The National Comedy Center will become the home of famed comedian Mel Brooks’ career archives. The announcement comes with the 99-year-old Brooks’ newest film, the long-awaited Spaceballs II, set to ...

James Mason as Humbert Humbert in director Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film "Lolita." (Courtesy Harvard Film Archive) “How did they ever make a movie of ‘Lolita’?” the advertisements asked. It was 1962, ...

A photo of Jerry Stiller and his wife, Ann Meara, are pictured on the video boards outside the National Comedy Center. Submitted photo The National Comedy Center announced jointly Tuesday with Ben ...

Through films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs” and a pioneering career on television and Broadway, Mel Brooks has had a lifetime of serving up the funny.

The comedian is contributing some 20,000 documents and photos covering his career, including his time in the Army and the lyrics for “Springtime for Hitler.” ...

Mel Brooks has donated his career archive of more than 150,000 documents and 5,000 photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the same nonprofit institution that holds the papers of ...

Classic comedy films, a cornerstone of cinema at large, have a timeless charm about them that continues to not only entertain audiences decades after their release but also influence modern filmmaking ...

While fast approaching his 100th birthday, Mel Brooks has donated his career archive, spanning 150,000 documents, to the ...

Mel Brooks, the Tony-winning comedy writer and performer behind The Producers, has placed his career archives at the National Comedy Center, the United States’ museum and national archive dedicated to ...