills.  The two earlier silent versions of the story are apparently lost films, per Wikipedia.

Way...Way Out (1966)

Starring Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, Howard Morris
Directed by Gordon Douglas
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

A reluctant astronaut is assigned to live on the moon for a year, but must first marry a qualified female scientist to take with him.

An unfunny misfire from comedian Jerry Lewis, it's rather surprising he went through with this film, playing a fairly straight-laced character as opposed to his more wacky creations.  Although a fine veteran cast is on hand, including Connie Stevens as an attractive feminine foil for Lewis, the material is beneath them, and the sci-fi setting is hardly taken advantage of for comic effect.  The film does offer a fairly solid framework for what could have been a memorable farce, but fails to follow through on the possibilities.