Nobody does comedy like the legendary Mel Brooks. With films like “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Producers,” and “Spaceballs,” he’s changed the face of comedy and influenced generations with his work. Orson Welles did the same with drama. Welles, of course, was a director, actor, writer, and producer and one of the most influential in film history. I mean, his first film was “Citizen Kane” in 1941 (which he co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in) if that gives you an idea of what he’s done. He made “Touch of Evil,” “Chimes at Midnight,” “The Trial,” and “Macbeth,” among others. Not only that, but he was responsible for the famous radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” (based on the novel by H.G. Wells), which led some listeners to believe that there was a real Martian invasion happening.
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