One Foot in 1941

My name is Polly. I love film, especially classics from the Golden Era of Hollywood, all things vintage, books, nature, art and history. I love the life of the 1910's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's.and 60's. Especially the 1920's, 30’s & 40's.

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The 100-year-old-man, author of the laughter of our lives. Happy, happy birthday, Mel Brooks. ❤️🎂💯

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He was the earliest hero! My parents took me to see Silent Movie when it opened! I remember laughing a lot. Every movie was an event when it came on TV. It’s a miracle I was not thrown out of the theater during History of the World Part, Part 1! Happy 100th Birthday to the true king of comedy, Mel Brooks!

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Happy 100th Mel Brooks. Here with his wife, Anne Bancroft.

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100 Reasons to Love Mel Brooks on His 100th Birthday

Here are 100 reasons to love the comedy writer, director and star who’s celebrating a milestone on Sunday and who’s changed our culture in s

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Arrivals & Departures . 28 June 1926 . Melvin James Brooks . Mel Brooks

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024.

Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows (1950–1954). There he worked with Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, and Carl Reiner. With Reiner, he co-created the comedy sketch The 2000 Year Old Man and released several comedy albums, starting with 2000 Year Old Man in 1960. Brooks received five nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album finally winning in 1999. With Buck Henry, he created the hit satirical spy NBC television comedy series Get Smart (1965–1970).

Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers (1967). He then rose to prominence directing a string of successful comedy films such as The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), and High Anxiety (1977). Later Brooks made History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).[2] A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and earned Brooks three Tony Awards. The project was remade into a musical film in 2005. He wrote and produced the Hulu series History of the World, Part II (2023).

Brooks was married to actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005. Their son Max Brooks is an actor and author, known for his novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006). In 2021, Mel Brooks published his memoir titled All About Me!. Three of his films are included on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which were ranked in the top 15: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.

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Uncredited Photographer Carl Reiner (l) and Mel Brooks Doing a "2,000-year Old Man" Sketch 1961

Today is Mel Brooks 100th birthday! Happy 100th, Mel, and many more.

"When you've got it, flaunt it!" Mel Brooks, in "The Producers" 1967

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Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100

The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been await

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Happy 100th birthday to comedy legend Mel Brooks!

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Mel Brooks June 28, 1926

"It's good to be the king."

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Mel Brooks #BOTD 💯wearing a U.S. Army-issued jacket, dating back to his service as a combat engineer during World War II. Born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926, he served in the Army at age 18, deactivating land mines in France.

The Golden Age of Cinema, Facebook

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Happy 100th, Mel Brooks.

With Anne Bancroft in 1983.

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The absolutely lovely Ingrid Bergman

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Dramatic evening dress by Nettie Rosenstein at I. Magnin Co., illustrated by Joseph Bolegard

Vogue, September 15, 1943