A Space Odyssey, Faces, and Rosemary's Baby are all among the absolute greatest movies of 1968 that are now regarded as ...

This week, get ready for tributes to Dick Van Dyke and Frank Sinatra, as well as cinematic angels and Hanna-Barbera's feature films.

Mel Brooks’ The Producers is the gift that keeps on giving. First there’s the original 1968 film, a nearly perfect 88 minutes of comedy. Its two leads, Zero Mostel, as slimy Broadway impresario Max ...

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There have been performances that thrilled me – Judy Garland at the Dominion, Danny Kaye at the Palladium, Lena Horne at the Palace, Sammy Davis Jr at the Pigalle – but I have to choose the original ...

Fifty years ago, The Times’ Charles Champlin spoke to Mel Brooks for the opening of his feature directing debut, “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In 2001, it would be the basis ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters ...

Fiddler on the Roof. Zero Mostel is a bundle of Zero Mostels, and a fresh one comes to view with each new performance. He can dance like a bear, sing like a frog and outstare an owl. A rhinoceros ...

This illustration is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with a 12.50" x 12.00" image. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the opening of Zero Mostel in Hal Prince`s production of ...

There is a cadence to the kind of comedy made famous by performers like Don Rickles and Rodney Dangerfield: wry, histrionic, unmistakably Jewish and disarmingly funny. Though he would ultimately win ...

The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” first proclaimed Shalom Aleichem to Broadway audiences in 1964, with Zero Mostel belting out the iconic “If I Were a Rich Man” song as Tevye the Dairyman, the father ...

Josh Kornbluth's 'Citizen Brain' seeks to spread a kindness contagion. From my fast-fading database of college memories, I recall an ad hoc rock-and-roll comedy group comprised of smart lefties. It ...