Mel Brooks' satirical Western Blazing Saddles got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit. Above, Cleavon Little, left, as Sheriff Bart and Gene ...
BORN and raised in Dallas, Burton Gilliam couldn't sound more Texan if he tried. So he was ideal to play a cowboy in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof, Blazing Saddles, whose 30th anniversary DVD hits ...
Ridgefield Playhouse hosts a screening of “Blazing Saddles” on Feb. 22 with a member of the movie’s cast in attendance. The 1974 Mel Brooks comedy tells the story of a politician who sends a black man ...