On this day in movie history - Young Frankenstein (1974)

 

Young Frankenstein

directed by Mel Brooks,

written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks,

inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1974.

Music by John Morris.

“Puttin’ on the Riiiiitz!”

- Peter Boyle, as The Monster.

Cast:

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Richard A. Roth, Monte Landis, Rusty Blitz, Anne Beesley, Gene Hackman, John Madison, John Dennis, Rick Norman, Rolfe Sedan, Terence Pushman, Randolph Dobbs, Norbert Schiller, Pat O'Hara, Michael Fox, Lidia Kristen, Ian Abercrombie, Leon Askin, Benjie Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Ken Clayton, Jack Clinton, Robert Cole, Lou Cutell, Alphonso DuBois, Peter Eastman, Sig Frohlich, Michael J. Grayson, Peter Halton, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, George Holmes, Kathryn Janssen, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, Berry Kroeger, Ethelreda Leopold, Bob Liddle, John Marlin, Jeff Maxwell, John Hugh McKnight, Ernesto Molinari, Monty O'Grady, Tony Regan, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Paul Russell, Maida Severn, Norman Stevans, Don Terwilliger, Arthur Tovey, Clement von Franckenstein, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Mary Shelley:

Writer

August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851

Credits:

Frankenstein (1818); The Last Man (1826); The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830); Lodore (aka The Beautiful Widow) (1835); Falkner (1837); Proserpine and Midas (1922); Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot (1998); The Mortal Immortal (1831); The Mourner and Other Stories (1993); Transformation (1831); The Invisible Girl, and The Dream (1831); The Pilgrims (1837); The Heir of Mondolfo (1877).

Movies and television:

A Book and Its Cover (2020); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Adam (2023); Adam Heatherly's Frankenstein! (2022); Adam in aeternum (2021); Allen and Rossi Meet Dracula and Frankenstein (1974); Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999); Army of Frankensteins (2013); Bikini Frankenstein (2010); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Bride of Re-Animator (1990); Canavar Gibi (2018); Carry on Christmas (1969); Cineficción Radio (2019–2021); Creature (2023); Deadly Tales (1998); Depraved (2019); Doctor Franken (1980); Doctor Stein (2019); Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972); Edison's Frankenstein (1990); English the Move: 4Ever After (2023); Erica (2019); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Flesh for Frankenstein (1988); Frank (2019); Frankensitter (2020); Frankenstein (1910 / 1931 / 1984 / 1986 / 1990 / 1992 / 1994 / 2004 / 2015 / 2023); Frankenstein / miniseries (2004); Frankenstein 1970 (1958); Frankenstein 90 (1984); Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974); Frankenstein by Moisés Neto - Silent Version (1989); Frankenstein from the Royal Ballet (2016); Frankenstein General Hospital (1988); Frankenstein in Love (2017); Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969); Frankenstein Punk (1986); Frankenstein Reborn (2005); Frankenstein Rising (2010); Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965); Frankenstein: A Love Story (1974); Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster (1995); Frankensteinin lapsi (2010); Frankenstein's Army (2013); Frankenstein's Aunt (1987); Frankenstein's Master (2013); Frankenstein's Monster (1983); Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999); Great British Theatre (2021); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); I riassuntini (2018); I, Frankenstein (2014); Lady Frankenstein (1971); Life Without Soul (1915); LSD Frankenstein (2002); Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1977); Mary Shelley's the Mortal Immortal (2021); Mashup at the Movies (2021); Matinee Theatre (1957); Monica and Friends (1997); Monster Mash: The Movie (1995); Monster of Frankenstein (1981); Monsterz (2015); Mystery and Imagination (1968); Naan Vanangum Daivam (1963); National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011); O Frankenstein! (2014); Potty Time (1973); Pretty Face (2021); Quaranstein (2020); Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein (1999); Siesta Z (2017); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Spark of Being (2010); Struck by Lightning (1979); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010); Terror of Frankenstein (1977); The Bride (1985); The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1965); The Frankenstein Theory (2013); The Horror of Frankenstein (1970); The Interactive History of Frankenstein (1995); The Last Man (2008); The Monster of Frankenstein (1921); The Moon, The Bat, The Monster (2019); The Mortal Immortal (2024); The Prometheus Project (2010); The Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story (1995); The Reckoning of Darkness (2018); The Sick and Twisted Tale of Frankenstein (2015); The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914); The Ultimate Lover (1986); The Ultimate Sacrifice (2021); The Weary Traveler (2016); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (2004); Victor Frankenstein (2015); Weird (2022); Wishbone (1995); Young Frankenstein (1974).