Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Irène Bordoni pictures including "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972), "Pennies from Heaven" (1981) and "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994). Porter later included Bordoni's name in the lyrics of his song "You're the Top" ("you're the eyes of Irène Bordoni") from the musical "Anything Goes" (1934). Throughout her Broadway career, Bordoni was renowned for wearing only the most stylish of clothes, including costumes by Erté. During this time, Bordoni appeared in Lucky Strike cigarette advertisements with the quip, "I smoke a Lucky to keep petite," which was said to have contributed to the tremendous increase