Young Frankenstein

…films of the 1930s titled Young 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 than Blazing Saddles, and its elegant black-and-white cinematography replicated the look of the 1935 Bride of Frankenstein. Brooks reined…

…Frankenstein (1948) and Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (1974).

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

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

…Brooks films, Blazing Saddles and Young 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…