• discussed in biography
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    InMel Brooks: Films of the 1970s

    …films of the 1930s titledYoung Frankenstein (1974), which earned Brooks and the film’s star and cowriter, Wilder, an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay.Young Frankenstein was more carefully structured thanBlazing Saddles, and its elegant black-and-white cinematography replicated the look of the 1935Bride of Frankenstein. Brooks reined…

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• Frankenstein films
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    InFrankenstein

    …Frankenstein (1948) and Mel Brooks’sYoung Frankenstein (1974).

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• Hackman
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    InGene Hackman

    …films—such as Mel Brooks’s satireYoung Frankenstein (1974), in which Hackman shines in a small role as a blind man, andSuperman (1978), in which he portrays comic-book villain Lex Luthor—exemplified his versatility and his underutilized flair for comedy.

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• Leachman
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    InCloris Leachman

    …Blücher in Mel Brooks’s filmYoung Frankenstein (1974).

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• Wilder
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    InGene Wilder

    …Brooks films,Blazing Saddles andYoung Frankenstein. The first film, a ribald spoof of westerns, featured Wilder as the laconic “Waco Kid,” a drunken ex-gunslinger.Young Frankenstein, hailed by many critics as one of the greatest comedies ever made, provided Wilder with his best screen role, that of a third-generation…

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