Best Of Gene Wilder - April 2024

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) [Blu-ray]

Leave it to legendary funnyman Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) to write, direct, and star in an uproarious Sherlock Holmes mystery film spoof that goes far beyond the scope of elementary comedies. After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes and exposed backsides. Featuring an outrageous ensemble cast that includes Madeline Kahn (High Anxiety) as the seductive singer, Marty Feldm... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01HH4TI5E
• UPC: 738329206529
• ASIN: B01HH4TI5E
• Brand: Kl Studio Classics
• Manufacturer: Kl Studio Classics

The Mel Brooks Collection [Blu-ray]

“Enjoy! Revel! Live!” as Mel says…and “have yourselves one sweetheart of a good time.” Presenting nine hugely popular films from one of cinema’s most celebrated, prolific and funniest filmmakers, Mel Brooks! The undisputed king of hilariously quotable films, Mel has delivered hit after hit after hit, each one as memorable as the next. This nine-disc Blu-rayTM collection includes some of the most sidesplitting, gut-busting, guffaw-inducing films ever made. It really is “good to be the king!”Contains the films Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, History... [Read More]

• ASIN: B007LNBS2I
• UPC: 024543816010
• ASIN: B007LNBS2I
• Brand: 20TH Century Fox
• Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox

Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art

Gene Wilder is one of the great comic actors who defined the 1970's and 1980's in movies. From his early work with Woody Allen to the rich group of movies he made with Mel Brooks to his partnership on screen with Richard Pryor, Wilder's performances are still discussed and celebrated today. Kiss Me Like A Stranger is an intimate glimpse of the man behind the image on the screen. In this book, Wilder talks about everything from his experiences in psychoanalysis to why he got into acting (and later comedy-his first goal was to be a Shakespearean actor) to how a midwestern childhood with a sick m... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312337078
• UPC: 884415554347
• ASIN: 0312337078
• ISBN: 9780312337070
• Brand: Griffin
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

The Woman in Red [Blu-ray]

He's head over heels and headed straight for trouble! Seduction is powerful, and in the form of The Woman in Red, it's certain to lead to unbridled passion and unlimited laughs! Featuring a first-rate cast that includes Gene Wilder (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother), Charles Grodin (Midnight Run), Joseph Bologna (Blame It on Rio), Judith Ivey (Compromising Positions), Kelly Le Brock (Weird Science) and Gilda Radner (Hanky Panky). Businessman Teddy Pierce (Wilder) has always played by the rules... until he meets the woman in red. With killer legs and a knockout style, sexy Charl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075DSLWCJ
• UPC: 738329216368
• ASIN: B075DSLWCJ
• Manufacturer: Kl Studio Classics

Haunted Honeymoon (1986) [Blu-ray]

Newly Re-mastered in HD! What do you get when you combine three of Hollywood's most hysterical talents with a creaky old castle and a werewolf legend? An amiable, kinky blend of hijinks and horror that'll leave you howling with laughter! Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein), Gilda Radner (Hanky Panky) and Dom DeLuise (Silent Movie) star in this ingenious, amusing horror comedy that ll put a smile on your face - and keep it there. At the mansion of his great aunt Kate (DeLuise), Larry (Wilder) is undergoing a psychological procedure designed to rid him of his irrational phobias... by frightening th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01HH4TI1I
• UPC: 738329203283
• ASIN: B01HH4TI1I
• Brand: Kl Studio Classics
• Manufacturer: Kl Studio Classics

Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary Blu-ray

Absurd Dr. Frankenstein visits the family castle in Transylvania and makes a monster. Directed by Mel Brooks.

• ASIN: B00LO1SZ6A
• UPC: 024543880066
• ASIN: B00LO1SZ6A
• Brand: 20th Century Fox
• Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox

Frisco Kid, The (DVD)

Frisco Kid, The (DVD)Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder star as a taciturn gunslinger and a clueless immigrant rabbi traveling across the Wild West in the comic adventures of The Frisco Kid. Ranked 87th out of 88 in his rabbinical class, Avram Belinski (Wilder--Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) accepts a posting to Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Speaking little English but following a leading from God, the young rabbi sets out from Philadelphia for San Francisco, believing his destination to be a short walk. Along the way he befriends bank robber Tommy Lillard (Ford--Indiana Jones films, Star Wars... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000BYA4J2
• UPC: 012569734036
• ASIN: B000BYA4J2
• ISBN: 1419817108
• Brand: WEA
• Manufacturer: WarnerBrothers

Richard Pryor Triple Feature (See No Evil, Hear No Evil / Stir Crazy / The Toy) [Blu-ray]

Three Hilarious Comedies in One Special Collection! HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL (1989, Rated R, 103 Minutes): It was murder! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. But now they're both wanted for it in the drop-dead comedy, SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, that reunites the outrageous comedy duo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder (Silver Streak, Stir Crazy). Meet Wally and Dave. Wally is blind, Dave is deaf. When a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police collar these two unlikely buddies as their main suspects. A hilarious chase ensues as Wally and Dave high... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00DRQEU28
• UPC: 014381865455
• ASIN: B00DRQEU28
• Brand: Image Entertainment
• Manufacturer: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

What Is This Thing Called Love?

The actor and novelist answers this eternal question twelve ways, in stories that explore our most complicated emotion This is a winning collection from an author writing on his favorite topic: love. Each emotionally involving story illuminates a different kind of love: star-crossed, intense, needy, eternal, unrequited, even comical. Wilder’s protagonists will be instantly recognizable to his fans: men and women who stumble into relationships that can fulfill them or knock them out cold. Which one it will be depends, often, on the smallest of gestures or reactions. Wilder’s stories include... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312598904
• ASIN: 0312598904
• ISBN: 0312598904
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

The Producers

A "startling, stunning, outrageous [and] breathtaking debut" (Los Angeles Times) from acclaimed writer/director Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs), this Oscar(r)-winning* comedy combines "pure pell-Mel lunacy [and] wild, ad-lib energy [into an] uproariously funny" (Time) film! Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written ("Springtime for Hitler") and an equally horrific cas... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0000CBY1B
• UPC: 027616902733
• ASIN: B0000CBY1B
• Brand: TCFHE/MGM
• Manufacturer: MGM

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory [Blu-ray] [1971] [Region Free]

Join the expedition visiting legendary Candy Man Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to the screen the endlessly appetising delights of Roald Dahl’s classic book. Coated with flavorful tunes and production design that constantly dazzles the eye, this effervescent musical never fails to enchant young and old. On a whirlwind tour of Willy’s incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie (Peter Ostrum) will discover the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart. And you�... [Read More]

• ASIN: B002GJI758
• ASIN: B002GJI758
• Manufacturer: Warner Home Video

Blazing Saddles Special Edition & Three Amigos DVD Western Comedies Bundle Double Feature 2 Movie Set

COMEDY DVD SET THREE AMIGOS - (DVD) The Three Amigos are a silent screen comedy act whose act has seen better days. But when they find themselves in a small Mexican hamlet terrorized by bandits, the time has come for the Three Amigos to play their roles for real in this hilarious all-star comedy.BLAZING SADDLES - The railroad's got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you've got...and name a new sheriff who'll last about 24 hours. But that's not really the plot of Blazing Saddles, just the pretext. Once... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0775W66G2
• UPC: 720780799818
• ASIN: B0775W66G2
• Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment

Origins Vol. 1

• ASIN: B01BN8DU54
• ASIN: B01BN8DU54
• Manufacturer: eOne Music

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask

Woody Allen pushes the frontiers of comedy by consolidating his madcap sensibility and wickedly funny irreverence with his developing penchant for visually arresting humor. Giving complete indulgenceto the zany eccentricity of his medium, Allen reveals himself as a filmmaker of "wit, sophistication, and comic insight" (Cue). Allen rises to the occasion with several hysterical vignettes that probe sexuality's stickiest issues! Aphrodisiacs prove effective for a court jester (Allen) who finds the key to the Queen's (Lynn Redgrave) heartbut learns that the key to her chastitybelt might be more us... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0792846079
• UPC: 027616850188
• ASIN: 0792846079
• ISBN: 0792846079
• Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)

The Woman Who Wouldn't

The beloved actor and screenwriter’s second novel, set in 1903, stars a young concert violinist named Jeremy Webb, who one day goes from accomplished adagios with the Cleveland Orchestra to having a complete breakdown on stage.  If he hadn’t poured a glass of water down the throat of a tuba, maybe he wouldn’t have been sent to a health resort in Badenweiler, Germany.  But it’s in that serene place that Jeremy meets Clara Mulpas, whom he tries his hardest to seduce.  Clara is so beautiful that Jeremy finds it impossible to keep from trying to find a chink in her extraordinary reserve... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312375786
• ASIN: 0312375786
• ISBN: 0312375786
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Will Wilder #1: The Relic of Perilous Falls

Fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Peter Lerangis's Seven Wonders series will embrace this epic adventure in a rollicking new series by a New York Times bestselling

• UPC: 54706074
• Rating: 2.667

Will Wilder #3: The Amulet of Power

In book three of the series, twelve-year-old Will Wilder is back to protect the town of Perilous Falls after he's given a talisman with a lock of Samson's hair. But a new dark demon will

• UPC: 695417893

Nautier and Wilder

Two hot talents. Two new novellas. One big, sexy package. From the authors of "Nauti and Wild" come two all-new novellas. Leigh returns to the sexy world of her "New York Times"-bestselling Nauti series, while

• UPC: 15945810
• Rating: 4.0

Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?

"Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling

• UPC: 23781958
• Rating: 4.333

West from Home : Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the West Coast in

• UPC: 532593
• Rating: 4.125

The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Available for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of America's most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder--a treasure trove that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life and work.The

• UPC: 53844691
• Rating: 5.0

Will Wilder #2: The Lost Staff of Wonders

"Twelve-year-old Will Wilder is back to protect the town of Perilous Falls from another ancient evil--the fearsome demon,

• UPC: 54785244

Laura Ingalls Wilder Country : The People and Places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life and Books

An enchanting tour of the woodlands and prairies of frontier America. Laura Ingalls Wilder Country brings together the places and people Laura knew and loved. Recaptures the look and feel of her homes with many

• UPC: 25692436
• Rating: 4.0

Little House Search : A Puzzle Book and Tour of the Works of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House on the Prairie books have been beloved by both children and adults alike since they were first released in the 1930's. This book contains 21 word search puzzles based on the books by

• UPC: 53339653

Laura Ingalls Wilder : A Biography

9780060885526

• UPC: 5078036
• Rating: 3.333

The Best of the Electric Company - 5 Episodes (DVD) Gene Wilder Joan Rivers

• UPC: 293076999711
• Category: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs
• Price: 29 USD