LIFE Gene Wilder, 1933-2016 · the Man Who Was Willy Wonka and So Much More
- Authors
- LIFE, The Editors of
- Publisher
- Life
- ISBN
- 9781683306665
- Date
- 2016-09-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.60 MB
- Lang
- en
In a tribute to Gene Wilder, the movies' first Willy Wonka, LIFE presents a lavishly illustrated commemorative edition. This special issue highlights Wilder’s indelible, career-defining roles and traces his life from his childhood in Milwaukee through his marriage to and loss of *Saturday Night Live* star Gilda Radner and beyond: Behind the scenes at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, and why *Wonka* remains such an enduring film for children Inside *Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles* , and *The Producers* and Wilder’s partnership with director Mel Brooks How Wilder and Richard Pryor created comedic gold on screen Gilder Radner, Wilder’s beloved late wife, in her own words