What was the name of Gene Wilder’s character in Young Frankenstein (1974)?
Gene Wilder’s character in Young Frankenstein (1974) was Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, pronounced “FRONK-ensteen.”
Yes, a Hollywood Canteen was more than the title of a 1944 movie featuring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. During World War II, it was a gathering place in Hollywood for servicemen and women. It was founded by Bette Davis and John Garfield.
Roman Polanski played a spoons player in his film Repulsion (1965). Polanski also played the man with the knife who cuts Jack Nicholson’s nostril in his film Chinatown (1974).
Ted Turner owns three film libraries: those of RKO, MGM/UA, and Warner Brothers.
John Wayne played the centurion at the crucifixion in The Greatest Story Ever Told. His only line was, “Truly, this was the Son of God.” The movie was director George Stevens’s version of the life of Christ.
Four of William Goldman’s novels have been adapted for the screen: Marathon Man (1976), Magic (1978), Heat (1987), and The Princess Bride (1987).
In the prologue that frames the story, Douglas Walton plays Shelley and Gavin Gordon plays Lord Byron in The Bride of Frankenstein. Elsa Lanchester plays Mary Shelley (author of the novel Frankenstein), as well as the monster’s bride.