That was usually the case with Mel Brooks, until he met one actor who ended up costing him a fortune. Already an experienced comic before he made his feature-length directorial debut on The Producers ...

Mel Brooks has truly witnessed Hollywood transform during his career, which he started in the late 1940s as a writer. By the 1960s, however, he had made his way to cinema, making his directorial debut ...

In an interview on Conan O'Brien's podcast, Nathan Lane shared that Mel Brooks had originally envisioned Martin Short for the ...

He picked Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein, and the book he produced is called “Eminent Jews.” “Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer” is written ...

When Melvin Kaminsky arrived in Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator. In need of combat engineers, though, the Army noticed the young private's military ...

Mr. Denby begins with Mel Brooks, who had a hard time finding the comic genius that eventually resulted in “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” and “Young Frankenstein.” Now 98, Mr. Brooks was loud and ...

Cleavon Little, left, as Sheriff Bart and Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles." Where, oh, where have we seen this horribly bad, really bad movie before? Are we really ...

Who’d have thought laughing at Nazis would suddenly become so pertinent again? Mel Brooks’ original film was made in 1967, when you could have fought in World War II, and still be in your 40s.