“I wanted authenticity.
So I was at the Warner Bros. cafe and sitting four tables away was John Wayne.
So I walked over and I said, Mr. Wayne.
I made a movie called Blazing Saddles.
Its a comedy, but it has a lot of heart.
Theres a great part in it that I wish you would play.”
Custom Image by Milica Djordjevic
However, Wayne assured Brooks he’d be the first to watchBlazing Saddles(viaMetro Philadelphia).
Thankfully, through successful movies such asThe Quiet Man(1952) andMcLintock!
Both Wayne and O’Hara were praised for their chemistry together.
Written and directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles stars Cleavon Little as Bart, a black sheriff appointed in a small frontier town by Hedley Lamarr, a railroad man who believes Bart’s appointment will destabilize the town enough to drive everyone out and allow him to build a new railroad line through it. Instead, with the help of gunslinger Jim the Waco Kid, Bart works to thwart Lamarr’s schemes. Gene Wilder and Harvey Korman star alongside Little.
Instead, with the help of gunslinger Jim the Waco Kid, Bart works to thwart Lamarr’s schemes.
Gene Wilder and Harvey Korman star alongside Little.
