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Boyle met his wife, Loraine Alterman, on the set of Young Frankenstein while she was there as a reporter for Rolling Stone. [15] He was still in his Frankenstein makeup when he asked her for a date. [16] Through Alterman and her friend Yoko Ono, Boyle became friends with John Lennon, who was the best man at Boyle and Alterman's 1977 wedding. [17]
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. [4]
Young Frankenstein: 20th Century Fox / Gruskoff/Venture Films / Crossbow Productions, Inc. Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Gene Wilder (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn: 18 The Front Page: Universal Pictures
Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr in 'Young Frankenstein.' Her earliest projects allowed her to use her dancing skills. She appeared in six movies starring Elvis Presley ...
Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr in a scene from the movie ‘Young Frankenstein’, 1974. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)
After the filming of Blazing Saddles was completed, Wilder and Brooks began writing the script for Young Frankenstein and shot it in the spring of 1974. It starred Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and Kenneth Mars, with Gene Hackman in a cameo role. Brooks' voice can be heard three times: as the wolf ...
Garr's onscreen career spans 40 years and over 150 on screen projects, including, most notably, 1974's Young Frankenstein and 1982's Tootsie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award in ...
Young Frankenstein was a commercial success, with Wilder and Brooks receiving Best Adapted Screenplay nominations at the 1975 Oscars, [35] losing to Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo for their adaptation of The Godfather Part II. [36] While filming Young Frankenstein, Wilder had an idea for a romantic musical comedy about a brother of Sherlock Holmes.