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Jan 27, 2021 · Cloris Leachman Made Gene Wilder Break Character Repeatedly in One Particular ‘Young Frankenstein’ Scene. The legendary actress died Wednesday. She was 94. By Ryan Parker. January 27, 2021...
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Young Frankenstein (1974) is Mel Brooks inspired spoof of horror movies, in which Dr. Frankensteins grandson, Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), inherits his grandfathers castle and begins his own attempts at creating a human being and infusing it with the spark of life. The hilariously parodical scenes which follow include the monsters ...
The only in-joke connected with this gag is that so many people have missed its real humor and instead been taken in by a leg-pull. Blücher is not the German (or Yiddish) word for glue, nor does it sound remotely like any German (or Yiddish) word for glue standard, slang, archaic, or otherwise. Blücher is simply an ordinary Germanic surname. The j...
The horse bit is funny because its used ridiculously often throughout Young Frankenstein, because the horses dont react to Frau Blüchers physical presence at all (just her name), and because the horses start violently at the mere mention of the phrase Frau Blücher even when they are at an absurdly remote distance from the person uttering it. Horses...
Some have speculated that the gag (or at least the choice of character name) was inspired by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian general who led armies against Napoleon and was known for his aggressive use of cavalry. But Young Frankenstein screenwriter and star Gene Wilder confirmed that he picked the name Blücher merely because it was one t...
For some of us, the desire to believe weve been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overpower our good sense and lead us to ludicrously arcane readings of the straightforward. Full appreciation of Young Frankensteins broad humor requires only a familiarity with some common cinematic devices, not the process by which glue is made.
Young Frankenstein Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman . The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. [5] .
Bringing the big screen to life with description and analysis of Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) in Young Frankenstein.
Aug 30, 2016 · EXCLUSIVE: Cloris Leachman, who worked with Gene Wilder on projects including Mel Brooks’ classic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, told Deadline via her reps that she had so much respect for...
Aug 18, 2012 · 1K. 106K views 11 years ago. Emmy winner Jake Hamilton sits down to talk with Cloris Leachman about the Mel Brooks classic, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN -- only on JAKE'S TAKES! Follow Jake around...
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