Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ba ba - Loooo... Scene from Silent Movie (1976, Mel Brooks)
YouTube ^ | 02/08/2012 | Baba Alrum

Posted on 04/20/2025 5:22:01 PM PDT by simpson96

Mel brooks, Dom DeLuise, and Marty Feldman witness Bernadette Peters' nightclub act...

Ba ba - Loooo... Scene from Silent Movie (1976, Mel Brooks)

Silent Movie was co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in the summer of 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, and Paul Newman as themselves, and character cameos by Harry Ritz of the Ritz Brothers, Charlie Callas, and Henny Youngman.

The film was produced in the manner of an early-20th-century silent film, with intertitles instead of spoken dialogue; the soundtrack consists almost entirely of orchestral accompaniment and sound effects. It is an affectionate parody of slapstick comedies, including those of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. The film satirizes the film industry, presenting the story of a film producer trying to obtain studio support to make a silent film in the 1970s.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 04/20/2025 5:22:01 PM PDT by simpson96
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

*ping*


2 posted on 04/20/2025 5:22:33 PM PDT by simpson96
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: simpson96
Love that movie! Here's a GIF from it I made several years ago:


3 posted on 04/20/2025 5:24:59 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: simpson96

LOL...what a scene, especially the ending with Bernadette going “BOOM!”

And the frog going bumpity-bump!

Thanks


4 posted on 04/20/2025 5:31:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Ciaphas Cain
From the film: "I like the last row".

:)

5 posted on 04/20/2025 5:31:51 PM PDT by simpson96
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Ciaphas Cain

That’s hilarious. I don’t believe I have seen it.


6 posted on 04/20/2025 5:33:17 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Never attribute malice to that which can be explained by incompetence.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: simpson96

Mel Brooks made some great, funny and quirky classic movies in his career. Mel was one of a kind.


7 posted on 04/20/2025 5:37:13 PM PDT by dancusa (Donald Trump is Acting Like Rush Limbaugh on Steroids!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dancusa

Mel is not a was yet; he is still an is.


8 posted on 04/20/2025 5:51:25 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: simpson96

Silent Movie is a classic. Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Marty Feldman…


9 posted on 04/20/2025 5:56:17 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: simpson96

I loved it … the only speaking part belonged to the mime (!), Marcel Marceau. CBNS


10 posted on 04/20/2025 8:16:44 PM PDT by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (Tarrif Schmarrif! Fix this thing. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: simpson96

Funny as all get-out. Under-rated and my 2nd favorite Mel Brooks (after High Anxiety).


11 posted on 04/21/2025 4:21:36 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trump_Triumphant

And Marcel Marceau had the only speaking part.


12 posted on 04/21/2025 7:05:10 AM PDT by healy61
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: healy61

Yeah, that was hilarious!


13 posted on 04/21/2025 7:06:21 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson