Your Name Is My Name
Hedly Lamarr was the ideal nemesis that Mel Brooks created for Blazing Saddles. Unfortunately, the name of his character was eerily similar to that of a famous actress who had worked for MGM from the 1930s to the 1950s. The similarity to her own name, which Harvey Korman had jokingly predicted would result in legal action, did not impress Hedy Lamarr. It did, but the two were able to come to an amicable agreement.
Your Name Is My Name
A Child Arrived Just The Other Day
Max Brooks was born about the time when Mel Brooks initially began working on the Blazing Saddles script. Brooks felt pressured to make the movie succeed because he wasn’t exactly flush with funds at the time. He stated he felt a little like Charles Dickens in taking on a project merely for the money, even though he didn’t want to appear to be selling out by taking any old project. Because of this, Brooks was committed to making a quality movie.
A Child Arrived Just The Other Day
