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
Frankenstein (1973 film) Frankenstein (1973 film) Frankenstein is a 1973 American television movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" adapted by Sam Hall and "Dark Shadows" creator Dan Curtis, with Robert Foxworth in the title role and Bo Svenson as the Monster. The Robert Cobert score was not original to this film. Cobert used musical cues from "Dark Shadows" and Dan Curtis' adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." The film was shown over two nights on "ABC's Wide World of Mystery". Part 1 of the film was shown on the same night, and on the same network, as