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** 1/2 “The Caddy” *** “The Family Jewels”

Paramount. $19.95 each .

In Paris, they call him “M. Le Crazy” and rank him with Chaplin and Keaton. But in America, Jerry Lewis--the connoisseur of fine whines and the sultan of spastic slapstick--can’t get no respect. These two movies give you both sides. Norman Taurog’s “The Caddy” is a sometimes subpar 1953 Martin & Lewis golfing comedy enlivened by a Dean and Jerry duet on “That’s Amore” and a snatch of their great stage act. “The Family Jewels”--which made the “Cahiers du Cinema” 1965 top 10 list--is a frenetic, sentimental, austerely shot farce-fable about a rich orphan picking a new guardian from among her uncles. (If you dislike Lewis’ humor, you’ll be crying “uncle!” yourself; he plays six of them, as well as co-writing and directing.) Are the French crazy? Try turning down the sound as you watch. You may see that the much-maligned Lewis, for all his cloying pandemonium, is a genius at physical comedy.