Historical movies of specific events in time have always fascinated the audience in the motion picture industry. To the Chariot race portrayed by Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur, to the famous World War II speech by George C. Scott in Patton, these movies were iconic at the time and portrayed real life events in history. Never in U.S cinema history had there been a parody of historical events, until the ingenious director named Mel Brooks made a movie called History of the World Part I. Brilliant, clever, and creative, Mel Brooks took the chapters of mankind's darkest history, and made the specific events into a comic relief for the audience to enjoy. Some may not enjoy the content of the movie due to the insensitivity of religion in the motion
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One of Brooks’s supporting actors is a man name Orson Welles. Welles, a brilliant actor, was famous for his acting on Citizen Kane (1941) and for his iconic voice in his work for serial narration of several feature films, led Brooks to hire Welles to do the narration for the time of the Neanderthals. Welles narrates a group of cavemen of their daily lives, and tells the complex struggles of man making fire, art, entertainment, and deal with boredom of man earliest existence. Although Welles spoke in a serious tone in his voice throughout the narration of this scene, the cavemen acted on his narration was extremely hilarious. Another supporting actor in History of the World Part I was Ron Carey, famous in other Mel Brooks films like Silent Movie, and High Anxiety. Carey plays as Swiftus, Comicus talent agent that helps Comiucs to get a gig at the Caesar's Palace. Carey acting on History of the World Part I was mediocre due to the fact he only had 8 minutes on the film, but the use of comedic props on set like for his watch as a glass clock, and unique lines made up for the actor use for this film. Another supporting actor was Gregory Hines a tapped dancer, and musician Hines made his first movie debut on History of the World Part I. Hines played the role of Josephus, an Roman slave bond to be feed to the loins, saved by Comicus for buying his freedom, and with the help of Miriam (Mary-Margaret Humes) helped Josephus to get a job at Caesar’s Palace. Hines acting was pretty good for his first performance on film, with his quick on his feet lines to save his life as Josephus, and cowardice of dying by Comicus hands in a sword fight was freaking hilarious. Finally the last supporting actor/ actresses was Mary-Margaret Humes. Humes was a super model pageant winner in 1973 for Miss Florida U.S.A, and did a cameo on the Dukes of Hazzards as
One of Brooks’s supporting actors is a man name Orson Welles. Welles, a brilliant actor, was famous for his acting on Citizen Kane (1941) and for his iconic voice in his work for serial narration of several feature films, led Brooks to hire Welles to do the narration for the time of the Neanderthals. Welles narrates a group of cavemen of their daily lives, and tells the complex struggles of man making fire, art, entertainment, and deal with boredom of man earliest existence. Although Welles spoke in a serious tone in his voice throughout the narration of this scene, the cavemen acted on his narration was extremely hilarious. Another supporting actor in History of the World Part I was Ron Carey, famous in other Mel Brooks films like Silent Movie, and High Anxiety. Carey plays as Swiftus, Comicus talent agent that helps Comiucs to get a gig at the Caesar's Palace. Carey acting on History of the World Part I was mediocre due to the fact he only had 8 minutes on the film, but the use of comedic props on set like for his watch as a glass clock, and unique lines made up for the actor use for this film. Another supporting actor was Gregory Hines a tapped dancer, and musician Hines made his first movie debut on History of the World Part I. Hines played the role of Josephus, an Roman slave bond to be feed to the loins, saved by Comicus for buying his freedom, and with the help of Miriam (Mary-Margaret Humes) helped Josephus to get a job at Caesar’s Palace. Hines acting was pretty good for his first performance on film, with his quick on his feet lines to save his life as Josephus, and cowardice of dying by Comicus hands in a sword fight was freaking hilarious. Finally the last supporting actor/ actresses was Mary-Margaret Humes. Humes was a super model pageant winner in 1973 for Miss Florida U.S.A, and did a cameo on the Dukes of Hazzards as