Silent movie director brooks

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. And so it is a silent movie about the attempts of mel funn brooks, a hasbeen director dragged down by drink, to film a contemporary allstar silent movie, complete with raucous musical. Brooks says on a title card, of course, since this is a silent movie. Silent movie 1976, in which brooks himself starred as a washedup director who. The trio has a plan to make a silent movie, forty years after talkies took over the. Silent movie is an american satirical comedy film cowritten and directed by and starring mel brooks, released by 20th century fox in the summer of 1976. Mel brooks, american film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. Silent movie 1976 was written by brooks and ron clark. See more ideas about silent film, film director and film. A washedup director and his buddies attempt a comeback with a latterday silent movie. A hasbeen comedy director struggles to recruit a group of big. Silent movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films over the next few years, starring with adolphe menjou and w.

The film had music by brooks and john morris, and had a modest. Brooks continued writing and directing films over the next two decades, as seen with silent movie 1976, high anxiety 1977, history of the world part 1 1981, spaceballs 1987, life stinks. Mel funn mel brooks, a great hollywood film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. Brooks made her screen debut in the silent the street of forgotten men, in an uncredited role in 1925. Mel brooks celebrity profile check out the latest mel brooks photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Mel brooks is an american director, writer, actor, comedian. You might suspect that mel brookss decision to make a contemporary silent movie titled silent movie, starring himself as a director trying to. A hasbeen comedy director struggles to recruit a group of big hollywood stars to take part in his comeback project, a modernday silent movie. Silent movie 1976 in this dialoguefree slapstick comedy, film director mel funn mel brooks travels to the ailing big picture studios to pitch his comeback film.

Brooks, who directed it, also plays the lead, mel funn, a hollywood director on the skids, who has an idea to save his movie studio from being swallowed up by a. Please help me spread the word about movies on movies. That level of commitment to a few seconds of a movie embodies the ethos of the best silent comedy. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Lois weber june, 1879 november, 1939 was an american silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director. With louise brooks, fritz kortner, francis lederer, carl goetz.

Enter mel funn brooks, a oncetalented director whose career was cut. Mel brooks cameofilled comedy pays loving tribute to the early days of. Find movie and film cast and crew information for silent movie 1976 mel brooks on allmovie. Mel brooks talks up silent movie the new york times. Silent movie is an american satirical comedy film cowritten and directed by and starring mel brooks, released by. With mel brooks, marty feldman, dom deluise, sid caesar. Silent movie follows the antics of mel funn brooks, marty eggs marty feldman, and dom bell dom deluise. Together with carl reiner, he created the comic character the 2000 year old man. Silent movie 1976 mel brooks cast and crew allmovie. Silent movie with golden subtitles the new york times.

A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years. Brooks is famous for the spoofs of different film genres that he made such as blazing saddles 1974, history of the world. You might suspect that mel brookss decision to make a contemporary silent movie titled silent movie, starring himself as a director trying to make a. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Part i 1981, silent movie 1976, young frankenstein 1974, robin.