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Calculated Shard: 198 (from laksa171)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa198.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein","crawl_time":1770266090,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,fandom!universalmonsters,\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein s443","src_root_hash":"11439660390604180198","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Young Frankenstein | Universal Monsters Wiki | Fandom","meta_descriptions":["Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars..."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Young Frankenstein\nis a 1974 American\ncomedy film\ndirected by\nMel Brooks\nand starring\nGene Wilder\nas the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes\nTeri Garr\n,\nCloris Leachman\n,\nMarty Feldman\n,\nPeter Boyle\n,\nMadeline Kahn\n,\nKenneth Mars\n,\nRichard Haydn\nand\nGene Hackman\n. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder.\n[\n1\n]\nThe film is an affectionate\nparody\nof the\nclassical\nhorror\nfilm genre\n, in particular the various\nfilm adaptations\nof\nMary Shelley\n's novel\nFrankenstein\nproduced by\nUniversal\nin the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by\nKenneth Strickfaden\nfor the 1931 film\nFrankenstein\n. To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in\nblack-and-white\n, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer\nJohn Morris\n.\nYoung Frankenstein\nranks No.  28 on\nTotal Film\nmagazine's \"List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time\".,\n[\n2\n]\nnumber 56 on\nBravo TV\n's list of the \"100 Funniest Movies\",\n[\n3\n]\nand number 13 on the\nAmerican Film Institute\n's\nlist of the 100 funniest American movies\n.\n[\n4\n]\nIn 2003, it was deemed \"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant\" by the United States\nNational Film Preservation Board\n, and selected for preservation in the\nLibrary of Congress\nNational Film Registry\n.\n[\n5\n]\nPlot\n[\n]\nDr.\nFrederick Frankenstein\n(\nGene Wilder\n) is a respected lecturer at an American\nmedical school\nand engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (\nMadeline Kahn\n). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of\nhis grandfather\n, the infamous\nmad scientist\nwhose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced \"Fronk-en-steen\".\nWhen a\nsolicitor\ninforms him that he has inherited his family's\nestate\nin\nTransylvania\n, Frederick  travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor (\nMarty Feldman\n), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as \"eye-gore.\" Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named\nInga\n(\nTeri Garr\n). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher (\nCloris Leachman\n), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright.\nThough his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an \"abnormal\" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse.\nSoon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature (\nPeter Boyle\n), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a\nlightning\nstorm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied \"Abby Normal's\" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled \"abnormal\"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him.\nMeanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp (\nKenneth Mars\n), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle.\nWhile roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind\nhermit\n(\nGene Hackman\n); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage.\nAfter a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of \"The Creature\" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number \"\nPuttin' on the Ritz\n\", complete with\ntop hats\nand\ntails\n. Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a\nstage light explodes\nand frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police.\nAfter being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit.  Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as\nSchwanstuker\nor\nSchwanzstück\n—a\nYiddish\nmalapropism\nfrom\nSchwanz\n, \"tail\", which also is German\nslang\nfor \"\npenis\n\", and\nStück\n, \"piece\").\nThe townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob.  (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel.  In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other \"Frankenstein\" film.)  The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's\nSchwanzstück\n).\nCast\n[\n]\nGene Wilder\nas Dr. Frederick Frankenstein\nMarty Feldman\nas Igor\nPeter Boyle\nas the Monster\nTeri Garr\nas Inga\nCloris Leachman\nas Frau Blücher\nMadeline Kahn\nas Elizabeth\nKenneth Mars\nas Inspector Kemp\nRichard Haydn\nas Herr Falkstein\nLiam Dunn\nas Mr. Hilltop\nDanny Goldman\nas Medical student\nLeon Askin\nas Herr Walman (\ndeleted scenes\n)\nGene Hackman\nas Harold, The Blind Man\n[\n6\n]\nMel Brooks\nas Helga's Father \/ Werewolf \/ Cat Hit by Dart \/ Victor Frankenstein (voice) (\nuncredited\n)\nLou Cutell\nas Frightened Villager (\nuncredited\n)\nIan Abercrombie\nas Second Villager (\nuncredited\n)\nProduction\n[\n]\nOrigins\n[\n]\nIn a 2010 interview with the\nLos Angeles Times\n, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:\n[\n7\n]\nI was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of\nBlazing Saddles\nsomewhere in the Antelope Valley, and\nGene Wilder\nand I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another\nFrankenstein\n. I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another\nFrankenstein\n. His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, \"That's funny.\"\nColor scheme\n[\n]\nDuring pilot episode commentary on the\nGet Smart\nDVD Season One set, Brooks said\nColumbia Pictures\nwould not allow\nYoung Frankenstein\nto be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to\n20th Century Fox\n, where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as \"directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense\" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film\nBlazing Saddles\n.\nFilming\n[\n]\nWhile shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers \"varm milk\" and\nOvaltine\nto Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film (\"Didn't you used to have that on the other side?\", \"What hump?\"). Brooks has declared\nYoung Frankenstein\nhis favorite among his own films.\nReferenced films\n[\n]\nIn one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on\nFrankenstein\n(1931),\nBride of Frankenstein\n(1935),\nSon of Frankenstein\n(1939) and\nThe Ghost of Frankenstein\n(1942), although there are clearly also references to\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943).\nFrankenstein\n(1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of \"\nPuttin' on the Ritz\n\" speaks in a similar manner to\nEdward van Sloan\n, who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits\nBride of Frankenstein\n(1935) -\nMadeline Kahn\nmade up as \"the bride\", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars)\nSon of Frankenstein\n(1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh\/Kempf, the game of darts,  Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster\nThe Ghost of Frankenstein\n(1942) - the town called \"Frankenstein\" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor)\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - \"destiny, destiny\" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital),\nTeri Garr\nas the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the\nMaria Ouspenskaya\ncharacter, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music\nThe Curse of Frankenstein\n(1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the \"pass the marmalade\")\nThe use of \"Transylvania station\" in the remake of the similar scenes from\nSon of Frankenstein\ncould perhaps be seen as a nod to\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944) and\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song \"\nChattanooga Choo Choo\n\" by\nGlenn Miller\n;\n[\n8\n]\n\"Transylvania Station\" parodies New York City's\nPennsylvania Station\nin this context.\nDeleted scenes\n[\n]\nThe following\ndeleted scenes\ncan be found as bonus material on the DVD:\nWhen the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the \"mad scientist\" in the family.\nAlso, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday.\nSoundtrack\n[\n]\nABC Records\nreleased the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997,\nOne Way Records\nreissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available.\nTrack listing\nMain Title (Theme From \"Young Frankenstein\")\nThat's Fron-Kon-Steen!\nTrain Ride To Transylvania \/ The Doctor Meets Igor\nFrau Blücher\nGrandfather's Private Library\nIt's Alive!\nHe Was My Boyfriend\nMy Name Is Frankenstein!\nIntroduction \/\nPuttin' on the Ritz\nA Riot Is An Ugly Thing\nHe's Broken Loose\nMonster Talks, The\nWedding Night \/ End Title\nTheme From \"Young Frankenstein\" (Disco Version) - performed by\nRhythm Heritage\nCultural references\n[\n]\nThe brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to \"Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint\". A real-life\nHans Delbrück\nwas a nineteenth-century military historian; his son\nMax Delbrück\nwas a twentieth-century biochemist and\nNobel\nlaureate.\nEvery time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that\nBlücher\nmeans \"glue\" in\nGerman\n; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname.\n[\n9\n]\nThe German term for glue is\nder Kleber\n, or\ntierischer Leim\nfor animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else.\n[\n10\n]\nIn an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher.\n[\n11\n]\nIn the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: \"They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around.\"\nThe US\nAMC\ncable network broadcast a 2007 \"DVD TV\" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on\nUlla\nfrom Brooks' earlier film\nThe Producers\n.\nCultural legacy\n[\n]\nWhen the film was in theaters, the band\nAerosmith\nwas working on its third studio album,\nToys in the Attic\n. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of\nYoung Frankenstein\n, where the\n\"Walk This Way\" gag\nprovided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit \"\nWalk This Way\n\".\n[\n12\n]\nIn the film Igor says \"Walk this way\", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old\nvaudeville\n\"talcum powder\"\njoke.\n[\n13\n]\nMusical adaptation\n[\n]\nBrooks adapted the film into a\nmusical of the same name\nwhich premiered in Seattle at the\nParamount Theatre\nand ran from August 7–September 1, 2007.\n[\n14\n]\nThe musical opened on\nBroadway\nat the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.\n[\n15\n]\nAwards\n[\n]\nNominations\n[\n5\n]\n[\n16\n]\nAcademy Award for Best Sound\n,\nRichard Portman\nand\nGene Cantamessa\n(1975)\nAcademy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay\n, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\nGolden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy\n, Cloris Leachman (1975)\nGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture\n, Madeline Kahn (1975)\nWGA Award\nfor\nBest Comedy Adapted from Another Medium\n, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\nCloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime.\nWins\n[\n5\n]\nHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation\n,\nYoung Frankenstein\n(1975)\nNebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing\n, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976)\nSaturn Award for Best Horror Film\n,\nYoung Frankenstein\n(1976)\nSaturn Award for Best Direction\n, Mel Brooks (1976)\nSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor\n, Marty Feldman (1976)\nSaturn Award for Best Make-up\n, William Tuttle (1976)\nSaturn Award\nfor Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy  (1976)\nGolden Screen Award,\nYoung Frankenstein\n(1977)\nToronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976)\nOther honors\n[\n]\nAmerican Film Institute\nrecognition\nAFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs\n- #13\n[\n4\n]\nAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs\n:\n\"\nPuttin' on the Ritz\n\" - #89\n[\n17\n]\nAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes\n:\n\"What hump?\" - Nominated\nAFI's 100 Years of Film Scores\n- Nominated\nAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)\n- Nominated\nIn 2011,\nABC\naired a primetime special,\nBest in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time\n, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and\nPeople\n.\nYoung Frankenstein\nwas selected as the #4 Best Comedy.\nReferences\n[\n]\n↑\nDirector & leading actors\n↑\n\"Film & Movie Comedy Classics\"\n.\nComedy Zone\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.comedy-zone.net\/tv\/films\/index.htm\n. Retrieved December 16, 2008\n.\n↑\n\"Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies\"\n.\nBravo\n. Published by Lists of Bests\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.listsofbests.com\/list\/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2\n. Retrieved November 21, 2010\n.\n↑\n4.0\n4.1\n\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs\"\n.\nAmerican Film Institute\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/laughs.aspx\n. Retrieved November 21, 2010\n.\n↑\n5.0\n5.1\n5.2\n\"\nYoung Frankenstein\n: Award Wins and Nominations\"\n.\nIMDb\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/awards\n. Retrieved November 21, 2010\n.\n↑\nAccording to\nLeonard Maltin\n's annual directory of movies,\nGene Hackman\nwas uncredited in the original theatrical run.\n↑\nLacher, Irene.\n\"The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical\"\n.\nLos Angeles Times\n, 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10.\n↑\n\"Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller\"\n. Lyricsdepot.com\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.lyricsdepot.com\/glenn-miller\/chattanooga-choo-choo.html\n. Retrieved 2011-01-20\n.\n↑\n\"Elmer's Gantry\"\n. snopes.com. 2007-08-12\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.snopes.com\/movies\/films\/blucher.htm\n. Retrieved 2011-01-20\n.\n↑\nMarshall Fine.\n\"That's Fronkensteen\"\n. Amazon.com\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/feature\/-\/1844\/\n. Retrieved 2011-01-20\n.\n↑\nThe O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009\n↑\n\"Walk their way | Aerosmith News\"\n. AeroForceOne\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.aeroforceone.com\/index.cfm\/pk\/view\/cd\/NAA\/cdid\/312697\/pid\/302766\n. Retrieved 2011-01-20\n.\n↑\nKiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art\n, p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005.\n↑\n\"The Paramount official site\"\n. Theparamount.com\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.theparamount.com\/YoungFrankenstein\/\n. Retrieved 2011-01-20\n.\n↑\nPlaybill article, 11\/8\/07\n↑\n\"The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners\"\n.\noscars.org\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/academyawards\/legacy\/ceremony\/47th-winners.html\n. Retrieved 2011-10-02\n.\n↑\n\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs\"\n.\nAmerican Film Institute\n.\nhttp:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/songs.aspx\n. Retrieved November 21, 2010\n.\nExternal links\n[\n]\nYoung Frankenstein\nat the\nInternet Movie Database\nYoung Frankenstein\nat\nBox Office Mojo\nYoung Frankenstein\nat\nRotten Tomatoes\nv\n·\nd\n·\ne\nFrankenstein\nCharacters and locales\nDr. Frankenstein\n•\nFrankenstein's monster\n•\nElizabeth Lavenza\n•\nBride of Frankenstein\n•\nIgor\n•\nCastle Frankenstein\nClassic\nUniversal Monsters\nfilms\nFrankenstein\n(1931) •\nBride of Frankenstein\n(1935) •\nSon of Frankenstein\n(1939) •\nThe Ghost of Frankenstein\n(1942) •\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943) •\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944) •\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945) •\nAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\n(1948)\nHammer Horror\nfilms\nThe Curse of Frankenstein\n(1957) •\nThe Revenge of Frankenstein\n(1958) •\nThe Evil of Frankenstein\n(1964) •\nFrankenstein Created Woman\n(1967) •\nFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed\n(1969) •\nThe Horror of Frankenstein\n(1970) •\nFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell\n(1974)\nMunsters\nfilms\nMunster, Go Home!\n(1966) •\nThe Munsters' Revenge\n(1981) •\nHere Come the Munsters\n(1995) •\nThe Munsters' Scary Little Christmas\n(1996) •\nThe Munsters\n(2022)\nOther films\nAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein\n(1999) •\nVan Helsing\n(2004) •\nLisa Frankenstein\n(2024)\nv\n·\nd\n·\ne\nMel Brooks\nFeature films\nThe Producers\n(1968) \n·\nThe Twelve Chairs\n(1970) \n·\nBlazing Saddles\n(1974) \n·\nYoung Frankenstein\n(1974) \n·\nSilent Movie\n(1976) \n·\nHigh Anxiety\n(1977) \n·\nHistory of the World, Part I\n(1981) \n·\nSpaceballs\n(1987) \n·\nLife Stinks\n(1991) \n·\nRobin Hood: Men in Tights\n(1993) \n·\nDracula: Dead and Loving It\n(1995)\nProductions\nThe Elephant Man\n(1980) \n·\nTo Be or Not to Be\n(1983) \n·\nThe Fly\n(1986) \n·\n84 Charing Cross Road\n(1987) \n·\nThe Producers\n(2005) \n·\nGet Smart\n(2008)\nTelevision programs\nGet Smart\n \n·\nWhen Things Were Rotten\n \n·\nSpaceballs: The Animated Series\nBroadway productions\nShinbone Alley\n \n·\nAll-American\n \n·\nThe Producers\n(2001)\n \n·\nYoung Frankenstein\n(2007)\nCollaborators\nAnne Bancroft\n \n·\nRudy De Luca\n \n·\nDom DeLuise\n \n·\nMarty Feldman\n \n·\nMadeline Kahn\n \n·\nHarvey Korman\n \n·\nCloris Leachman\n \n·\nKenneth Mars\n \n·\nCarl Reiner\n \n·\nGene Wilder\n \n·\nPeter Boyle\nv\n·\nd\n·\ne\nUniversal Monsters\nfilm series\nDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\nDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\n(1913) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\n(1953)\nThe Phantom of the Opera\nThe Phantom of the Opera\n(1925) \n·\nPhantom of the Opera\n(1943)\nDracula\nDracula\n(1931) \n·\nDrácula\n(1931) \n·\nDracula's Daughter\n(1936) \n·\nSon of Dracula\n(1943) \n·\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944)  \n·\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\n(1948)\nFrankenstein's Monster\nFrankenstein\n(1931) \n·\nBride of Frankenstein\n(1935) \n·\nSon of Frankenstein\n(1939) \n·\nThe Ghost of Frankenstein\n(1942) \n·\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943) \n·\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944)  \n·\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\n(1948)\nEdgar Allan Poe\nMurders in the Rue Morgue\n(1932) \n·\nThe Black Cat\n(1934) \n·\nThe Raven\n(1935) \n·\nThe Black Cat\n(1941)\nThe Mummy\nThe Mummy\n(1932) \n·\nThe Mummy's Hand\n(1940) \n·\nThe Mummy's Tomb\n(1942) \n·\nThe Mummy's Ghost\n(1944) \n·\nThe Mummy's Curse\n(1944) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy\n(1955)\nThe Invisible Man\nThe Invisible Man\n(1933) \n·\nThe Invisible Man Returns\n(1940) \n·\nThe Invisible Woman\n(1940) \n·\nInvisible Agent\n(1942) \n·\nThe Invisible Man's Revenge\n(1944) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man\n(1951)\nThe Wolf Man\nThe Wolf Man\n(1941) \n·\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943) \n·\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944) \n·\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\n(1948)\nThe Ape Woman\nCaptive Wild Woman\n(1943) \n·\nJungle Woman\n(1944) \n·\nThe Jungle Captive\n(1945)\nInner Sanctum Mysteries\nCalling Dr. Death\n(1943) \n·\nWeird Woman\n(1944) \n·\nDead Man's Eyes\n(1944) \n·\nThe Frozen Ghost\n(1945) \n·\nStrange Confession\n(1945) \n·\nPillow of Death\n(1945)\nCreature from the Black Lagoon\nCreature from the Black Lagoon\n(1954) \n·\nRevenge of the Creature\n(1955) \n·\nThe Creature Walks Among Us\n(1956)\nMultiple monsters\nFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\n(1943) \n·\nHouse of Frankenstein\n(1944) \n·\nHouse of Dracula\n(1945) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\n(1948)\nThe Creeper\nHouse of Horrors\n(1946) \n·\nThe Brute Man\n(1946)\nOthers\nThe Werewolf\n(1913) \n·\nThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\n(1923) \n·\nThe Cat and the Canary\n(1927) \n·\nThe Man Who Laughs\n(1928) \n·\nThe Last Warning\n(1929) \n·\nThe Last Performance\n(1929) \n·\nThe Cat Creeps\n(1930) \n·\nLa Voluntad del muerto\n(1930) \n·\nThe Old Dark House\n(1932) \n·\nThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\n(1935) \n·\nWerewolf of London\n(1935) \n·\nThe Invisible Ray\n(1936) \n·\nNight Key\n(1937) \n·\nThe Phantom Creeps\n(1939) \n·\nTower of London\n(1939) \n·\nBlack Friday\n(1940) \n·\nMan Made Monster\n(1941) \n·\nHorror Island\n(1941) \n·\nNight Monster\n(1942) \n·\nThe Mad Ghoul\n(1943) \n·\nThe Climax\n(1944) \n·\nShe-Wolf of London\n(1946) \n·\nAbbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff\n(1949) \n·\nThe Strange Door\n(1951) \n·\nThe Black Castle\n(1952) \n·\nIt Came from Outer Space\n(1953) \n·\n \n·\nCult of the Cobra\n(1955) \n·\nThis Island Earth\n(1955) \n·\nTarantula\n(1955) \n·\nCult of the Cobra\n(1955) \n·\nThe Mole People\n(1956) \n·\nThe Deadly Mantis\n(1957) \n·\nThe Monolith Monsters\n(1957) \n·\nMonster on the Campus\n(1958) \n·\nThe Thing That Couldn't Die\n(1958) \n·\nThe Leech Woman\n(1960)\nWerewolf:The Beast Among Us\n(2012)\nTributes\nYoung Frankenstein\n(1974) \n·\nThe Monster Squad\n(1987) \n·\nDarkman\n(1990) \n·\nVan Helsing\n(2004) \n·\nHouse of the Wolf Man\n(2009)\nRemakes\nDracula\n(1979) \n·\nThe 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[Film](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Film \"Category:Film\")\n- [Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Frankenstein \"Category:Frankenstein\")\n\n# Young Frankenstein\n[Sign in to edit](https:\/\/auth.fandom.com\/signin?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Funiversalmonsters.fandom.com%2Fwiki%2FYoung_Frankenstein%3Fveaction%3Dedit&uselang=en)\n\n- [History](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein?action=history)\n- [Purge](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein?action=purge)\n- [Talk (0)](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Talk:Young_Frankenstein?action=edit&redlink=1)\n\n## Young Frankenstein\n[![Young Frankenstein movie poster](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/universalmonsters\/images\/b\/b5\/Young_Frankenstein_movie_poster.jpg\/revision\/latest\/scale-to-width-down\/268?cb=20111028070922)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/universalmonsters\/images\/b\/b5\/Young_Frankenstein_movie_poster.jpg\/revision\/latest?cb=20111028070922 \"Young Frankenstein movie poster\")\n\nTheatrical release poster\n\n### **Directed by**\n[Mel Brooks](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mel_Brooks \"Mel Brooks\")\n\n### **Produced by**\nMichael Gruskoff\n\n### **Written by**\nMel Brooks  \nGene Wilder\n\n### **Starring**\nGene Wilder  \nMarty Feldman  \nPeter Boyle  \nTeri Garr  \nMadeline Kahn  \nCloris Leachman  \nKenneth Mars  \nRichard Haydn  \nand Gene Hackman\n\n### **Music by**\nJohn Morris\n\n### **Cinematography**\nGerald Hirschfeld\n\n### **Editing by**\nJohn C. Howard\n\n### **Distributed by**\n[20th Century Fox](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\")\n\n### **Release date(s)**\nDecember 15, 1974 (1974-12-15)\n\n### **Running time**\n105 minutes\n\n### **Country**\nUnited States\n\n### **Language**\nEnglish\n\n### **Budget**\n\\$2.8 million\n\n### **Box office**\n\\$86,273,333\n\nRead the transcript • Trailer transcripts • Credits • Home media • Soundtrack • Production • Awards • Trivia • Gallery\n\n***Young Frankenstein*** is a 1974 American [comedy film](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Comedy_film \"Comedy film\") directed by [Mel Brooks](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mel_Brooks \"Mel Brooks\") and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn and Gene Hackman. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-1)\n\nThe film is an affectionate parody of the [classical](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Universal_Monsters \"Universal Monsters\") [horror](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Horror_film \"Horror film\") film genre, in particular the various [film adaptations](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_in_popular_culture#Film_adaptations \"Frankenstein in popular culture\") of [Mary Shelley](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mary_Shelley \"Mary Shelley\")'s novel *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\")* produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")*. To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris.\n\n*Young Frankenstein* ranks No. 28 on *Total Film* magazine's \"List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time\".,[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-2) number 56 on Bravo TV's list of the \"100 Funniest Movies\",[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-3) and number 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) In 2003, it was deemed \"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant\" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the [Library of Congress](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Library_of_Congress \"Library of Congress\") National Film Registry.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)\n\n## Contents\n- [1 Plot](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Plot)\n- [2 Cast](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Cast)\n- [3 Production](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Production)\n  - [3\\.1 Origins](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Origins)\n  - [3\\.2 Color scheme](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Color_scheme)\n  - [3\\.3 Filming](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Filming)\n- [4 Referenced films](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Referenced_films)\n- [5 Deleted scenes](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Deleted_scenes)\n- [6 Soundtrack](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Soundtrack)\n- [7 Cultural references](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Cultural_references)\n- [8 Cultural legacy](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Cultural_legacy)\n- [9 Musical adaptation](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Musical_adaptation)\n- [10 Awards](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Awards)\n  - [10\\.1 Other honors](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#Other_honors)\n- [11 References](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#References)\n- [12 External links](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#External_links)\n## Plot\\[ \\]\nDr. [Frederick Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frederick_Frankenstein \"Frederick Frankenstein\") (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of [his grandfather](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Victor_Frankenstein \"Victor Frankenstein\"), the infamous [mad scientist](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mad_scientist \"Mad scientist\") whose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced \"Fronk-en-steen\".\n\nWhen a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family's estate in [Transylvania](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Transylvania \"Transylvania\"), Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor (Marty Feldman), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as \"eye-gore.\" Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named Inga (Teri Garr). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright.\n\nThough his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an \"abnormal\" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse.\n\nSoon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature (Peter Boyle), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a lightning storm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied \"Abby Normal's\" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled \"abnormal\"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him.\n\nMeanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle.\n\nWhile roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage.\n\nAfter a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of \"The Creature\" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number \"Puttin' on the Ritz\", complete with top hats and tails. Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a stage light explodes and frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police.\n\nAfter being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit. Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as *Schwanstuker* or *Schwanzstück*—a Yiddish malapropism from *Schwanz*, \"tail\", which also is German slang for \"penis\", and *Stück*, \"piece\").\n\nThe townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel. In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other \"Frankenstein\" film.) The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's *Schwanzstück*).\n\n## Cast\\[ \\]\n- Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein\n- Marty Feldman as Igor\n- Peter Boyle as the Monster\n- Teri Garr as Inga\n- Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher\n- Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth\n- Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp\n- Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein\n- Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop\n- Danny Goldman as Medical student\n- Leon Askin as Herr Walman (*deleted scenes*)\n- Gene Hackman as Harold, The Blind Man[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-6)\n- [Mel Brooks](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mel_Brooks \"Mel Brooks\") as Helga's Father \/ Werewolf \/ Cat Hit by Dart \/ Victor Frankenstein (voice) (*uncredited*)\n- Lou Cutell as Frightened Villager (*uncredited*)\n- Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager (*uncredited*)\n## Production\\[ \\]\n### Origins\\[ \\]\nIn a 2010 interview with the *Los Angeles Times*, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-7)\n\n> I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of *Blazing Saddles* somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another [Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\"). I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another [Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\"). His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, \"That's funny.\"\n### Color scheme\\[ \\]\nDuring pilot episode commentary on the *Get Smart* DVD Season One set, Brooks said [Columbia Pictures](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Columbia_Pictures \"Columbia Pictures\") would not allow *Young Frankenstein* to be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"), where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as \"directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense\" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film *Blazing Saddles*.\n\n### Filming\\[ \\]\nWhile shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers \"varm milk\" and Ovaltine to Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film (\"Didn't you used to have that on the other side?\", \"What hump?\"). Brooks has declared *Young Frankenstein* his favorite among his own films.\n\n## Referenced films\\[ \\]\nIn one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")* (1931), *[Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bride_of_Frankenstein \"Bride of Frankenstein\")* (1935), *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* (1939) and *[The Ghost of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\")* (1942), although there are clearly also references to *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943).\n\n- *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")* (1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of \"Puttin' on the Ritz\" speaks in a similar manner to Edward van Sloan, who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits\n- *[Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bride_of_Frankenstein \"Bride of Frankenstein\")* (1935) - Madeline Kahn made up as \"the bride\", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars)\n- *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* (1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh\/Kempf, the game of darts, Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster\n- *[The Ghost of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\")* (1942) - the town called \"Frankenstein\" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor)\n- *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - \"destiny, destiny\" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital), Teri Garr as the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the Maria Ouspenskaya character, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music\n- *[The Curse of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein \"The Curse of Frankenstein\")* (1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the \"pass the marmalade\")\n\nThe use of \"Transylvania station\" in the remake of the similar scenes from *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* could perhaps be seen as a nod to *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) and *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\" by Glenn Miller;[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-8) \"Transylvania Station\" parodies New York City's Pennsylvania Station in this context.\n\n## Deleted scenes\\[ \\]\nThe following deleted scenes can be found as bonus material on the DVD:\n\n- When the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the \"mad scientist\" in the family.\n- Also, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday.\n## Soundtrack\\[ \\]\nABC Records released the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997, One Way Records reissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available.\n\nTrack listing\n\n1. Main Title (Theme From \"Young Frankenstein\")\n2. That's Fron-Kon-Steen\\!\n3. Train Ride To Transylvania \/ The Doctor Meets Igor\n4. Frau Blücher\n5. Grandfather's Private Library\n6. It's Alive\\!\n7. He Was My Boyfriend\n8. My Name Is Frankenstein\\!\n9. Introduction \/ Puttin' on the Ritz\n10. A Riot Is An Ugly Thing\n11. He's Broken Loose\n12. Monster Talks, The\n13. Wedding Night \/ End Title\n14. Theme From \"Young Frankenstein\" (Disco Version) - performed by Rhythm Heritage\n## Cultural references\\[ \\]\n- The brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to \"Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint\". A real-life Hans Delbrück was a nineteenth-century military historian; his son Max Delbrück was a twentieth-century biochemist and Nobel laureate.\n- Every time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that *Blücher* means \"glue\" in German; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-9) The German term for glue is *der Kleber*, or *tierischer Leim* for animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-10) In an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-11) In the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: \"They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around.\"\n- The US AMC cable network broadcast a 2007 \"DVD TV\" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on Ulla from Brooks' earlier film *The Producers*.\n## Cultural legacy\\[ \\]\nWhen the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, *Toys in the Attic*. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of *Young Frankenstein*, where the \"Walk This Way\" gag provided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit \"Walk This Way\".[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-12)\n\nIn the film Igor says \"Walk this way\", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old vaudeville \"talcum powder\" joke.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-13)\n\n## Musical adaptation\\[ \\]\nBrooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7–September 1, 2007.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-14) The musical opened on [Broadway](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Broadway_theatre \"Broadway theatre\") at the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-15)\n\n## Awards\\[ \\]\nNominations[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-Oscars1975-16)\n\n- Academy Award for Best Sound, Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa (1975)\n- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\n- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Cloris Leachman (1975)\n- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Madeline Kahn (1975)\n- WGA Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\n\nCloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime.\n\nWins[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)\n\n- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, *Young Frankenstein* (1975)\n- Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, *Young Frankenstein* (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Direction, Mel Brooks (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Marty Feldman (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Make-up, William Tuttle (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy (1976)\n- Golden Screen Award, *Young Frankenstein* (1977)\n- Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976)\n### Other honors\\[ \\]\n**American Film Institute recognition**\n\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - \\#13[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4)\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs:\n  - \"Puttin' on the Ritz\" - \\#89[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-17)\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:\n  - \"What hump?\" - Nominated\n- AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated\n\nIn 2011, ABC aired a primetime special, *Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time*, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and *People*. *Young Frankenstein* was selected as the \\#4 Best Comedy.\n\n## References\\[ \\]\n1. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-1) [Director & leading actors](http:\/\/www.getback.com\/movie\/young-frankenstein\/1566325)\n2. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-2) [\"Film & Movie Comedy Classics\"](http:\/\/www.comedy-zone.net\/tv\/films\/index.htm). *Comedy Zone*. <http:\/\/www.comedy-zone.net\/tv\/films\/index.htm>. Retrieved December 16, 2008.\n3. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-3) [\"Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies\"](http:\/\/www.listsofbests.com\/list\/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2). *Bravo*. Published by Lists of Bests. <http:\/\/www.listsofbests.com\/list\/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n4. ↑ [4\\.0](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0) [4\\.1](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1) [\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs\"](http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/laughs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/laughs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n5. ↑ [5\\.0](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-0) [5\\.1](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-1) [5\\.2](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-2) [\"*Young Frankenstein*: Award Wins and Nominations\"](http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/awards). IMDb. <http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/awards>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n6. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-6) According to Leonard Maltin's annual directory of movies, Gene Hackman was uncredited in the original theatrical run.\n7. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-7) Lacher, Irene. [\"The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical\"](http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/aug\/01\/entertainment\/la-ca-conversation-20100801). *Los Angeles Times*, 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10.\n8. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-8) [\"Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller\"](http:\/\/www.lyricsdepot.com\/glenn-miller\/chattanooga-choo-choo.html). Lyricsdepot.com. <http:\/\/www.lyricsdepot.com\/glenn-miller\/chattanooga-choo-choo.html>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n9. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-9) [\"Elmer's Gantry\"](http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/movies\/films\/blucher.htm). snopes.com. 2007-08-12. <http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/movies\/films\/blucher.htm>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n10. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-10) Marshall Fine. [\"That's Fronkensteen\"](http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/feature\/-\/1844\/). Amazon.com. <http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/feature\/-\/1844\/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n11. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-11) The O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009\n12. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-12) [\"Walk their way \\| Aerosmith News\"](http:\/\/www.aeroforceone.com\/index.cfm\/pk\/view\/cd\/NAA\/cdid\/312697\/pid\/302766). AeroForceOne. <http:\/\/www.aeroforceone.com\/index.cfm\/pk\/view\/cd\/NAA\/cdid\/312697\/pid\/302766>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n13. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-13) *[Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art](http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Qj4o440R7ywC&pg=PA151&lr=&sig=yjGIB4ms88aZ_rYyzwnru0mkei4)*, p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005.\n14. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-14) [\"The Paramount official site\"](http:\/\/www.theparamount.com\/YoungFrankenstein\/). Theparamount.com. <http:\/\/www.theparamount.com\/YoungFrankenstein\/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n15. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-15) [Playbill article, 11\/8\/07](http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/news\/article\/112585.html)\n16. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-Oscars1975_16-0) [\"The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners\"](http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/academyawards\/legacy\/ceremony\/47th-winners.html). *oscars.org*. <http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/academyawards\/legacy\/ceremony\/47th-winners.html>. Retrieved 2011-10-02.\n17. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-17) [\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs\"](http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/songs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/songs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n## External links\\[ \\]\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/)  at the [Internet Movie Database](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Internet_Movie_Database \"Internet Movie Database\")\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=youngfrankenstein.htm) at [Box Office Mojo](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Box_Office_Mojo \"Box Office Mojo\")\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/young_frankenstein\/) at [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\")\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [v](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Frankenstein \"Template:Frankenstein\") **·** [d](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template_talk:Frankenstein \"Template talk:Frankenstein\") **·** [e](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Frankenstein?action=edit)*[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$disambiguation\$ \"Frankenstein (disambiguation)\")* |   |\n| Characters and locales | [Dr. Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Victor_Frankenstein_\$disambiguation\$ \"Victor Frankenstein (disambiguation)\") • [Frankenstein's monster](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein%27s_monster_\$disambiguation\$ \"Frankenstein's monster (disambiguation)\") • [Elizabeth Lavenza](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Lavenza_\$disambiguation\$ \"Elizabeth Lavenza (disambiguation)\") • [Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Bride_of_Frankenstein \"The Bride of Frankenstein\") • [Igor](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Igor_\$disambiguation\$ \"Igor (disambiguation)\") • [Castle 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Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")*  (1944) • *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945) • *[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\")* (1948) |\n| [Hammer Horror](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Hammer_Film_Productions \"Hammer Film Productions\") films | *[The Curse of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein \"The Curse of Frankenstein\")* (1957) • *[The Revenge of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Revenge_of_Frankenstein \"The Revenge of Frankenstein\")* (1958) • *[The Evil of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Evil_of_Frankenstein \"The Evil of Frankenstein\")* (1964) • *[Frankenstein Created Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Created_Woman \"Frankenstein Created Woman\")* (1967) • *[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Must_Be_Destroyed \"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed\")* (1969) • *[The Horror of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Horror_of_Frankenstein \"The Horror of Frankenstein\")* (1970) • *[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_and_the_Monster_from_Hell \"Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell\")* (1974) |\n| *Munsters* films | *[Munster, Go Home\\!](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Munster,_Go_Home! \"Munster, Go Home!\")* (1966) • *The Munsters' Revenge* (1981) • *Here Come the Munsters* (1995) • *The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas* (1996) • *The Munsters* (2022) |\n| Other films | *[Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_Meet_Frankenstein \"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein\")* (1999) • *[Van Helsing](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Van_Helsing_\$film\$ \"Van Helsing (film)\")* (2004) • *[Lisa Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Lisa_Frankenstein \"Lisa Frankenstein\")* (2024) |\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| v **·** d **·** [e](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Mel_Brooks?action=edit)[Mel Brooks](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mel_Brooks \"Mel Brooks\") |   |\n| Feature films | *The Producers* (1968) · *The Twelve Chairs* (1970) · *Blazing Saddles* (1974) · ***Young Frankenstein*** (1974) · *Silent Movie* (1976) · *High Anxiety* (1977) · *History of the World, Part I* (1981) · *Spaceballs* (1987) · *Life Stinks* (1991) · *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993) · *Dracula: Dead and Loving It* (1995) |\n| Productions | *The Elephant Man* (1980) · *To Be or Not to Be* (1983) · *The Fly* (1986) · *84 Charing Cross Road* (1987) · *The Producers* (2005) · *Get Smart* (2008) |\n| Television programs | *Get Smart* · *When Things Were Rotten* · *Spaceballs: The Animated Series* |\n| [Broadway productions](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Broadway_theatre \"Broadway theatre\") | *Shinbone Alley* · *All-American* · *The Producers* (2001) · *Young Frankenstein* (2007) |\n| Collaborators | Anne Bancroft · Rudy De Luca · Dom DeLuise · Marty Feldman · Madeline Kahn · Harvey Korman · Cloris Leachman · Kenneth Mars · Carl Reiner · Gene Wilder · Peter Boyle |\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [v](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Universal_Monsters \"Template:Universal Monsters\") **·** [d](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template_talk:Universal_Monsters \"Template talk:Universal Monsters\") **·** [e](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Universal_Monsters?action=edit)[Universal Monsters](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Universal_Monsters \"Universal Monsters\") film series |   |\n| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | *[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_\$1913_film\$ \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)\")* (1913) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde \"Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\")* (1953) |\n| The Phantom of the Opera | *[The Phantom of the Opera](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_\$1925_film\$ \"The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)\")* (1925) **·**  *[Phantom of the Opera](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Phantom_of_the_Opera_\$1943_film\$ \"Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)\")* (1943) |\n| Dracula | *[Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dracula_\$1931_film\$ \"Dracula (1931 film)\")* (1931) **·**  [*Drácula*](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dracula_\$Spanish-language_version\$ \"Dracula (Spanish-language version)\") (1931) **·**  *[Dracula's Daughter](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dracula%27s_Daughter \"Dracula's Daughter\")* (1936) **·**  *[Son of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Dracula_\$1943_film\$ \"Son of Dracula (1943 film)\")* (1943) **·**  *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) **·** *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\")* (1948) |\n| Frankenstein's Monster | *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")* (1931) **·**  *[Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bride_of_Frankenstein \"Bride of Frankenstein\")* (1935) **·**  *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* (1939) **·**  *[The Ghost of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\")* (1942) **·**  *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943) **·**  *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) **·**  *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\")* (1948) |\n| [Edgar Allan Poe](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Edgar_Allan_Poe \"Edgar Allan Poe\") | *[Murders in the Rue Morgue](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue_\$1932_film\$ \"Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)\")* (1932) **·**  *[The Black Cat](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Black_Cat_\$1934_film\$ \"The Black Cat (1934 film)\")* (1934) **·**  *[The Raven](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Raven_\$1935_film\$ \"The Raven (1935 film)\")* (1935) **·**  *[The Black Cat](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Black_Cat_\$1941_film\$ \"The Black Cat (1941 film)\")* (1941) |\n| [The Mummy](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy_\$franchise\$ \"The Mummy (franchise)\") | *[The Mummy](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy_\$1932_film\$ \"The Mummy (1932 film)\")* (1932) **·**  *[The Mummy's Hand](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy%27s_Hand \"The Mummy's Hand\")* (1940) **·**  *[The Mummy's Tomb](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy%27s_Tomb \"The Mummy's Tomb\")* (1942) **·**  *[The Mummy's Ghost](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy%27s_Ghost \"The Mummy's Ghost\")* (1944) **·**  *[The Mummy's Curse](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Mummy%27s_Curse \"The Mummy's Curse\")* (1944) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Mummy \"Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy\")* (1955) |\n| The Invisible Man | *[The Invisible Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Invisible_Man_\$film\$ \"The Invisible Man (film)\")* (1933) **·**  *[The Invisible Man Returns](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Invisible_Man_Returns \"The Invisible Man Returns\")* (1940) **·**  *[The Invisible Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Invisible_Woman \"The Invisible Woman\")* (1940) **·**  *[Invisible Agent](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Invisible_Agent \"Invisible Agent\")* (1942) **·**  *[The Invisible Man's Revenge](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Invisible_Man%27s_Revenge \"The Invisible Man's Revenge\")* (1944) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Invisible_Man \"Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man\")* (1951) |\n| The Wolf Man | *[The Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Wolf_Man_\$1941_film\$ \"The Wolf Man (1941 film)\")* (1941) **·**  *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943) **·**  *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) **·**  *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\")* (1948) |\n| The Ape Woman | *[Captive Wild Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Captive_Wild_Woman \"Captive Wild Woman\")* (1943) **·**  *[Jungle Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jungle_Woman \"Jungle Woman\")* (1944) **·**  *[The Jungle Captive](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Jungle_Captive \"The Jungle Captive\")* (1945) |\n| *[Inner Sanctum Mysteries](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Inner_Sanctum_Mysteries \"Inner Sanctum Mysteries\")* | *[Calling Dr. Death](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Calling_Dr._Death \"Calling Dr. Death\")* (1943) **·**  *[Weird Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Weird_Woman \"Weird Woman\")* (1944) **·**  *[Dead Man's Eyes](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dead_Man%27s_Eyes \"Dead Man's Eyes\")* (1944) **·**  *[The Frozen Ghost](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Frozen_Ghost \"The Frozen Ghost\")* (1945) **·**  *[Strange Confession](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Strange_Confession \"Strange Confession\")* (1945) **·**  *[Pillow of Death](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Pillow_of_Death \"Pillow of Death\")* (1945) |\n| Creature from the Black Lagoon | *[Creature from the Black Lagoon](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon \"Creature from the Black Lagoon\")* (1954) **·**  *[Revenge of the Creature](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Revenge_of_the_Creature \"Revenge of the Creature\")* (1955) **·**  *[The Creature Walks Among Us](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Creature_Walks_Among_Us \"The Creature Walks Among Us\")* (1956) |\n| Multiple monsters | *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943) **·**  *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) **·**  *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945) **·**  *[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\")* (1948) |\n| The Creeper | *[House of 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The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn and Gene Hackman. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-1)\n\nThe film is an affectionate parody of the [classical](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Universal_Monsters \"Universal Monsters\") [horror](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Horror_film \"Horror film\") film genre, in particular the various [film adaptations](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_in_popular_culture#Film_adaptations \"Frankenstein in popular culture\") of [Mary Shelley](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mary_Shelley \"Mary Shelley\")'s novel *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\")* produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")*. To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris.\n\n*Young Frankenstein* ranks No. 28 on *Total Film* magazine's \"List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time\".,[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-2) number 56 on Bravo TV's list of the \"100 Funniest Movies\",[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-3) and number 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) In 2003, it was deemed \"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant\" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the [Library of Congress](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Library_of_Congress \"Library of Congress\") National Film Registry.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)\n\n## Plot\\[\\]\nDr. [Frederick Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frederick_Frankenstein \"Frederick Frankenstein\") (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of [his grandfather](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Victor_Frankenstein \"Victor Frankenstein\"), the infamous [mad scientist](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mad_scientist \"Mad scientist\") whose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced \"Fronk-en-steen\".\n\nWhen a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family's estate in [Transylvania](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Transylvania \"Transylvania\"), Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor (Marty Feldman), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as \"eye-gore.\" Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named Inga (Teri Garr). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright.\n\nThough his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an \"abnormal\" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse.\n\nSoon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature (Peter Boyle), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a lightning storm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied \"Abby Normal's\" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled \"abnormal\"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him.\n\nMeanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle.\n\nWhile roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage.\n\nAfter a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of \"The Creature\" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number \"Puttin' on the Ritz\", complete with top hats and tails. Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a stage light explodes and frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police.\n\nAfter being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit. Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as *Schwanstuker* or *Schwanzstück*—a Yiddish malapropism from *Schwanz*, \"tail\", which also is German slang for \"penis\", and *Stück*, \"piece\").\n\nThe townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel. In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other \"Frankenstein\" film.) The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's *Schwanzstück*).\n\n## Cast\\[\\]\n- Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein\n- Marty Feldman as Igor\n- Peter Boyle as the Monster\n- Teri Garr as Inga\n- Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher\n- Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth\n- Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp\n- Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein\n- Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop\n- Danny Goldman as Medical student\n- Leon Askin as Herr Walman (*deleted scenes*)\n- Gene Hackman as Harold, The Blind Man[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-6)\n- [Mel Brooks](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mel_Brooks \"Mel Brooks\") as Helga's Father \/ Werewolf \/ Cat Hit by Dart \/ Victor Frankenstein (voice) (*uncredited*)\n- Lou Cutell as Frightened Villager (*uncredited*)\n- Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager (*uncredited*)\n## Production\\[\\]\n### Origins\\[\\]\nIn a 2010 interview with the *Los Angeles Times*, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-7)\n\n> I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of *Blazing Saddles* somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another [Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\"). I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another [Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein \"Frankenstein\"). His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, \"That's funny.\"\n### Color scheme\\[\\]\nDuring pilot episode commentary on the *Get Smart* DVD Season One set, Brooks said [Columbia Pictures](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Columbia_Pictures \"Columbia Pictures\") would not allow *Young Frankenstein* to be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"), where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as \"directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense\" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film *Blazing Saddles*.\n\n### Filming\\[\\]\nWhile shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers \"varm milk\" and Ovaltine to Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film (\"Didn't you used to have that on the other side?\", \"What hump?\"). Brooks has declared *Young Frankenstein* his favorite among his own films.\n\n## Referenced films\\[\\]\nIn one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")* (1931), *[Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bride_of_Frankenstein \"Bride of Frankenstein\")* (1935), *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* (1939) and *[The Ghost of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\")* (1942), although there are clearly also references to *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943).\n\n- *[Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_\$1931_film\$ \"Frankenstein (1931 film)\")* (1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of \"Puttin' on the Ritz\" speaks in a similar manner to Edward van Sloan, who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits\n- *[Bride of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bride_of_Frankenstein \"Bride of Frankenstein\")* (1935) - Madeline Kahn made up as \"the bride\", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars)\n- *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* (1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh\/Kempf, the game of darts, Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster\n- *[The Ghost of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\")* (1942) - the town called \"Frankenstein\" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor)\n- *[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man \"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\")* (1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - \"destiny, destiny\" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital), Teri Garr as the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the Maria Ouspenskaya character, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music\n- *[The Curse of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein \"The Curse of Frankenstein\")* (1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the \"pass the marmalade\")\n\nThe use of \"Transylvania station\" in the remake of the similar scenes from *[Son of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Son_of_Frankenstein \"Son of Frankenstein\")* could perhaps be seen as a nod to *[House of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Frankenstein_\$1944_film\$ \"House of Frankenstein (1944 film)\")* (1944) and *[House of Dracula](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/House_of_Dracula \"House of Dracula\")* (1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\" by Glenn Miller;[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-8) \"Transylvania Station\" parodies New York City's Pennsylvania Station in this context.\n\n## Deleted scenes\\[\\]\nThe following deleted scenes can be found as bonus material on the DVD:\n\n- When the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the \"mad scientist\" in the family.\n- Also, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday.\n## Soundtrack\\[\\]\nABC Records released the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997, One Way Records reissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available.\n\nTrack listing\n\n1. Main Title (Theme From \"Young Frankenstein\")\n2. That's Fron-Kon-Steen\\!\n3. Train Ride To Transylvania \/ The Doctor Meets Igor\n4. Frau Blücher\n5. Grandfather's Private Library\n6. It's Alive\\!\n7. He Was My Boyfriend\n8. My Name Is Frankenstein\\!\n9. Introduction \/ Puttin' on the Ritz\n10. A Riot Is An Ugly Thing\n11. He's Broken Loose\n12. Monster Talks, The\n13. Wedding Night \/ End Title\n14. Theme From \"Young Frankenstein\" (Disco Version) - performed by Rhythm Heritage\n## Cultural references\\[\\]\n- The brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to \"Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint\". A real-life Hans Delbrück was a nineteenth-century military historian; his son Max Delbrück was a twentieth-century biochemist and Nobel laureate.\n- Every time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that *Blücher* means \"glue\" in German; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-9) The German term for glue is *der Kleber*, or *tierischer Leim* for animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-10) In an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-11) In the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: \"They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around.\"\n- The US AMC cable network broadcast a 2007 \"DVD TV\" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on Ulla from Brooks' earlier film *The Producers*.\n## Cultural legacy\\[\\]\nWhen the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, *Toys in the Attic*. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of *Young Frankenstein*, where the \"Walk This Way\" gag provided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit \"Walk This Way\".[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-12)\n\nIn the film Igor says \"Walk this way\", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old vaudeville \"talcum powder\" joke.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-13)\n\n## Musical adaptation\\[\\]\nBrooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7–September 1, 2007.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-14) The musical opened on [Broadway](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Broadway_theatre \"Broadway theatre\") at the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-15)\n\n## Awards\\[\\]\nNominations[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-Oscars1975-16)\n\n- Academy Award for Best Sound, Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa (1975)\n- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\n- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Cloris Leachman (1975)\n- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Madeline Kahn (1975)\n- WGA Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)\n\nCloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime.\n\nWins[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)\n\n- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, *Young Frankenstein* (1975)\n- Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, *Young Frankenstein* (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Direction, Mel Brooks (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Marty Feldman (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Make-up, William Tuttle (1976)\n- Saturn Award for Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy (1976)\n- Golden Screen Award, *Young Frankenstein* (1977)\n- Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976)\n### Other honors\\[\\]\n**American Film Institute recognition**\n\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - \\#13[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4)\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs:\n  - \"Puttin' on the Ritz\" - \\#89[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-17)\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:\n  - \"What hump?\" - Nominated\n- AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated\n- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated\n\nIn 2011, ABC aired a primetime special, *Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time*, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and *People*. *Young Frankenstein* was selected as the \\#4 Best Comedy.\n\n## References\\[\\]\n1. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-1) [Director & leading actors](http:\/\/www.getback.com\/movie\/young-frankenstein\/1566325)\n2. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-2) [\"Film & Movie Comedy Classics\"](http:\/\/www.comedy-zone.net\/tv\/films\/index.htm). *Comedy Zone*. <http:\/\/www.comedy-zone.net\/tv\/films\/index.htm>. Retrieved December 16, 2008.\n3. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-3) [\"Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies\"](http:\/\/www.listsofbests.com\/list\/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2). *Bravo*. Published by Lists of Bests. <http:\/\/www.listsofbests.com\/list\/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n4. ↑ [4\\.0](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0) [4\\.1](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1) [\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs\"](http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/laughs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/laughs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n5. ↑ [5\\.0](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-0) [5\\.1](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-1) [5\\.2](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-2) [\"*Young Frankenstein*: Award Wins and Nominations\"](http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/awards). IMDb. <http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/awards>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n6. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-6) According to Leonard Maltin's annual directory of movies, Gene Hackman was uncredited in the original theatrical run.\n7. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-7) Lacher, Irene. [\"The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical\"](http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/aug\/01\/entertainment\/la-ca-conversation-20100801). *Los Angeles Times*, 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10.\n8. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-8) [\"Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller\"](http:\/\/www.lyricsdepot.com\/glenn-miller\/chattanooga-choo-choo.html). Lyricsdepot.com. <http:\/\/www.lyricsdepot.com\/glenn-miller\/chattanooga-choo-choo.html>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n9. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-9) [\"Elmer's Gantry\"](http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/movies\/films\/blucher.htm). snopes.com. 2007-08-12. <http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/movies\/films\/blucher.htm>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n10. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-10) Marshall Fine. [\"That's Fronkensteen\"](http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/feature\/-\/1844\/). Amazon.com. <http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/feature\/-\/1844\/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n11. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-11) The O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009\n12. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-12) [\"Walk their way \\| Aerosmith News\"](http:\/\/www.aeroforceone.com\/index.cfm\/pk\/view\/cd\/NAA\/cdid\/312697\/pid\/302766). AeroForceOne. <http:\/\/www.aeroforceone.com\/index.cfm\/pk\/view\/cd\/NAA\/cdid\/312697\/pid\/302766>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n13. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-13) *[Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art](http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Qj4o440R7ywC&pg=PA151&lr=&sig=yjGIB4ms88aZ_rYyzwnru0mkei4)*, p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005.\n14. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-14) [\"The Paramount official site\"](http:\/\/www.theparamount.com\/YoungFrankenstein\/). Theparamount.com. <http:\/\/www.theparamount.com\/YoungFrankenstein\/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20.\n15. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-15) [Playbill article, 11\/8\/07](http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/news\/article\/112585.html)\n16. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-Oscars1975_16-0) [\"The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners\"](http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/academyawards\/legacy\/ceremony\/47th-winners.html). *oscars.org*. <http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/academyawards\/legacy\/ceremony\/47th-winners.html>. Retrieved 2011-10-02.\n17. [↑](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-17) [\"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs\"](http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/songs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http:\/\/www.afi.com\/100years\/songs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010.\n## External links\\[\\]\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/)  at the [Internet Movie Database](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Internet_Movie_Database \"Internet Movie Database\")\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=youngfrankenstein.htm) at [Box Office Mojo](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Box_Office_Mojo \"Box Office Mojo\")\n- [*Young Frankenstein*](http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/young_frankenstein\/) at [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\")\n\n| [v](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template:Frankenstein \"Template:Frankenstein\") **·** [d](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Template_talk:Frankenstein \"Template talk:Frankenstein\") **·** 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*[Frankenstein Created Woman](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Created_Woman \"Frankenstein Created Woman\")* (1967) • *[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_Must_Be_Destroyed \"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed\")* (1969) • *[The Horror of Frankenstein](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Horror_of_Frankenstein \"The Horror of Frankenstein\")* (1970) • *[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Frankenstein_and_the_Monster_from_Hell \"Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell\")* (1974) |\n| *Munsters* films | *[Munster, Go Home\\!](https:\/\/universalmonsters.fandom.com\/wiki\/Munster,_Go_Home! \"Munster, Go Home!\")* (1966) • *The Munsters' Revenge* (1981) • *Here Come the Munsters* (1995) • *The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas* (1996) • *The Munsters* (2022) |\n| Other films | *[Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet 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Meta Description	Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars...
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Boilerpipe Text	Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr , Cloris Leachman , Marty Feldman , Peter Boyle , Madeline Kahn , Kenneth Mars , Richard Haydn and Gene Hackman . The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder. [ 1 ] The film is an affectionate parody of the classical horror film genre , in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film Frankenstein . To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white , a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris . Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time"., [ 2 ] number 56 on Bravo TV 's list of the "100 Funniest Movies", [ 3 ] and number 13 on the American Film Institute 's list of the 100 funniest American movies . [ 4 ] In 2003, it was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board , and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry . [ 5 ] Plot [ ] Dr. Frederick Frankenstein ( Gene Wilder ) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth ( Madeline Kahn ). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather , the infamous mad scientist whose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced "Fronk-en-steen". When a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family's estate in Transylvania , Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor ( Marty Feldman ), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as "eye-gore." Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named Inga ( Teri Garr ). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher ( Cloris Leachman ), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright. Though his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an "abnormal" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse. Soon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature ( Peter Boyle ), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a lightning storm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied "Abby Normal's" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled "abnormal"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him. Meanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp ( Kenneth Mars ), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle. While roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit ( Gene Hackman ); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage. After a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of "The Creature" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number " Puttin' on the Ritz ", complete with top hats and tails . Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a stage light explodes and frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police. After being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit. Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as Schwanstuker or Schwanzstück —a Yiddish malapropism from Schwanz , "tail", which also is German slang for " penis ", and Stück , "piece"). The townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel. In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other "Frankenstein" film.) The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's Schwanzstück ). Cast [ ] Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein Marty Feldman as Igor Peter Boyle as the Monster Teri Garr as Inga Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop Danny Goldman as Medical student Leon Askin as Herr Walman ( deleted scenes ) Gene Hackman as Harold, The Blind Man [ 6 ] Mel Brooks as Helga's Father / Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein (voice) ( uncredited ) Lou Cutell as Frightened Villager ( uncredited ) Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager ( uncredited ) Production [ ] Origins [ ] In a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times , Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about: [ 7 ] I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of Blazing Saddles somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another Frankenstein . I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another Frankenstein . His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, "That's funny." Color scheme [ ] During pilot episode commentary on the Get Smart DVD Season One set, Brooks said Columbia Pictures would not allow Young Frankenstein to be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to 20th Century Fox , where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as "directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles . Filming [ ] While shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers "varm milk" and Ovaltine to Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film ("Didn't you used to have that on the other side?", "What hump?"). Brooks has declared Young Frankenstein his favorite among his own films. Referenced films [ ] In one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), although there are clearly also references to Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). Frankenstein (1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of " Puttin' on the Ritz " speaks in a similar manner to Edward van Sloan , who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Madeline Kahn made up as "the bride", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars) Son of Frankenstein (1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh/Kempf, the game of darts, Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) - the town called "Frankenstein" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - "destiny, destiny" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital), Teri Garr as the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the Maria Ouspenskaya character, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the "pass the marmalade") The use of "Transylvania station" in the remake of the similar scenes from Son of Frankenstein could perhaps be seen as a nod to House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song " Chattanooga Choo Choo " by Glenn Miller ; [ 8 ] "Transylvania Station" parodies New York City's Pennsylvania Station in this context. Deleted scenes [ ] The following deleted scenes can be found as bonus material on the DVD: When the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the "mad scientist" in the family. Also, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday. Soundtrack [ ] ABC Records released the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997, One Way Records reissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available. Track listing Main Title (Theme From "Young Frankenstein") That's Fron-Kon-Steen! Train Ride To Transylvania / The Doctor Meets Igor Frau Blücher Grandfather's Private Library It's Alive! He Was My Boyfriend My Name Is Frankenstein! Introduction / Puttin' on the Ritz A Riot Is An Ugly Thing He's Broken Loose Monster Talks, The Wedding Night / End Title Theme From "Young Frankenstein" (Disco Version) - performed by Rhythm Heritage Cultural references [ ] The brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to "Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint". A real-life Hans Delbrück was a nineteenth-century military historian; his son Max Delbrück was a twentieth-century biochemist and Nobel laureate. Every time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that Blücher means "glue" in German ; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname. [ 9 ] The German term for glue is der Kleber , or tierischer Leim for animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else. [ 10 ] In an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher. [ 11 ] In the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: "They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around." The US AMC cable network broadcast a 2007 "DVD TV" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on Ulla from Brooks' earlier film The Producers . Cultural legacy [ ] When the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, Toys in the Attic . The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of Young Frankenstein , where the "Walk This Way" gag provided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit " Walk This Way ". [ 12 ] In the film Igor says "Walk this way", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old vaudeville "talcum powder" joke. [ 13 ] Musical adaptation [ ] Brooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7–September 1, 2007. [ 14 ] The musical opened on Broadway at the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009. [ 15 ] Awards [ ] Nominations [ 5 ] [ 16 ] Academy Award for Best Sound , Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa (1975) Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay , Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy , Cloris Leachman (1975) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture , Madeline Kahn (1975) WGA Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium , Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) Cloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime. Wins [ 5 ] Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Young Frankenstein (1975) Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing , Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976) Saturn Award for Best Horror Film , Young Frankenstein (1976) Saturn Award for Best Direction , Mel Brooks (1976) Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor , Marty Feldman (1976) Saturn Award for Best Make-up , William Tuttle (1976) Saturn Award for Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy (1976) Golden Screen Award, Young Frankenstein (1977) Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976) Other honors [ ] American Film Institute recognition AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - #13 [ 4 ] AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs : " Puttin' on the Ritz " - #89 [ 17 ] AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes : "What hump?" - Nominated AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated In 2011, ABC aired a primetime special, Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time , that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and People . Young Frankenstein was selected as the #4 Best Comedy. References [ ] ↑ Director & leading actors ↑ "Film & Movie Comedy Classics" . Comedy Zone . http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/films/index.htm . Retrieved December 16, 2008 . ↑ "Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies" . Bravo . Published by Lists of Bests . http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2 . Retrieved November 21, 2010 . ↑ 4.0 4.1 "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs" . American Film Institute . http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx . Retrieved November 21, 2010 . ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 " Young Frankenstein : Award Wins and Nominations" . IMDb . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/awards . Retrieved November 21, 2010 . ↑ According to Leonard Maltin 's annual directory of movies, Gene Hackman was uncredited in the original theatrical run. ↑ Lacher, Irene. "The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical" . Los Angeles Times , 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10. ↑ "Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller" . Lyricsdepot.com . http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo.html . Retrieved 2011-01-20 . ↑ "Elmer's Gantry" . snopes.com. 2007-08-12 . http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm . Retrieved 2011-01-20 . ↑ Marshall Fine. "That's Fronkensteen" . Amazon.com . http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1844/ . Retrieved 2011-01-20 . ↑ The O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009 ↑ "Walk their way \| Aerosmith News" . AeroForceOne . http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/312697/pid/302766 . Retrieved 2011-01-20 . ↑ Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art , p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005. ↑ "The Paramount official site" . Theparamount.com . http://www.theparamount.com/YoungFrankenstein/ . Retrieved 2011-01-20 . ↑ Playbill article, 11/8/07 ↑ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/47th-winners.html . Retrieved 2011-10-02 . ↑ "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs" . American Film Institute . http://www.afi.com/100years/songs.aspx . Retrieved November 21, 2010 . External links [ ] Young Frankenstein at the Internet Movie Database Young Frankenstein at Box Office Mojo Young Frankenstein at Rotten Tomatoes v · d · e Frankenstein Characters and locales Dr. Frankenstein • Frankenstein's monster • Elizabeth Lavenza • Bride of Frankenstein • Igor • Castle Frankenstein Classic Universal Monsters films Frankenstein (1931) • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) • Son of Frankenstein (1939) • The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) • House of Frankenstein (1944) • House of Dracula (1945) • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Hammer Horror films The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) • The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) • The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) • Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) • The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) Munsters films Munster, Go Home! (1966) • The Munsters' Revenge (1981) • Here Come the Munsters (1995) • The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996) • The Munsters (2022) Other films Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) • Van Helsing (2004) • Lisa Frankenstein (2024) v · d · e Mel Brooks Feature films The Producers (1968) · The Twelve Chairs (1970) · Blazing Saddles (1974) · Young Frankenstein (1974) · Silent Movie (1976) · High Anxiety (1977) · History of the World, Part I (1981) · Spaceballs (1987) · Life Stinks (1991) · Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) · Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Productions The Elephant Man (1980) · To Be or Not to Be (1983) · The Fly (1986) · 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) · The Producers (2005) · Get Smart (2008) Television programs Get Smart · When Things Were Rotten · Spaceballs: The Animated Series Broadway productions Shinbone Alley · All-American · The Producers (2001) · Young Frankenstein (2007) Collaborators Anne Bancroft · Rudy De Luca · Dom DeLuise · Marty Feldman · Madeline Kahn · Harvey Korman · Cloris Leachman · Kenneth Mars · Carl Reiner · Gene Wilder · Peter Boyle v · d · e Universal Monsters film series Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) · Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (1925) · Phantom of the Opera (1943) Dracula Dracula (1931) · Drácula (1931) · Dracula's Daughter (1936) · Son of Dracula (1943) · House of Frankenstein (1944) · House of Dracula (1945) · Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Frankenstein's Monster Frankenstein (1931) · Bride of Frankenstein (1935) · Son of Frankenstein (1939) · The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) · Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) · House of Frankenstein (1944) · House of Dracula (1945) · Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Edgar Allan Poe Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) · The Black Cat (1934) · The Raven (1935) · The Black Cat (1941) The Mummy The Mummy (1932) · The Mummy's Hand (1940) · The Mummy's Tomb (1942) · The Mummy's Ghost (1944) · The Mummy's Curse (1944) · Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) The Invisible Man The Invisible Man (1933) · The Invisible Man Returns (1940) · The Invisible Woman (1940) · Invisible Agent (1942) · The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) · Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) The Wolf Man The Wolf Man (1941) · Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) · House of Frankenstein (1944) · House of Dracula (1945) · Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Ape Woman Captive Wild Woman (1943) · Jungle Woman (1944) · The Jungle Captive (1945) Inner Sanctum Mysteries Calling Dr. Death (1943) · Weird Woman (1944) · Dead Man's Eyes (1944) · The Frozen Ghost (1945) · Strange Confession (1945) · Pillow of Death (1945) Creature from the Black Lagoon Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) · Revenge of the Creature (1955) · The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Multiple monsters Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) · House of Frankenstein (1944) · House of Dracula (1945) · Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Creeper House of Horrors (1946) · The Brute Man (1946) Others The Werewolf (1913) · The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) · The Cat and the Canary (1927) · The Man Who Laughs (1928) · The Last Warning (1929) · The Last Performance (1929) · The Cat Creeps (1930) · La Voluntad del muerto (1930) · The Old Dark House (1932) · The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) · Werewolf of London (1935) · The Invisible Ray (1936) · Night Key (1937) · The Phantom Creeps (1939) · Tower of London (1939) · Black Friday (1940) · Man Made Monster (1941) · Horror Island (1941) · Night Monster (1942) · The Mad Ghoul (1943) · The Climax (1944) · She-Wolf of London (1946) · Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) · The Strange Door (1951) · The Black Castle (1952) · It Came from Outer Space (1953) · · Cult of the Cobra (1955) · This Island Earth (1955) · Tarantula (1955) · Cult of the Cobra (1955) · The Mole People (1956) · The Deadly Mantis (1957) · The Monolith Monsters (1957) · Monster on the Campus (1958) · The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) · The Leech Woman (1960) Werewolf:The Beast Among Us (2012) Tributes Young Frankenstein (1974) · The Monster Squad (1987) · Darkman (1990) · Van Helsing (2004) · House of the Wolf Man (2009) Remakes Dracula (1979) · The Mummy (1999) · The Mummy Returns (2001) · The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) · The Wolfman (2010) · Dracula Untold (2014) The Mummy (2017) · The Invisible Man (2020)
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Howard ### Distributed by [20th Century Fox](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox") ### Release date(s) December 15, 1974 (1974-12-15) ### Running time 105 minutes ### Country United States ### Language English ### Budget \$2.8 million ### Box office \$86,273,333 Read the transcript • Trailer transcripts • Credits • Home media • Soundtrack • Production • Awards • Trivia • Gallery Young Frankenstein** is a 1974 American [comedy film](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Comedy_film "Comedy film") directed by [Mel Brooks](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mel_Brooks "Mel Brooks") and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn and Gene Hackman. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder.[\[1\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-1) The film is an affectionate parody of the [classical](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Monsters "Universal Monsters") [horror](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Horror_film "Horror film") film genre, in particular the various [film adaptations](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_in_popular_culture#Film_adaptations "Frankenstein in popular culture") of [Mary Shelley](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Shelley "Mary Shelley")'s novel [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein") produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)"). To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris. Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time".,[\[2\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-2) number 56 on Bravo TV's list of the "100 Funniest Movies",[\[3\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-3) and number 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies.[\[4\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) In 2003, it was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the [Library of Congress](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Library_of_Congress "Library of Congress") National Film Registry.[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5) ## Contents - [1 Plot](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Plot) - [2 Cast](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Cast) - [3 Production](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Production) - [3\.1 Origins](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Origins) - [3\.2 Color scheme](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Color_scheme) - [3\.3 Filming](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Filming) - [4 Referenced films](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Referenced_films) - [5 Deleted scenes](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Deleted_scenes) - [6 Soundtrack](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Soundtrack) - [7 Cultural references](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Cultural_references) - [8 Cultural legacy](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Cultural_legacy) - [9 Musical adaptation](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Musical_adaptation) - [10 Awards](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Awards) - [10\.1 Other honors](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#Other_honors) - [11 References](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#References) - [12 External links](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#External_links) ## Plot\[ \] Dr. [Frederick Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frederick_Frankenstein "Frederick Frankenstein") (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of [his grandfather](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Frankenstein "Victor Frankenstein"), the infamous [mad scientist](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mad_scientist "Mad scientist") whose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced "Fronk-en-steen". When a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family's estate in [Transylvania](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Transylvania "Transylvania"), Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor (Marty Feldman), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as "eye-gore." Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named Inga (Teri Garr). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright. Though his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an "abnormal" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse. Soon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature (Peter Boyle), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a lightning storm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied "Abby Normal's" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled "abnormal"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him. Meanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle. While roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage. After a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of "The Creature" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number "Puttin' on the Ritz", complete with top hats and tails. Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a stage light explodes and frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police. After being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit. Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as Schwanstuker or Schwanzstück—a Yiddish malapropism from Schwanz, "tail", which also is German slang for "penis", and Stück, "piece"). The townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel. In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other "Frankenstein" film.) The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's Schwanzstück). ## Cast\[ \] - Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein - Marty Feldman as Igor - Peter Boyle as the Monster - Teri Garr as Inga - Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher - Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth - Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp - Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein - Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop - Danny Goldman as Medical student - Leon Askin as Herr Walman (deleted scenes) - Gene Hackman as Harold, The Blind Man[\[6\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-6) - [Mel Brooks](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mel_Brooks "Mel Brooks") as Helga's Father / Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited) - Lou Cutell as Frightened Villager (uncredited) - Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager (uncredited) ## Production\[ \] ### Origins\[ \] In a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:[\[7\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-7) > I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of Blazing Saddles somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein"). I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein"). His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, "That's funny." ### Color scheme\[ \] During pilot episode commentary on the Get Smart DVD Season One set, Brooks said [Columbia Pictures](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Columbia_Pictures "Columbia Pictures") would not allow Young Frankenstein to be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to [20th Century Fox](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"), where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as "directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles. ### Filming\[ \] While shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers "varm milk" and Ovaltine to Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film ("Didn't you used to have that on the other side?", "What hump?"). Brooks has declared Young Frankenstein his favorite among his own films. ## Referenced films\[ \] In one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)") (1931), [Bride of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein "Bride of Frankenstein") (1935), [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") (1939) and [The Ghost of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein "The Ghost of Frankenstein") (1942), although there are clearly also references to [Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man") (1943). - [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)") (1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of "Puttin' on the Ritz" speaks in a similar manner to Edward van Sloan, who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits - [Bride of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein "Bride of Frankenstein") (1935) - Madeline Kahn made up as "the bride", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars) - [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") (1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh/Kempf, the game of darts, Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster - [The Ghost of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein "The Ghost of Frankenstein") (1942) - the town called "Frankenstein" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor) - [Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man") (1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - "destiny, destiny" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital), Teri Garr as the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the Maria Ouspenskaya character, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music - [The Curse of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein "The Curse of Frankenstein") (1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the "pass the marmalade") The use of "Transylvania station" in the remake of the similar scenes from [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") could perhaps be seen as a nod to [House of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Frankenstein_$1944_film$ "House of Frankenstein (1944 film)") (1944) and [House of Dracula](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Dracula "House of Dracula") (1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller;[\[8\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-8) "Transylvania Station" parodies New York City's Pennsylvania Station in this context. ## Deleted scenes\[ \] The following deleted scenes can be found as bonus material on the DVD: - When the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the "mad scientist" in the family. - Also, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday. ## Soundtrack\[ \] ABC Records released the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997, One Way Records reissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available. Track listing 1. Main Title (Theme From "Young Frankenstein") 2. That's Fron-Kon-Steen\! 3. Train Ride To Transylvania / The Doctor Meets Igor 4. Frau Blücher 5. Grandfather's Private Library 6. It's Alive\! 7. He Was My Boyfriend 8. My Name Is Frankenstein\! 9. Introduction / Puttin' on the Ritz 10. A Riot Is An Ugly Thing 11. He's Broken Loose 12. Monster Talks, The 13. Wedding Night / End Title 14. Theme From "Young Frankenstein" (Disco Version) - performed by Rhythm Heritage ## Cultural references\[ \] - The brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to "Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint". A real-life Hans Delbrück was a nineteenth-century military historian; his son Max Delbrück was a twentieth-century biochemist and Nobel laureate. - Every time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that Blücher means "glue" in German; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname.[\[9\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-9) The German term for glue is der Kleber, or tierischer Leim for animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else.[\[10\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-10) In an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher.[\[11\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-11) In the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: "They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around." - The US AMC cable network broadcast a 2007 "DVD TV" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on Ulla from Brooks' earlier film The Producers. ## Cultural legacy\[ \] When the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, Toys in the Attic. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of Young Frankenstein, where the "Walk This Way" gag provided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit "Walk This Way".[\[12\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-12) In the film Igor says "Walk this way", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old vaudeville "talcum powder" joke.[\[13\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-13) ## Musical adaptation\[ \] Brooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7–September 1, 2007.[\[14\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-14) The musical opened on [Broadway](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Broadway_theatre "Broadway theatre") at the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.[\[15\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-15) ## Awards\[ \] Nominations[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)[\[16\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-Oscars1975-16) - Academy Award for Best Sound, Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa (1975) - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Cloris Leachman (1975) - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Madeline Kahn (1975) - WGA Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) Cloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime. Wins[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5) - Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Young Frankenstein (1975) - Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, Young Frankenstein (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Direction, Mel Brooks (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Marty Feldman (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Make-up, William Tuttle (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy (1976) - Golden Screen Award, Young Frankenstein (1977) - Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976) ### Other honors\[ \] American Film Institute recognition - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - \#13[\[4\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: - "Puttin' on the Ritz" - \#89[\[17\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-17) - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: - "What hump?" - Nominated - AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated In 2011, ABC aired a primetime special, Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and People. Young Frankenstein was selected as the \#4 Best Comedy. ## References\[ \] 1. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-1) [Director & leading actors](http://www.getback.com/movie/young-frankenstein/1566325) 2. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-2) ["Film & Movie Comedy Classics"](http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/films/index.htm). Comedy Zone. <http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/films/index.htm>. Retrieved December 16, 2008. 3. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-3) ["Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies"](http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2). Bravo. Published by Lists of Bests. <http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 4. ↑ [4\.0](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0) [4\.1](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1) ["AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs"](http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 5. ↑ [5\.0](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-0) [5\.1](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-1) [5\.2](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-2) ["Young Frankenstein: Award Wins and Nominations"](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/awards). IMDb. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/awards>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 6. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-6) According to Leonard Maltin's annual directory of movies, Gene Hackman was uncredited in the original theatrical run. 7. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-7) Lacher, Irene. ["The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical"](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/01/entertainment/la-ca-conversation-20100801). Los Angeles Times, 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10. 8. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-8) ["Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller"](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo.html). Lyricsdepot.com. <http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo.html>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 9. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-9) ["Elmer's Gantry"](http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm). snopes.com. 2007-08-12. <http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 10. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-10) Marshall Fine. ["That's Fronkensteen"](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1844/). Amazon.com. <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1844/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 11. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-11) The O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009 12. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-12) ["Walk their way \\| Aerosmith News"](http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/312697/pid/302766). AeroForceOne. <http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/312697/pid/302766>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 13. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-13) [Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art](http://books.google.com/books?id=Qj4o440R7ywC&pg=PA151&lr=&sig=yjGIB4ms88aZ_rYyzwnru0mkei4), p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005. 14. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-14) ["The Paramount official site"](http://www.theparamount.com/YoungFrankenstein/). Theparamount.com. <http://www.theparamount.com/YoungFrankenstein/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 15. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-15) [Playbill article, 11/8/07](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112585.html) 16. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-Oscars1975_16-0) ["The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/47th-winners.html). oscars.org. <http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/47th-winners.html>. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 17. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-17) ["AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs"](http://www.afi.com/100years/songs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http://www.afi.com/100years/songs.aspx>. 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Readable Markdown	*Young Frankenstein* is a 1974 American [comedy film](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Comedy_film "Comedy film") directed by [Mel Brooks](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mel_Brooks "Mel Brooks") and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn and Gene Hackman. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder.[\[1\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-1) The film is an affectionate parody of the [classical](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Monsters "Universal Monsters") [horror](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Horror_film "Horror film") film genre, in particular the various [film adaptations](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_in_popular_culture#Film_adaptations "Frankenstein in popular culture") of [Mary Shelley](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Shelley "Mary Shelley")'s novel [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein") produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)"). To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris. Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time".,[\[2\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-2) number 56 on Bravo TV's list of the "100 Funniest Movies",[\[3\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-3) and number 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies.[\[4\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) In 2003, it was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the [Library of Congress](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Library_of_Congress "Library of Congress") National Film Registry.[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5) ## Plot\[\] Dr. [Frederick Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frederick_Frankenstein "Frederick Frankenstein") (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of [his grandfather](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Frankenstein "Victor Frankenstein"), the infamous [mad scientist](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mad_scientist "Mad scientist") whose experiments in re-animation led to the creation of a monster. To disassociate himself from his legacy, Frederick insists that his surname be pronounced "Fronk-en-steen". When a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family's estate in [Transylvania](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Transylvania "Transylvania"), Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property. At the Transylvania train station, he is met by a hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor (Marty Feldman), who is there to drive Frederick in a wagon to the Frankenstein estate, but not before mocking Frederick's pretentions by insisting that his name be pronounced as "eye-gore." Accompanying Igor in the wagon is another servant, a lovely young woman named Inga (Teri Garr). Upon arrival at the estate, Frederick meets the forbidding housekeeper Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman), whose name causes horses to rear up in fright. Though his family legacy has brought shame and ridicule, Frederick becomes increasingly intrigued about his grandfather's work, especially after Inga assists him in discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather's laboratory. Upon reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is so transformed that he decides to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor resort to robbing the grave of a recently executed criminal, and Frederick sets to work experimenting on the large corpse. Matters go awry, however, when Igor is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered scientist; startled by lightning, he drops the correct brain on the floor and instead returns with an "abnormal" brain, which Frederick unknowingly transplants into the corpse. Soon, Frederick is ready to re-animate his creature (Peter Boyle), who is elevated on a platform to the roof of the laboratory during a lightning storm. Eventually, electrical charges bring the creature to life. With Frederick's help, the Monster makes its first halting steps, but, frightened by Igor lighting a match, attacks Frederick and must be sedated. Upon being asked whose brain was obtained, Igor confesses that he supplied "Abby Normal's" brain (the brain he stole had been labeled "abnormal"), whereupon Frederick attempts to strangle him. Meanwhile, the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of Frederick continuing his grandfather's work. Most concerned is Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars), a police official who sports an eyepatch and monocle over the same eye, a creaky, disjointed wooden arm, and an accent so comically thick even his own countrymen cannot understand him. Kemp visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster. Upon returning to the lab, Frederick discovers that Frau Blücher is setting the creature free. After she reveals the Monster's love of violin music, and her own romantic relationship with Frederick's grandfather, the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch, and escapes from the Frankenstein castle. While roaming the countryside, the Monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman); these scenes directly parody the original Frankenstein movies. Frederick recaptures the Monster, calms his homicidal tendencies with flattery, and fully acknowledges his heritage. After a period of training the Monster to function in polite society, Frederick offers the sight of "The Creature" following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with Frederick and the Monster launching into the musical number "Puttin' on the Ritz", complete with top hats and tails. Although the monster can only shout his song lines in painful high-pitched monotones, he dances impressively with almost perfect timing. The routine ends disastrously, however, when a stage light explodes and frightens the Monster, who becomes enraged and charges into the audience, where he is captured and chained by police. After being tormented by a sadistic jailer, the Monster escapes, then kidnaps and ravishes the not unwilling Elizabeth when she arrives unexpectedly for a visit. Elizabeth falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis (referred to as Schwanstuker or Schwanzstück—a Yiddish malapropism from Schwanz, "tail", which also is German slang for "penis", and Stück, "piece"). The townspeople, led by Inspector Kemp, hunt for the monster. Desperate to get the creature back and correct his mistakes, Frederick plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle. Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. (Much of the creature's plea for understanding is adapted directly from dialogue in Mary Shelley's novel. In doing so, Brooks' comedy presents Shelley's original theme more accurately than perhaps any other "Frankenstein" film.) The film ends happily, with Elizabeth married to the now erudite and sophisticated Monster, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure (the Monster's Schwanzstück). ## Cast\[\] - Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein - Marty Feldman as Igor - Peter Boyle as the Monster - Teri Garr as Inga - Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher - Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth - Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp - Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein - Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop - Danny Goldman as Medical student - Leon Askin as Herr Walman (deleted scenes) - Gene Hackman as Harold, The Blind Man[\[6\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-6) - [Mel Brooks](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Mel_Brooks "Mel Brooks") as Helga's Father / Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited) - Lou Cutell as Frightened Villager (uncredited) - Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager (uncredited) ## Production\[\] ### Origins\[\] In a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:[\[7\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-7) > I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of Blazing Saddles somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein"). I said not another – we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein "Frankenstein"). His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, "That's funny." ### Color scheme\[\] During pilot episode commentary on the Get Smart DVD Season One set, Brooks said [Columbia Pictures](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Columbia_Pictures "Columbia Pictures") would not allow Young Frankenstein to be made in black and white. Brooks refused to compromise and took the film to [20th Century Fox](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"), where executives agreed that the film should be made in black and white. The theatrical trailer described the film as "directed by Mel 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks, in black and white - no offense" as a pun on the racial overtones in Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles. ### Filming\[\] While shooting, the cast ad-libbed several jokes used in the film. Cloris Leachman improvised a scene in which Frau Blücher offers "varm milk" and Ovaltine to Dr. Frankenstein, while Marty Feldman surreptitiously moved his character's hump from shoulder to shoulder until someone noticed it, and the gag was added to the film ("Didn't you used to have that on the other side?", "What hump?"). Brooks has declared Young Frankenstein his favorite among his own films. ## Referenced films\[\] In one of the scenes of a village assembly, one of the authority figures says that they already know what Frankenstein is up to based on five previous experiences. On the DVD commentary track, Mel Brooks says this is a reference to the first five Universal films. In the Gene Wilder DVD interview, he says the film is based on [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)") (1931), [Bride of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein "Bride of Frankenstein") (1935), [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") (1939) and [The Ghost of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein "The Ghost of Frankenstein") (1942), although there are clearly also references to [Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man") (1943). - [Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_$1931_film$ "Frankenstein (1931 film)") (1931) - main plot, the lecture hall based on Dr Waldman's lectures, the stealing of the abnormal brain, the creation sequence, the monster's reaction to music is modeled on Karloff's reaction to sun light, the little girl, Igor is largely based on the hunchback assistant Fritz, and the man who introduces the show of "Puttin' on the Ritz" speaks in a similar manner to Edward van Sloan, who introduced the original Frankenstein before the opening credits - [Bride of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein "Bride of Frankenstein") (1935) - Madeline Kahn made up as "the bride", the blind hermit, Elizabeth in front of the mirror and then being abducted by the monster, forest scenes, the monster in chains and consequent escape, Frau Blücher is partly inspired by the housemaid Minnie, the monster enjoying a smoke (based on his repeated smoking of cigars) - [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") (1939) - main plot, the box containing the testament, the library, inspector Krogh/Kempf, the game of darts, Igor playing the horn as a way of controlling the monster - [The Ghost of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein "The Ghost of Frankenstein") (1942) - the town called "Frankenstein" (rather than Ingolstadt), the hidden room behind the book case and the hidden laboratory, the diary, the idea of the brain transplant, making the brain transplant allow the monster to talk (in this case with the brain and voice of Frankenstein rather than Igor) - [Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man") (1943) - werewolf jokes, full moon scenes and Frankenstein turning in bed - "destiny, destiny" (similar to Lon Chaney at the Cardiff hospital), Teri Garr as the female assistant (based on Frankenstein's daughter assisting Dr. Frank Mannering), Frau Blücher partly based on the Maria Ouspenskaya character, the visual set-up for the brain-transplant with the two monsters in parallel beds, the search for the hidden diary, the romantic gypsy violin music - [The Curse of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein "The Curse of Frankenstein") (1957) - pass the kipper joke (reference to the "pass the marmalade") The use of "Transylvania station" in the remake of the similar scenes from [Son of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein "Son of Frankenstein") could perhaps be seen as a nod to [House of Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Frankenstein_$1944_film$ "House of Frankenstein (1944 film)") (1944) and [House of Dracula](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Dracula "House of Dracula") (1945), as Transylvania is part of the Dracula mythology and has nothing to do with Frankenstein as such. However, the dialogue between Dr. Frankenstein and the boy at the station is a direct parody of the big-band song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller;[\[8\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-8) "Transylvania Station" parodies New York City's Pennsylvania Station in this context. ## Deleted scenes\[\] The following deleted scenes can be found as bonus material on the DVD: - When the solicitor speaks with Frederick Frankenstein, he presents him with the will of his great-grandfather, Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein. This can cause confusion, as the movie makes reference from this point on only of Frederick's grandfather, and clearly indicates that it was his grandfather, not his great-grandfather, who was the "mad scientist" in the family. - Also, there is no further mention of the will; this is cleared up in a deleted scene, in which it is revealed that Baron Frankenstein is indeed meant to be the father of the mad scientist and not the scientist himself. It is also revealed in a gathering of all the surviving family heirs that the details of the will (not surprisingly) have Frederick inherit everything, which is why he travels to his ancestral home. The will was delayed by order of the Baron himself, instructing that its details not be revealed until his 100th birthday. ## Soundtrack\[\] ABC Records released the soundtrack on LP in 1974. On April 29, 1997, One Way Records reissued it on CD. There are pieces of dialogue by the actors as well as background and incidental music on the disc. The LP and disc are now out of print and command a very high price on Internet auction sites when available. Track listing 1. Main Title (Theme From "Young Frankenstein") 2. That's Fron-Kon-Steen\! 3. Train Ride To Transylvania / The Doctor Meets Igor 4. Frau Blücher 5. Grandfather's Private Library 6. It's Alive\! 7. He Was My Boyfriend 8. My Name Is Frankenstein\! 9. Introduction / Puttin' on the Ritz 10. A Riot Is An Ugly Thing 11. He's Broken Loose 12. Monster Talks, The 13. Wedding Night / End Title 14. Theme From "Young Frankenstein" (Disco Version) - performed by Rhythm Heritage ## Cultural references\[\] - The brain which Igor is ordered to steal is labeled as belonging to "Hans Delbrück, scientist and saint". A real-life Hans Delbrück was a nineteenth-century military historian; his son Max Delbrück was a twentieth-century biochemist and Nobel laureate. - Every time Frau Blücher's name is mentioned, horses are heard whinnying as if afraid of her name. Many viewers mistakenly believe that Blücher means "glue" in German; however, Blücher is a well-known German surname.[\[9\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-9) The German term for glue is der Kleber, or tierischer Leim for animal glue. Brooks suggested in a 2000 interview that he had based the joke on the erroneous translation, which he had heard from someone else.[\[10\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-10) In an interview, Cloris Leachman said that Mel had told her that that is why he named her character Blücher.[\[11\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-11) In the audio commentary, Mel Brooks explains that the horses are whinnying to show us that Frau Blücher is an ominous character: "They're terrified of her; God only knows what she does to them when nobody else is around." - The US AMC cable network broadcast a 2007 "DVD TV" version of the film with commentary in subtitles. Among other information, it stated that Inga was based on Ulla from Brooks' earlier film The Producers. ## Cultural legacy\[\] When the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, Toys in the Attic. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of Young Frankenstein, where the "Walk This Way" gag provided the basis (or phrase) for the Aerosmith hit "Walk This Way".[\[12\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-12) In the film Igor says "Walk this way", whilst hunched over and with a short cane, encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Wilder the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by an old vaudeville "talcum powder" joke.[\[13\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-13) ## Musical adaptation\[\] Brooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7–September 1, 2007.[\[14\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-14) The musical opened on [Broadway](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Broadway_theatre "Broadway theatre") at the Foxwods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.[\[15\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-15) ## Awards\[\] Nominations[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5)[\[16\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-Oscars1975-16) - Academy Award for Best Sound, Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa (1975) - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Cloris Leachman (1975) - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Madeline Kahn (1975) - WGA Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) Cloris Leachman was nominated as a lead despite Madeline Kahn having far more screentime. Wins[\[5\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated2-5) - Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Young Frankenstein (1975) - Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, Young Frankenstein (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Direction, Mel Brooks (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Marty Feldman (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Make-up, William Tuttle (1976) - Saturn Award for Best Set Decoration, Robert De Vestel and Dale Hennesy (1976) - Golden Screen Award, Young Frankenstein (1977) - Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Comedic Film, Mel Brooks (1976) ### Other honors\[\] American Film Institute recognition - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - \#13[\[4\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-autogenerated1-4) - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: - "Puttin' on the Ritz" - \#89[\[17\]](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_note-17) - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: - "What hump?" - Nominated - AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated In 2011, ABC aired a primetime special, Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and People. Young Frankenstein was selected as the \#4 Best Comedy. ## References\[\] 1. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-1) [Director & leading actors](http://www.getback.com/movie/young-frankenstein/1566325) 2. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-2) ["Film & Movie Comedy Classics"](http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/films/index.htm). Comedy Zone. <http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/films/index.htm>. Retrieved December 16, 2008. 3. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-3) ["Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies"](http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2). Bravo. Published by Lists of Bests. <http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092-100-funniest-movies?page=2>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 4. ↑ [4\.0](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0) [4\.1](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1) ["AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs"](http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 5. ↑ [5\.0](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-0) [5\.1](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-1) [5\.2](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-autogenerated2_5-2) ["Young Frankenstein: Award Wins and Nominations"](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/awards). IMDb. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/awards>. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 6. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-6) According to Leonard Maltin's annual directory of movies, Gene Hackman was uncredited in the original theatrical run. 7. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-7) Lacher, Irene. ["The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical"](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/01/entertainment/la-ca-conversation-20100801). Los Angeles Times, 01 August 2010. Retrieved on 08-11-10. 8. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-8) ["Chattanooga Choo Choo Lyrics by Glenn Miller"](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo.html). Lyricsdepot.com. <http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo.html>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 9. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-9) ["Elmer's Gantry"](http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm). snopes.com. 2007-08-12. <http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 10. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-10) Marshall Fine. ["That's Fronkensteen"](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1844/). Amazon.com. <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1844/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 11. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-11) The O'Reilly Factor, April 3, 2009 12. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-12) ["Walk their way \\| Aerosmith News"](http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/312697/pid/302766). AeroForceOne. <http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/312697/pid/302766>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 13. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-13) [Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art](http://books.google.com/books?id=Qj4o440R7ywC&pg=PA151&lr=&sig=yjGIB4ms88aZ_rYyzwnru0mkei4), p. 151; Gene Wilder, Macmillan, 2005. 14. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-14) ["The Paramount official site"](http://www.theparamount.com/YoungFrankenstein/). Theparamount.com. <http://www.theparamount.com/YoungFrankenstein/>. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 15. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-15) [Playbill article, 11/8/07](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112585.html) 16. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-Oscars1975_16-0) ["The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/47th-winners.html). oscars.org. <http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/47th-winners.html>. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 17. [↑](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Frankenstein#cite_ref-17) ["AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs"](http://www.afi.com/100years/songs.aspx). American Film Institute. <http://www.afi.com/100years/songs.aspx>. 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(1944 film)") (1944) · [House of Dracula](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Dracula "House of Dracula") (1945) · [Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein") (1948) \| \| The Creeper \| [House of Horrors](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Horrors "House of Horrors") (1946) · [The Brute Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Brute_Man "The Brute Man") (1946) \| \| Others \| The Werewolf (1913) · [The Hunchback of Notre Dame](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_$1923_film$ "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)") (1923) · [The Cat and the Canary](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cat_and_the_Canary_$1927_film$ "The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)") (1927) · [The Man Who Laughs](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_Who_Laughs_$1928_film$ "The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)") (1928) · [The Last Warning](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Last_Warning "The Last Warning") (1929) · [The Last Performance](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Last_Performance "The Last Performance") (1929) · [The Cat Creeps](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cat_Creeps "The Cat Creeps") (1930) · [La Voluntad del muerto](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/La_Voluntad_del_muerto "La Voluntad del muerto") (1930) · [The Old Dark House](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Old_Dark_House "The Old Dark House") (1932) · [The Mystery of Edwin Drood](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_$1935_film$ "The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935 film)") (1935) · [Werewolf of London](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf_of_London "Werewolf of London") (1935) · [The Invisible Ray](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Invisible_Ray_$1936_film$ "The Invisible Ray (1936 film)") (1936) · Night Key (1937) · [The Phantom Creeps](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Phantom_Creeps "The Phantom Creeps") (1939) · [Tower of London](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Tower_of_London_$1939_film$ "Tower of London (1939 film)") (1939) ·*[Black Friday](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Friday_$1940_film$ "Black Friday (1940 film)") (1940) ·* [Man Made Monster](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Man_Made_Monster "Man Made Monster") (1941) ·** Horror Island(1941) ·** [Night Monster](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Night_Monster "Night Monster") (1942) ·** [The Mad Ghoul](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mad_Ghoul "The Mad Ghoul") (1943) ·** [The Climax](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Climax "The Climax") (1944) ·** [She-Wolf of London](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/She-Wolf_of_London_$film$ "She-Wolf of London (film)") (1946) ·** [Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Killer,_Boris_Karloff "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff") (1949) ·** [The Strange Door](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Strange_Door "The Strange Door") (1951) ·** [The Black Castle](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Black_Castle "The Black Castle") (1952) ·** [It Came from Outer Space](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/It_Came_from_Outer_Space "It Came from Outer Space") (1953) ·* ·* [Cult of the Cobra](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_the_Cobra "Cult of the Cobra") (1955) ·** [This Island Earth](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/This_Island_Earth "This Island Earth") (1955) ·** [Tarantula](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Tarantula_$film$ "Tarantula (film)") (1955) ·** [Cult of the Cobra](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_the_Cobra "Cult of the Cobra") (1955) ·** [The Mole People](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mole_People_$film$ "The Mole People (film)") (1956) ·** [The Deadly Mantis](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Deadly_Mantis "The Deadly Mantis") (1957) ·** [The Monolith Monsters](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monolith_Monsters "The Monolith Monsters") (1957) ·** [Monster on the Campus](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_on_the_Campus "Monster on the Campus") (1958) ·** The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) ·** [The Leech Woman](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Leech_Woman "The Leech Woman") (1960) Werewolf:The Beast Among Us (2012) \| \| Tributes \| *Young Frankenstein* (1974) · [The Monster Squad](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monster_Squad "The Monster Squad") (1987) · [Darkman](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Darkman "Darkman") (1990) · [Van Helsing](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Van_Helsing_$film$ "Van Helsing (film)") (2004) · [House of the Wolf Man](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_the_Wolf_Man "House of the Wolf Man") (2009) \| \| Remakes \| [Dracula](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Dracula_$1979_film$ "Dracula (1979 film)") (1979) · [The Mummy](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy_$1999_film$ "The Mummy (1999 film)") (1999) · [The Mummy Returns](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy_Returns "The Mummy Returns") (2001) · [The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy:_Tomb_of_the_Dragon_Emperor "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor") (2008) · [The Wolfman](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wolfman_$2010_film$ "The Wolfman (2010 film)") (2010) · [Dracula Untold](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Dracula_Untold "Dracula Untold") (2014)[The Mummy](https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy_$2017$ "The Mummy (2017)") (2017) · The Invisible Man (2020) \|
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