Mel Brooks recalled in his memoir that Gene Wilder had just won request for him, and delivered with “with a big smiles on his ...

Young Frankenstein originally had a development deal at Columbia Pictures, with a deal to make and distribute the movie ready to go essentially finalized. However, before the ink could dry ...

On December 15, 1974, Gene Wilder's 'Young Frankenstein,' now recognized as an essential part of the Mel Brooks canon, first hit theaters. By John H. Dorr On December 15, 1974, Gene Wilder’s ...

When he screened the rough cut of “Young Frankenstein” to a small audience on the Fox lot, he warned them that at nearly 2½ hours long, the movie “would be a total failure,” but added ...