After Blazing Saddles rocketed him to fame (his first film, The Producers was a sleeper, only recognised as a classic after re-release), Mel Brooks was hot...
Mel Brooks’s received an Oscar for writing this backstage farce, his first feature. Zero Mostel gives a hysterical performance as a Broadway producer who cons old...
‘Once upon a time when things were rotten, Not just food, but also kings were rotten…’ Young funnymen-in-training in the mid-70’s knew there were four magic...
The Moment: The Campfire Scene in Blazing Saddles (1974) Who’s to Thank: Mel Brooks The Setup: The nighttime scene opens with appropriately hokey dum-da-DEE-da, dum-da-DEE-dah cowpoke-harmonica...
“Would you believe…” There are a few basic rules to the sitcom: First, you build your show around some kind of family’the mom/dad/kids type, the workplace...
Over his fifty-plus year career Mel Brooks has established himself as one of the pre-eminent satirists in the entertainment industry. His razor sharp humor has scored...
Vienna-Born Hedy Lamarr began her acting career at the age of sixteen under the auspices of German impresario Max Reinhardt, and appeared in mediocre German cinematic...
As many an aging actress knows, Hollywood can be an unfriendly place for no-longer-young leading ladies and sex symbols. And yet, the dark-haired, sensuous Anne Bancroft...
In Play For Today drama 84 Charing Cross Road a London bookshop owner corresponds with a lady in America over a 20 year period. Published in...