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Gene Wilder sounded like a truly nice person.
I think the first thing I saw him in was
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at the Parkside on Taraval. I had played Mister Salt in a production of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in a summer theater class and I was interested to see how the movie worked. It was scary.
I saw
Blazing Saddles later.
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I saw
The Producers after that on television. It left an impression.
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Young Frankenstein was one of the first movies I went to by myself. I think it was at the Metro on Union. I'm happy that it is a favorite of my whole family.
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I think I also went to the Metro to see
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, which Wilder directed. I thought the construction was sloppy. I was becoming a snob after watching many Chaplin and Keaton movies.
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Silver Streak initially caught my interest because of the train. Wilder and Pryor worked very well together.
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I loved the way he spoke about his wife Gilda Radner after she died.
