Dailey, Dan, 325
Dalton, Timothy, 467
Daniel, Douglass K., 294, 416, 452, 533
Daniels, Marc, 117
Danny’s Hideaway, N.Y., 135
Danny Thomas Show, The (TV show), 206
Darion, Joe, 138–39
Darling, Joan, 391
Darrach, Brad, 414
Dash, Thomas R., 139
Dave King Show, The (TV show), 158–59
David, Larry, 530
David Susskind Show, The (TV show), 303
Davis, Bette, 98, 207, 271, 389
Davis, Geena, 465
Davis, Marvin, 412
Day, Doris, 175, 204, 218
Day Before Spring, The (musical), 166
Deep in My Heart (film), 493
De Laurentiis, Dino, 481
DeLuca, Rudy, 369–70, 374, 378, 381, 387–88, 487, 488, 505–6, 513, 545, 549
DeLuise, Dom, 41, 265, 293, 364, 367, 372, 377–78, 380, 406, 451, 501, 513; Blazing Saddles, 324, 326, 332; Fatso, 364, 391, 403; History of the World, Part I, 408, 410; Silent Movie, 370, 421; Spaceballs, 474; The Twelve Chairs, 287, 292, 298
DeLuise, Peter, 468
Demolition Man (film), 504
De Niro, Robert, 543
Dennis, John, 50, 51
Denoff, Sam, 70, 236, 255–56
Denver, John, 511n
De Salvo, Anne, 441
De Sica, Vittorio, 91
Destry Rides Again (film), 316, 331
Devils, The (play), 244, 254
De Vore, Christopher, 394, 396, 404, 427, 428, 430
De Vries, Peter, 86
D. H. Blair & Co., 436–37
Diamond, I.A.L., 255
Diamond, Selma, 124, 128, 203, 441
Diary of a Mad Housewife (film), 287, 344, 440
Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV show), 82, 124, 175, 204, 236, 237, 443–44
Dietrich, Marlene, 161, 316, 324, 331
Dietz, Howard, 161
Diller, Barry, 366, 399
Dinah Shore Show, The (TV show), 144, 161, 172
Diner (film), 387
Disney, Touchstone division, 480
Doctor and the Devils, The (film), 466–67, 470
Dolphin, Joseph, 22, 23–24, 47, 48, 50
Donen, Stanley, 149, 328, 329, 337
Donfeld, 474–75
Donna Reed Show, The (TV show), 168
“Don’t Be That Way” (song), 15
Douglas, Jack, 167
Douglas, Melvyn, 162
Downey, Robert, Sr., 244
Dracula (Stoker), 505
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (film), 404, 491, 501–8; budget, 506, 520; cast, 506, 513; earnings, 507; filming, 506–7; idea for and script, 505–6; as last MB comedy, 510; MB acting in, 506; release of, 507; reviews, 507–8; writers for, 505–6
Dreams of Glory and Other Drawings (Steig), 197, 200
Dreyfuss, Richard, 530
Dr. Strangelove (film), 224, 246, 323
Du Bois, W.E.B., 29
Duet for One (play), 419–20, 492
Duke, Patty, 184, 534
Duke, Vernon, 115
Dumb and Dumber (film), 507
Dunay, Peter (stepson), 207, 536
Dunay, Edward, 89, 159, 166, 192, 206, 278, 320, 536
Dunn, Liam, 33, 323–24, 373–74
Dunn, Michael, 230
Dunne, Philip, 230, 241, 243
duPont, Paul, 62
Durante, Jimmy, 84, 101n
Durning, Charles, 450, 457, 468
Dylan, Bob, 193
Eastern District High School, 29–32
Eastwood, Clint, 505
Ebbets Field, 19
Ebert, Roger, 354, 376, 403, 411, 467, 476, 489, 490, 507–8
Eddie Cantor Show, The (radio show), 27
Edelstein, Andrew J., 481
Ed Sullivan Show, The (TV show), 178, 206
Edwards, Blake, 105, 204, 528
84 Charing Cross Road (film), 464
Eisner, Michael, 399
Electric Company, The (TV program), 365
Elephant Man, The (film), 394–404; awards and Oscar nominations, 404; Bancroft in, 402–3, 464; black-and-white photography, 398, 466; Brooksfilms Limited and, 394–97; budget, 398; cast, 402–3, 464, 474; distribution, 399–400; as hit, 403–4; lawsuit, 426–28; locations, 401; Lynch directing, 398–403; MB’s involvement, 401–2, 404, 441; premiere, 403; reviews, 442; Sanger and, 394–403; story idea and script, 394, 395, 396, 401–2
Elias, Michael, 245, 245n, 260, 317n, 339
Elkins, Hillard, 153, 173, 193, 198, 234
Elwes, Cary, 501
Emerson, Faye, 69
Engel, Fred, 174
Enter Laughing (Reiner), 148, 204
Ephron, Nora, 318
Eraserhead (film), 397–98
Eubie! (musical), 409
Evans, Maurice, 67
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (film), 319, 328, 334
Exton, Clive, 436
Eye Guess (TV show), 250
Fabray, Nanette, 124, 136, 137
Face Is Familiar, The (TV show), 206, 250
Face the Music (musical), 190n
Faces (film), 289
Factor, Mallory, 481–83, 484–85
Fairchild, Morgan, 549
Falk, Peter, 223
Fallon, Jimmy, 545
Family Plot (film), 379
Family Ties (TV show), 314
Fangoria, 493
Fanny (film), 188
Fantasticks, The (musical), 248
Farmer, Frances, 397, 428–434
Fatso (film), 390–93, 397, 403, 451
Fear on Trial (telefilm), 196
Feiffer, Judy, 308
Feiffer, Jules, 308
Feingold, Michael, 525
Feld, Fritz, 373
Feldman, Marty, 41, 334, 380, 436, 479, 480, 498; Silent Movie, 370, 372, 421; When Things Were Rotten, 366, 367; Young Frankenstein, 334–35, 337, 343, 350
Feldman’s restaurant, Coney Island, 10
Feldon, Barbara, 229
Fellini, Federico, 252, 387
Ferrell, Will, 532
Ferrer, José, 94, 161, 450
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (film), 521
“Festival of the Performing Arts” (TV special), 256–57
Few Good Men, A (film), 505
Fiddler on the Roof (musical), 86, 106, 214, 355n
Field, Ronald, 261
Fields, Bert, 427, 500
Fields, Dorothy, 141
Fields, Freddie, 142–44, 208, 307, 322, 518
Fields, Herbert, 141
Fields, Joseph “Joe,” 141, 158, 175–76
Fields, Lew, 141
Film Comment, 329, 355
Films and Filming, 403
Finney, Albert, 302, 436, 440
Fire Island, N.Y., 74–75, 106, 108, 113–15, 122–23, 140–41, 148, 159, 166, 173, 186–87, 227, 250, 251, 297, 317, 338, 361; Brooks’s Lonelyville house on, 212, 250, 254, 420, 519
Fish Called Wanda, A (film), 469
Fisher, Carrie, 495
Fisher, Island, Fla., 361, 549
Fisher, Nelle, 66
Flicker, Theodore J., 222
Flip Wilson Show, The (TV show), 309, 311
Fly, The (film), 465–66, 467
Fly II, The (film), 466, 467, 473, 493
Flynn, Errol, 11, 437, 438, 439, 444, 496, 501
Fonda, Henry, 86, 184
Fonda, Jane, 213
Forbes, 484–85
Ford, John, 230, 231, 543
Ford, Whitey, 201
Forest Theatre, Philadelphia, 85
Fort Sill, Okla., 37–38
Forward, The, 547
Fosse, Bob, 56, 59
Foster, Jodie, 492
Fox, Frederick, 61
Frances (film), 397, 432; lawsuit, 428–34, 437, 462–63
Francis, Connie, 188
Francis, Freddie, 466–67
Francks, Don, 233
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nbsp; Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group, 520
Frankenstein films, classic, 11, 335, 337, 344, 345, 348
Fraser, Hadley, 550
Freddie and Max (TV series), 492
Frederick W. Ziv Company, 198
Freeman, Kathleen, 364
“Free to Be . . .You and Me” (TV special), 365
Freud, Sigmund, 75, 76, 129, 130, 131, 132
Friedkin, William, 394
Friedman, Kinky, 404
Frisco Kid, The (film), 245n
From Here to Eternity (film), 103, 110–11, 113
“From Monday On” (song), 15
Frye, David, 309
Funny Face (film), 149
Funny People (Allen), 57, 191
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (musical), 196, 197, 204, 259, 277, 521
Gamblers, The (film), 282
Gamerman, Amy, 523
Garbo Talks (film), 464, 465
Gardner, Herb, 272
Garfield, John, 20
Garland, Judy, 262
garment industry, N.Y., 5, 19
Garr, Teri, 343–44, 349, 351, 367
Garrick Theatre, London, 550
Garrison, Greg, 98, 203
Gautier, Dick, 166, 365
Geffen, David, 515
Geilgud, John, 161
Gelbart, Larry, 55, 73, 128, 167, 169, 175, 196, 203, 204, 218, 227, 334, 406, 415, 511, 528, 547; as Caesar writer, 116, 119, 124, 126, 144, 153, 255; Club Caesar crowd at home of, 360; “Other World” group and, 377–78
Gelbart, Pat, 135, 218, 377–78, 415
Gelmis, Joseph, 375
General, The (film), 10
General Electric Theater, The (TV show), 144
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical), 67–68, 76n, 85, 89, 90, 141
Get Smart (TV show), 106, 220–25, 227, 229–31, 236–38, 240, 241, 248, 259, 289, 303, 309, 365, 538; Emmys, 236–37; MB earnings and spin-offs, 237, 303; MB promoting, 240; “Our Man in Leotards,” 240; ratings, 237; reviews, 236; “Survival of the Fattest,” 240
Get Smart, Again! (TV show), 237
Ghostley, Alice, 86, 87
Gibson, William, 184, 253, 285, 295, 493
G. I. Jane (film), 492
GI Jews (documentary), 41
Gilford, Jack, 118, 119, 120, 196
Gilford, Madeline Lee, 119
Gill, Bob, 45
Gilliam, Burton, 330
Girls Against the Boys, The (revue), 216
Giuliani, Rudy, 525
Glass, Sandy, 141
Glazier, Sidney, 297; The Producers, 250–52, 258, 267, 271–74, 278, 282, 283, 289
Glück, Louise, 544
Glucksman, Ernest D., 171
Godfather films, 214, 357
Godfrey, Arthur, 71, 168
Golda (play), 382, 419
Goldblum, Jeff, 465, 505
Goldman, Albert, 77
Goodbye, Columbus (film), 440
Goode, Peter, 93–96, 109
Goodman, Walter, 242
Good Morning, Vietnam (film), 387
Gordon, Stuart, 511
Gordy, Berry, 544
Gould, Jack, 66, 70, 111, 168, 204, 236, 295
Grable, Betty, 103
Graduate, The (film), 254, 257, 279, 282, 294, 534
Graham, Ronny, 41, 85–86, 88, 112, 217, 446, 480, 515–16, 547; MB collaboration, 115–16, 118, 407–8; MB’s friendship, 86, 133, 148; Spaceballs, 471–74, 486, 500, 516; To Be or Not to Be, 446, 448–50, 450n, 454, 516;
Grammar, Kelsey, 506
Granik, Theodore “Ted,” 149
Grant, Cary, 12, 241–42, 380, 384
Grant, Lee, 363
Granz, Norman, 153
Gray, Janine, 230
Great Expectations (film), 492
Green, Adolph, 161, 441
Green, Bernard, 124
Green, Julius, 214
Greene, Shecky, 409
Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, 156, 170, 198
Greenburg, Dan, 303
Greene, Danford B., 327, 341, 356
Greggio, Ezio, 505, 512–14
Gregory, Dick, 177, 311
Gross, Ben, 168
Gross, Terry, 544
Grossinger, Jennie, 84
Grossinger’s Hotel, 22, 69–70, 74, 84
Gruskoff, Michael, 338–40, 359, 367, 437, 518
Guardian, The, newspaper, 226, 490
Guest, Christopher, 414
Guilt of Janet Ames, The (film), 52
Guinness, Alec, 161, 163
Guízar, Tito, 28
Gwathmey, Robert, 136
Haake, James, 450
Haberman, Steve, 487, 505–6, 513, 545, 549
Hackett, Buddy, 404, 415
Hackman, Gene, 344
Haines, Randa, 364
Hamilton, Bob, 71, 76, 107, 110
Hamilton Trio, 71, 76, 107, 110
Hamlet (play), 67
Hanley, Ellen, 133
Harlem Renaissance, 29
Harmetz, Aljean, 412
Harnick, Sheldon, 86
Harold and Maude (film), 301
Harper, Jessica, 441
Hart, Moss, 141, 158, 160–63, 190n, 191, 269
Hartig, Herbert, 263, 516
Hartman, Jacob W., 6
Harwood, Ronald, 466, 467
Haskell, Molly, 383, 384
Hasselhoff, David, 548
Hathaway, Anne, 237
“Have You Heard, Bronsky Is Dying?” (MB unproduced script), 302
Hayes, Alfred, 103
Hayes, Bill, 70, 76, 100
Hayes, Isaac, 501
Hayworth, Rita, 102, 103, 105
Hazel (TV show), 196
Hebrew Benevolent Society, 4–5
Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, 4
Hecht, Ben, 528
Hedren, Tippi, 429
Heim, Alan, 276–77, 288, 296
Hell-Bent fer Heaven (play), 49
Heller, Joseph, 9, 81, 214–15, 420, 465, 510
Hellman, Lillian, 102
Hello, Dolly! (musical), 128, 515
Hellzapoppin’ (musical), 14
Hennesy, Dale, 345
Henry, Buck, 254, 304, 314, 362; Get Smart cocreator, 221–24, 227, 236, 237–40, 248, 538–39, 538n
Henry St. and Lower East Side, N.Y., 3–5
Hensley, Shuler, 540, 550
Hepburn, Katharine, 207
Herbert Berghof (HB) Studio, 183–84, 212
Here’s Milt Kamen! (album), 181
Herman, Jerry, 515
Herron High School for Aviation, 29
Hertzberg, Michael, 261, 264, 265, 272–73, 282, 296, 297, 326, 338, 374, 397; lawsuit and, 423–25
Hewett, Christopher, 258–59
Hickey, William, 260
High Anxiety (film), 51, 129, 239–40, 378–88, 390, 391, 394, 396, 406, 473, 486; cast, 381, 404; earnings, 384; fans, 386; filming, 381–82; foreshadowing in MB’s early career, 69; “High Anxiety,” 381, 543; homosexuality in, 448; idea for and script, 378–81; locations, 381; MB as actor-writer-director, 378–84; MB as lyricist, 382; MB as producer, 382; MB promoting, 384, 386, 428; openings, 382–83; PG rating, 382; production team, 381; reviews, 383–84; Sinatra impression, 154; ticket sales, 384; writers, 378, 379, 380–81, 401, 487
Hiken, Nat, 137
Hiller, Arthur, 201
Hillerman, John, 323
Hilligoss, Candace, 187
Hindenburg, The (film), 363
Hines, Gregory, 409
Hinson, Hal, 489, 490
Hirschfeld, Gerald, 344, 348, 440
History of the World, Part I (film), 404, 407–14, 471, 511n; budget, 409–10, 412, 474; Caesar in, 408, 418; cast, 408–9, 450n, 474, 488; Club Caesar’s scorn for, 418–19; earnings, 411–12, 444; editing, 410; filming, 410; foreign market, 412; “The Inquisition,” 407–8, 408n, 410, 511n; “It’s Good to Be the King,” 408n, 517; locations, 410; MB’s roles in, 408; MB promoting, 412; MB’s profit
from, 550; release of, 410; reviews, 410–11, 414; R rating, 410; story credits, 407
Hitchcock, Alfred, 12, 229, 239, 378–79, 380, 381, 383, 384, 386, 543
Hitler, Adolf, 1, 35, 36, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 51, 80, 81, 131–132, 157, 177, 190, 191, 251, 255, 259, 260, 263, 269, 276, 319, 389, 445, 447, 448, 515, 524, 526, 530; see also “Springtime for Hitler”; see also “To Be or Not to Be”
“Hitler Rap” (song), 461
Hobin, Bill, 254–55
Hoffman, Basil, 441
Hoffman, Dustin, 257, 395–96
Holiday, Hope, 141, 145, 172
Holland, Betsy, 91
Hollywood, Ca. and film industry, 102–5; blacklisting in, 102, 119, 196; Caesar’s parties, 415–16, 418; fantasy genre and, 468, 470; MB and, 229, 230, 254; MB as scriptwriter, 102–5; MB moves to, 321–23, 359, 479; MB’s first visit, 102–5; MB’s house in Beverly Hills, 322–23, 363, 414; MB’s lifestyle and, 359–62; MB trying to get a deal for “Marriage,” 241–42; MB writing for Jerry Lewis and networking in, 150–54, 170–73; Other World circle of friends, 377–78, 465; Reiner in, 172, 317, 322; “suits” replace moguls, 321; tennis and, 360; TV revolution and, 150–51; women directors in, 363, 390–91
Hollywood Palace (TV show), 206
Holtzman, Will, 17, 43, 44, 49, 51, 72, 221, 227, 418; See also Seesaw: A Dual Biography of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks
Home for the Holidays (film), 492
homosexuality, 20, 96–97; choreographer-director Alan Johnson and, 448; gay character in To Be or Not To Be, 448, 461, 517; High Anxiety and, 448; jokes in Club Brooks comedies, 448; “The Last Man” and, 246–47, 248; MB satirizing, 96, 365, 448n, 495; The Producers musical and, 517, 524; “Springtime for Hitler” and, 262
Honeymooners, The (TV show), 150, 155
Honeymoon in Vegas (film), 492
Honeystein, Kirk, 220, 238
Hope, Bob, 42, 167, 168, 169
Hopkins, Anthony, 402, 464
Hopkins, Miriam, 389
Hopper, Dennis, 338
Horn, Patricia “Pat,” 71, 107
Hot Millions (film), 289
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 102, 119
Howard, John C., 328, 341, 351, 356, 374, 381, 410
How to Make an American Quilt (film), 492
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical), 521
Huddleson, David, 323
Hudson, Kate, 218
Hudson, Rock, 216, 242–43
Huffman, Cady, 521, 526, 532
Humes, Mary-Margaret, 408–9
hungry i, San Francisco, 178
Hunt, Helen, 512
Hunter, Stephen, 524
Hunter, Whitney R., 513–514
Hurt, John, 402, 474
Huston, John, 528
Huxley, Aldous, 244
Hy Brown Studios, 264
hyphenates (writer-director), 387, 388
I Am the President (album), 309
“If You Knew Susie” (song), 13
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (documentary), 548