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
The Ritz (film) of five surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5.6/10. Film critic Roger Ebert rated it 2.5/4 stars and wrote that the film desires to be a screwball comedy but "lacks the manic pacing, and the material grows thin". "The Ritz" was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on January 8, 2008. "The Ritz" was rated M in New Zealand for violence, sexual violence, sexual references and offensive language. The Ritz (film) The Ritz is a 1976 American comedy farce film directed by Richard Lester based on the play of the same title by