The Producers (1967 film) play instead of a bad one). While Max and Franz earnestly supervise rehearsals, Leo continues their old scam—overselling shares of the play to their fellow prisoners, and even to the warden. The song "Prisoners of Love" plays while the credits roll. The Ladies The title "Springtime for Hitler" was first coined by Brooks as a joke during the press conference for "All American" in 1962. Shortly afterwards, he also decided to relate this title to a character named Leo Bloom, an homage to Leopold Bloom, protagonist of James Joyce's "Ulysses." It was reused by him years later once he had
The Dancers at the End of Time involved a scene where the main character, Mavis Ming, was whipped into submission by Bloom. This was later rewritten by the author. The novel has also been published under the title "A Messiah at the End of Time". "Elric at the End of Time" is one of two Elric short stories included in the eponymous collection, "Elric at the End of Time". Its characters include Elric, Una Persson, and Lord Jagged. Jherek Carnelian, son of the Iron Orchid and an unknown father (later revealed to be Lord Jagged) is the protagonist of the novels "An Alien Heat", "The Hollow Lands"