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Blazing Saddles meets Young Frankenstein : the 50th anniversary of the year of Mel Brooks / Bruce G. Hallenbeck.

Summary:
"Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks explores in depth the zeitgeist that led to 1974 becoming "the year of Mel Brooks." It was that year that Brooks pulled off the one-two punch of two of his greatest comedies and, indeed, two of the most enduring American comedies ever: Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781493078004
  • Physical Description: xiv, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Essex, Connecticut : Applause, [2025]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: 1974 -- The 1970s : anything goes -- "Please do not write a polite script" -- The problems with Pryor... and casting -- Who rides a Blazing Saddle? -- Singing their way into your heart -- Riding tall in the saddle -- How I did it -- "There wolf, there castle" -- What hump? -- Walk this way -- Abby Normal -- Puttin' on the Ritz -- Fifty years on.
Subject: Brooks, Mel, 1926- > Criticism and interpretation.
Blazing saddles (Motion picture)
Young Frankenstein (Motion picture)
Comedy films > United States > History and criticism
Motion pictures > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Nineteen seventy-four, A.D.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library 791.43 (Text) 33062009967796 New Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 02/26/2025


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