Peter Boyle comedy "Young Frankenstein", in which, in an homage to "King Kong", the monster is placed onstage in top hat and tails, grunt-singing and dancing to the song "Puttin' on the Ritz". Boyle said at the time, "The Frankenstein monster I play is a baby. He's big and ugly and scary, but he's just been born, remember, and it's been traumatic, and to him the whole world is a brand new alien environment. That's how I'm playing it". Boyle met his wife, Loraine Alterman, on the set of "Young Frankenstein" while she was there as a reporter for "Rolling Stone". He
Al Ritz the two-reel comedy "Hotel Anchovy", which led to their being signed by 20th Century Fox as a specialty act. "Sing, Baby, Sing" (1936) was the first feature film to costar the Ritzes, and, their first starring role followed a year later in "Life Begins in College". Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the Ritz Brothers continued a wildly popular supper club and resort circuit and made their first appearances as TV guest stars. Ritz was married once to Annette Ritz. They were married until his death. Ritz did not have any children. The Ritzes were appearing at New Orleans' Roosevelt Hotel