Which actor spoke the only word in Mel Brooks' 1976 comedy film 'Silent Movie'?
"Silent Movie Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, and Paul Newman playing themselves. While indeed silent (except for one word, music, and numerous sound effects), the film is a parody of the silent film genre, particularly the slapstick comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. Among the film's most famous gags is"
"his speaking talent, as a mad scientist; and a cameo as himself in Mel Brooks ""Silent Movie"" (1976), in which, with intentional irony, his character has the only audible speaking part, uttering the single word ""No!"" when Brooks asks him (via intertitle) if he would participate in the film. His last film appearances included small roles in Klaus Kinski's ""Paganini"" (1989) and ""Joseph's Gift"" (1998). He also had a role in a low-budget film roughly based on his life story called ""Paint It White"". The film was never completed because another actor in the movie, a lifelong friend with whom"
"tolerably amusing novelty item."" It earned North American rentals of $21,240,000. At the ""34th Golden Globe Awards"", the film received nominations for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical or Comedy for Mel Brooks, Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role for Marty Feldman and Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for Bernadette Peters, winning none. The DVD contains audio tracks in English, Spanish, and French, even though the film's only spoken line, """"Non"""" (French for ""No""), sounds almost identical in all three languages. The DVD also includes English subtitles. Silent"
"'silent film' set. Alongside Melvin, who played the errant son, Lupin, were other actors from John Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, including Bryan Pringle and Brian Murphy, who also became Russell regulars. Lupin's girlfriend in the film is played by Vivian Pickles, whose performance at the Royal Court Theatre in John Osborne's ""Plays for England"" had attracted national attention. Melvin was seen in a cameo in the final scenes of Ken Russell's film of Isadora Duncan (1966), which starred Vivian Pickles as the great American dancer. Melvin's most famous role is Father Mignon in Ken Russell's ""The Devils"" (1971). Mignon is the"
"of his movie career, Brooks tried TV again with ""When Things Were Rotten"", a Robin Hood parody that lasted only 13 episodes. Nearly 20 years later, in response to the 1991 hit film """", Brooks mounted another Robin Hood parody in 1993 with """". Brooks' film resurrected several pieces of dialogue from his TV series, as well as from earlier Brooks films. In 1976, Brooks followed up his two hit films with an audacious idea: the first feature-length silent comedy in four decades. ""Silent Movie"" was written by Brooks and Ron Clark, starring Brooks in his first leading role, Dom"
"only films produced in the sound era with the specific artistic intention of being silent. Several filmmakers have paid homage to the comedies of the silent era, including, Charlie Chaplin, with ""Modern Times"" (1936), Orson Welles with ""Too Much Johnson"" (1938), Jacques Tati with ""Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot"" (1953), Pierre Etaix with ""The Suitor"" (1962), and Mel Brooks with ""Silent Movie"" (1976). Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's acclaimed drama ""Three Times"" (2005) is silent during its middle third, complete with intertitles; Stanley Tucci's ""The Impostors"" has an opening silent sequence in the style of early silent comedies. Brazilian filmmaker Renato"
"dropped after one season, but Long (once again playing different one-shot guest characters) was seen again on ""77 Sunset Strip"" in seasons five and six. In 1961, Robert Logan became the new parking lot attendant, J.R. Hale, who usually spoke in abbreviations. He was seen throughout seasons four and five. One of the series' more unusual episodes was the 1960 ""The Silent Caper"", written by Smith. It presented its story completely without dialogue, hence the title. Another off-beat entry was 1961's ""Reserved For Mr. Bailey"", which finds Zimbalist alone in a ghost town. He is the only actor on screen"
"and Evelyn Brent. Like so many of his contemporaries, McGregor's career quickly waned after the changeover to sound and he was reduced to playing second fiddle to Bela Lugosi in the Mascot serial ""The Whispering Shadow"" (1932). McGregor retired after playing a gangster in a low-budget screen version of radio's ""Special Agent K-7"" (1937). McGregor reportedly died from burns suffered in an accident in his Hollywood home. Malcolm McGregor Malcolm McGregor (October 13, 1892 – April 29, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. McGregor appeared in 55 films between 1922 and 1936. He was born in Newark,"
"film is now always shown silent, in which form it remains one of the great classics of the screen. By late 1929, virtually all films in production in the US were ""100 percent all talking"", although there were rare but sometimes notable and successful exceptions. Charlie Chaplin's ""Modern Times"", released in 1936, is an example of an unusually late part-talkie. The only voices heard in the film are those of the factory foreman, of a salesman making his pitch by means of a phonograph record, and of Chaplin when he sings a gibberish song in a nightclub sequence. The soundtrack"
"of Shepard frontier poetry that shuns pretty-boy posturing"". Silent Tongue Silent Tongue is a 1994 American western horror film written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in the spring of 1992, but not released until 1994. It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix. The film is about a young man named Talbot Roe (Phoenix), who's gone insane over the death of his wife. Talbot's father, Prescott Roe (Harris) feels his son's pain and wants to find him a new wife. He goes back to the"
"Silent Tongue Silent Tongue is a 1994 American western horror film written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in the spring of 1992, but not released until 1994. It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix. The film is about a young man named Talbot Roe (Phoenix), who's gone insane over the death of his wife. Talbot's father, Prescott Roe (Harris) feels his son's pain and wants to find him a new wife. He goes back to the place where he bought Talbot's first wife, from"
"been released on DVD. The Silent Man (film) The Silent Man is a 1917 American Western silent film directed by William S. Hart and written by Charles Kenyon. The film stars William S. Hart, Vola Vale, Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews, J. P. Lockney, George Nichols, and Gertrude Claire. It was released on November 26, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. As described in a film magazine, 'Silent' Budd Marr (Hart) comes to the town of Bakeoven to spend some of the gold for which he had labored so hard. Through Handsome Jack Pressley (McKim) he gets into a fight, and is confined"
"of eight films for Paramount, including Tillie and Gus, starring W.C. Fields, Ladies Should Listen starring Cary Grant and 1935's Two for Tonight. He retired from film producing in 1937, but continued to freelance write for movies and television in the 1940s and 1950s. MacLean was known as ""The Man With the Million Dollar Smile"". MacLean died in his Beverly Hills' home from the effects of a stroke, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Douglas MacLean Douglas MacLean (Charles Douglas MacLean) (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American silent motion picture actor,"
"The Silent Man (film) The Silent Man is a 1917 American Western silent film directed by William S. Hart and written by Charles Kenyon. The film stars William S. Hart, Vola Vale, Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews, J. P. Lockney, George Nichols, and Gertrude Claire. It was released on November 26, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. As described in a film magazine, 'Silent' Budd Marr (Hart) comes to the town of Bakeoven to spend some of the gold for which he had labored so hard. Through Handsome Jack Pressley (McKim) he gets into a fight, and is confined to bed for a"
"Charley Chase, Stan Laurel (who made a commercially successful transition into talking pictures in the team Laurel & Hardy), along with many others. In the early years of ""talkie"" films (beginning in 1927, see ""The Jazz Singer"") a few actors continued to act silently for comedic effect, most famously Charlie Chaplin, whose last great ""silent"" comedies ""City Lights"" (1931) and ""Modern Times"" (1936) were both made in the sound age. Another late example was Harpo Marx, who always played a mute in the Marx Brothers' films. Another important legacy of silent film comedy was the humor in animated cartoons. Even"
"Brothers was greater than their film career, in part because of their long career as nightclub entertainers. They influenced actors including Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, and Sid Caesar. In his 1976 film ""Silent Movie"", Mel Brooks paid tribute to the Ritz Brothers by casting Harry in a cameo (he is the fellow leaving a tailor's shop). It was the actor's last role. In a 1976 ""Esquire"" article, Harry Stein makes the case that many top comedians were influenced by, and even borrowed bits from, Harry Ritz. In an interview in ""Playboy"" magazine, George Carlin said Harry Ritz ""invented the moves"
"March 29, 1986. He left behind a widow, his children ( including two young daughters with a very young wife), granddaughter and his sister. Ritz is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Ritz, along with his brothers, influenced comedians such as Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, and Danny Kaye. Brooks cast Ritz in a cameo in his 1976 movie ""Silent Movie"". In an interview with Esquire magazine, Brooks had this to say regarding Ritz; In that same interview, Lewis had this to say about Ritz; Harry Ritz Harry Ritz (May 22, 1907 – March 29, 1986),"
"American movie houses to move from almost all silent to almost all equipped for sound. In the interim period, studios reacted by improvising four solutions: fast remakes of recent productions, ""goat gland"" pictures with one or two sound sequences spliced into already finished productions, dual sound and silent versions produced simultaneously, and part-talkies. The famous so-called ""first talking picture"", ""The Jazz Singer"" (1927), starring Al Jolson, is in fact a part-talkie. It features only about fifteen minutes of singing and talking, interspersed throughout the film, while the rest is a typical silent film with ""titles"" and only a recorded orchestral"
"dramatization does not judge Pelosi's guilt or innocence. Rather, it depicts his version of the incident and the systematic ostracism that followed his decision not to resign from the Academy. Pelosi stuck out ""the silence"" for 19 months, until his graduation from West Point in 1973. Scriptwriter Stanley R. Greenberg based the drama on interviews he had with Pelosi. ""The silence"" was abolished by the Corps of Cadets in 1973. Many attribute that decision to Pelosi's experience. The movie was first shown on NBC on November 6, 1975. The Silence (1975 film) The Silence is a 1975 made-for-TV movie about"
"plays between 1922 and 1938. His film career would last slightly longer, mostly as a character actor or in smaller roles, from 1928 through 1958, during which time he appeared in over 100 films. Collins often played earnest roles like police or military officers. His first film was a silent picture, the 1928 film, ""The Racket"", which stars Louis Wolheim, and in which Collins had a featured role. It would be the only silent film he would make. Two years later, in 1930, Collins would have a featured role in another film with Wolheim, the classic ""All Quiet on the"
"Frank Morgan Francis Phillip Wuppermann (born; June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known professionally as Frank Morgan, and also briefly billed early in his career as as Frank Wupperman and Francis Morgan, was an American character actor on radio, stage and film. He was best known for his appearances in film's starting in the silent era in 1916, and then numerous sound films throughout the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Morgan was born in New York City, to Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. He was the youngest of six boys"
"in Houston, Texas, due to myocardial infarction after a history of arteriosclerosis and rheumatic heart disease. Brooks Benedict Brooks Benedict (born Harold J. Mann, February 6, 1896 – January 1, 1968) was an American actor of the silent and sound film era, where he played supporting and utility roles in over 300 films, mostly uncredited. He was born to Alice Julian and Samuel Mann. He attended Princeton University for two years, and was a member its football team. He then joined the American Ambulance Corp. in France for six months at the height of World War I. Upon return and"
"a sequel to the first film"", and ""would focus on other people trying to survive the hearing monsters"". Films with little or no dialogue The British Film Institute listed the following noteworthy films with little or no dialogue: A Quiet Place (film) A Quiet Place is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror film directed by John Krasinski, who wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. The film stars Krasinski, alongside Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. The plot revolves around a family facing struggles in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing."
"chair is kept empty and he is the only guest who is expected to either arrive at the banquet in person or appear through a filmed interview from an undisclosed safe house location. In the end, Rushdie never appears, the expected feast never happens and the film ends with a silent blank screen. The music of the film was composed by Dominic Muldowney and the songs were performed by Teresa Stratas. Anthony Rowland writes that Harrison uses the five literary figures to represent literary culture and the Institution of Literature and its traditional opposition to the merging of religion with"
"a hoarse whisper, prompting Hawks to later state, ""I thought he ought to be great in talking pictures ""because"" of that voice."" However, after shooting only a few scenes, Fox shut Hawks down and ordered him to make a silent film, both because of Griffith's voice and because they only owned the legal rights to make a silent film. The film did have a musical score and synchronized sound effects, but no dialogue. Due to the failing business of silent films, it was never released in the US and only briefly screened in England where film critics hated it. The"
"present day. According to biographer Jeffrey Meyers, the romantic image of the tall, handsome, and shy cowboy hero who embodied male freedom, courage, and honor was created in large part by Cooper in the film. Unlike some silent film actors who had trouble adapting to the new sound medium, Cooper transitioned naturally, with his ""deep and clear"" and ""pleasantly drawling"" voice, which was perfectly suited for the characters he portrayed on screen, also according to Meyers. Looking to capitalize on Cooper's growing popularity, Paramount cast him in several Westerns and wartime dramas in 1930, including ""Only the Brave"", ""The Texan"","
"He returned to his career as a motion picture actor with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943, on an ""actor-writer"" contract. After suffering from several strokes, Schenck retired to Tahiti where he died in 1962 at the age of 72. Earl Schenck Earl O. Schenck (13 May 1889 – 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1946. After playing leading roles on Broadway and in Hollywood during the Silent era opposite such stars as Mae Murray, Mae Marsh, Norma Talmadge, Nazimova and Marion Davies, Schenck developed ""Klieg light eyes"". Threatened with total blindness, he interrupted a"
"The Angry Silence The Angry Silence is a 1960 black-and-white British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig and Bernard Lee. The film marked the first release through screenwriter Bryan Forbes's production venture, Beaver Films and Forbes won a BAFTA Award and an Oscar nomination for his contribution (shared with original story writers Michael Craig and Richard Gregson). Factory worker Tom Curtis (Richard Attenborough) has two children and his wife, Anna (Pier Angeli), is pregnant, putting him under financial pressure. Consequently, he refuses to take part in an unofficial strike, meaning a loss"
"silent screen era. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford created and starred in ""All Wear Bowlers"" (2004), which started as an homage to Laurel and Hardy then evolved to incorporate life-sized silent film sequences of Sobelle and Lyford who jump back and forth between live action and the silver screen. The animated film ""Fantasia"" (1940), which is eight different animation sequences set to music, can be considered a silent film, with only one short scene involving dialogue. The espionage film ""The Thief"" (1952) has music and sound effects, but no dialogue, as do Thierry Zéno's 1974 ""Vase de Noces"" and Patrick"
"made-for-television films and a few more feature films, including ""The Falcon and the Snowman"" in 1985 and 1986's ""Vamp"". He has not appeared in any films released since 2001, moving instead behind the camera as an assistant director. In 1981, Makepeace recorded spoken dialogue for the KISS album ""Music from ""The Elder"""" with Producer Bob Ezrin, but it was not used in the final mix; plans to turn the album into a feature film never materialized. His older brother, Tony Makepeace, is a notable Canadian photographer. Chris Makepeace Christopher Makepeace (born April 22, 1964) is a Canadian actor, known for"
"The Silent Voice (film) The Silent Voice is a six-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1915 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The motion picture was directed by William J. Bowman and was adapted from the Jules Eckert Goodman play ""The Silent Voice"" by I. K. Freedman and Eve Unsell. Goodman’s play, that originally starred Otis Skinner, was based on the Gouverneur Morris short story, ""The Man Who Played God"" which also served as the geneses for the 1932 film ""The Man Who Played God"" and the 1955 Liberace vehicle, ""Sincerely Yours"". ""The Silent Voice"" was released on"
"in which actors actually spoke their roles. Reportedly, at the film's premiere, the feature was met with derisive laughter as a result of the film's stilted dialogue, resulting in two of the four talking sequences being eliminated during the first week of the film's premiere run. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $889,000 domestically and $96,000 foreign. Tenderloin (film) Tenderloin is a 1928 American part-talkie crime film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello. While the film was a part-talkie, it was mostly a silent film with a synchronized musical score and sound effects on Vitaphone discs."
"variety shows such as ""The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine"", ""The Lohman and Barkley Show"", ""The Tim Conway Show"", and ""The Carol Burnett Show"". After some success as a screenwriter – notably the Mel Brooks comedies ""Silent Movie"" (1976) and ""High Anxiety"" (1977) (in which he played a bellboy) and the Oscar-nominated script (co-written by then-wife Valerie Curtin) ""...And Justice for All"" (1979) – Levinson began his career as a director with ""Diner"" (1982), for which he had also written the script and which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. ""Diner"" was the first of four films set"