Directed by Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks’ spoof of the classic horror film finds young Dr. Frederick Frankenstein returning to the family castle and taking up his grandfather’s experiments, aided by hunchbacked servant Igor and sexy laboratory assistant Inge. The doctor navigates encounters with angry townsfolk, suspicious constables, and a tricky secret-door bookcase in bringing to life his creation, an achievement which culminates in a very classy performance of “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
Twentieth Century Fox. Producer: Michael Gruskoff. Screenwriter: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks. Cinematographer: Gerald Hirschfeld. Editor: John C. Howard. Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr.
35mm, b/w, 106 min.
