#Gene wilder

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That’s one my all-time favorites. I even gave a lecture on in it in graduate school.

Just watched the Producers, it's a very fun movie!!

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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) — dir. Mel Brooks

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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) dir. mel brooks

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Blazing Saddles (1974) // Dir. Mel Brooks

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Puttin on the riiiiiiiitz 🧟‍♂️

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Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles" (released 50 years ago today in 1974)

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Young Frankenstein (1974)

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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) dir. mel brooks

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1974.

New Jersey critics had it out for Mel Brooks.

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Teri Garr (RIP), Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle and Mel Brooks behind the scenes: Young Frankenstein, 1974

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Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Man Who Laughs)— oh my god look at him in Caligari. I specifically said that he's from this because him as Cesare is just. MMMMM. he's so wet and sad and scrungly. and little. he's like a kitten left alone in a dark alley except he's also killed people (not his fault). something wrong with him (Cesare). as for Conrad himself. oh my god look at him... them big ole eyes and the walk of some fucking thing creature

Gene Wilder (Bonnie and Clyde, The Producers)—Gene Wilder's first starring role was a pathetic little guy who was lured into committing crimes and panicked about it, then continued committing the same crimes in prison!

This is round 4 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

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Conrad Veidt:

I mean just look at him. The wet cat energy. The ghostly eyes. He did the monster mash before anybody. Where would we be today without him, he even has one (1) song on spotify. I regularly forget he's dead and wonder what his next movie will be. He slays in any role. The Ultimate Skrunkle.

He's the ultimate scrungly to me, the basis for many of our scrungly guys today. he's so skinny and pale and he wears so much eye makeup

He was THE bisexual goth tumblr sexyman of early film. Seriously the old timey Tumblrinas would send him fanmail about wanting him to choke them. He inspired the designs for the Joker and Jafar,and was nicknamed the “Demon of the Silver Screen” for his horror roles. His first wife divorced him for crossdressing. Hitler sent him hate mail for speaking out about antisemitism. He really loved his wife and told the Germans to go fuck themselves when they threatened his job if he didn’t divorce her for being Jewish. Just look at me and tell me this guy isn’t scrungly he’s like a personification of the emo kid from Horton hears a who

[cw the below clip depicts assault/abduction and could be scary for some viewers]

Gene Wilder:

"As I pull together submissions in my mind, I keep finding myself with the question "Is he scrungly or just Jewish?" And I worry. What is scrungly, if it depends on sidestepping Hollywood Leading Lady/Man standards? But by god, Gene Wilder is scrungly."

"Excellently scrungly, even in his debut film. And the Producers requires no explanation. Big this energy":

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Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman on the set of Young Frankenstein (1974)

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The cast and director of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) at a Los Angeles restaurant where they gathered for a photo shoot to promote the movie.

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