What is Young Frankenstein/The Producers about?

Double Feature: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Dir. Mel Brooks. Gene Wilder stars as Dr. Frankenstein, struggling to breathe life into tap-dancing monster Peter Boyle with demented help from hunchback assistant Marty Feldman, lusty Teri Garr, neurotic girlfriend Madeline Kahn and Frau Blucher herself, Cloris Leachman. Kenneth Mars is outlandishly memorable as one-eyed, one-armed German Inspector Kemp. THE PRODUCERS, 1968, Rialto Pictures, 88 min. Dir. Mel Brooks. Conniving con man Zero Mostel and sheepish, going-along-for-the-ride Gene Wilder decide to get rich by producing what they believe will be a guaranteed flop. The pair’s production “Springtime For Hitler” inadvertently becomes a hit. With Kenneth Mars as the humorless, ex-German soldier playwright. Introduction by Mel Brooks (schedule permitting).

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What is Young Frankenstein/The Producers about?: Double Feature: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Dir. Mel Brooks. Gene Wilder stars as Dr. Frankenstein, struggling to breathe life into tap-dancing monster Peter Boyle with demented help from hunchback assistant Marty Feldman, lusty Teri Garr, neurotic girlfriend Madeline Kahn and Frau Blucher herself, Cloris Leachman. Kenneth Mars is outlandishly memorable as one-eyed, one-armed German Inspector Kemp.

THE PRODUCERS, 1968, Rialto Pictures, 88 min. Dir. Mel Brooks. Conniving con man Zero Mostel and sheepish, going-along-for-the-ride Gene Wilder decide to get rich by producing what they believe will be a guaranteed flop. The pair’s production “Springtime For Hitler” inadvertently becomes a hit. With Kenneth Mars as the humorless, ex-German soldier playwright. Introduction by Mel Brooks (schedule permitting).