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movie_name = La perla/the Pearl |

'''Gene Wilder''' (born '''Jerome Silberman''' on [[June 11]], [[1933]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]) is an [[United States|American]] actor best known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director [[Mel Brooks]]. Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with ''[[The Producers]]'' in 1968. He was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for best supporting actor for his role in ''[[The Producers]]''. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' with Mel Brooks.

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imdb_id = 0037981|

producer = [[Águila Films]] |

director = [[Emilio Fernández]] |

writer = [[John Steinbeck]] (adaptation by Emilio Fernández, John Steinbeck and [[Jackson Wagner]]) |

starring = [[Pedro Armendáriz]] <br> [[María Elena Marqués]] <br> [[Fernando Wagner]] <br> [[Charles Rooner]] |

music = [[Antonio Díaz Conde]] |

cinematography = [[Gabriel Figueroa]] |

editing = [[Gloria Schoemann]] |

distributor = |

release_date = [[1945]] |

runtime = 85 min. |

language = 2 versions: [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English (language)|English]] |

budget =

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'''''La perla''''' ("The pearl") is a [[1945]] production of the [[Cinema of Mexico]]. The story is based on the novel ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]] of [[John Steinbeck]] who also co-wrote the screen-play for the movie.

Born in Milwaukee, the son of [[Russia]]n [[Jewish]] [[immigration|immigrants]], Wilder studied drama at the [[University of Iowa]] and later attended [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He served in the [[United States Army]] from [[1956]] to [[1958]].

In 1945, Emilio Fernández, who was in love with [[Olivia de Havilland]] (''[[Gone With the Wind]]'') thought she was the ideal actress to play the starring role of this movie. He planned to produce the film for [[Óscar Dancigers]], the [[France|Franco]]-[[Russia|Russian]] head of [[Águila Films]] who had arrived in Mexico three years earlier escaping the horrors of war in Europe. Danciers prepared the production of the film with a script written by Fernández and Steinbeck, the author or the novel of the same name (''[[The Pearl]]'') in both [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] and [[English (language)|English]] versions.

Returning to the United States, Wilder sought work in the theater supporting himself by driving a [[limousine]] and teaching [[fencing]].

After the success of this costly film, Dancigers, became one of the most important producers of the [[Cinema of Mexico]] and Fernández obtained international recognition. de Havilland never knew of the love of Fernández but he was able to get the government of [[Mexico City]] to change the name of the street he grew up on to ''Dulce Olivia'' ("Sweet Olivia").

His first big part was in ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'' where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple.

==Awards==

Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in ''[[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.

===[[Premio Ariel]] (1948)===

Awarded

* Emilio Fernández ''Ariel de Oro'' ("Golden Ariel")

* Pedro Armendáriz (actor)

* [[Juan García]] (supporting actor)

* Gabriel Figueroa (photography)

Nominated

In the late [[1970s]] and [[1980s]] he appeared in a number of movies with [[Richard Pryor]], making them the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act in movies during the period.

* Gilberto González (supporting actor)

* María Elena Marqués (actress)

* Gloria Schoemann (editing)

* [[Antonio Díaz Conde]] (score)

* Emilio Fernández (screenplay)

* Emilio Fernández (director)

===[[Golden Globe]] 1949===

Wilder was married to ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' actress [[Gilda Radner]] from 1984 until her death from [[ovarian cancer]] in 1989. Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] in [[1999]] and made a full recovery in [[2000]].

* Gabriel Figueroa (photography)

===[[Venice Film Festival]] 1947===

He has been married to actress [[Karen Boyer]] since [[1991]].

* Emilio Fernández '''Golden Lion'''

===[[Madrid Film Festival]] 1949===

On [[March 1]], [[2005]] Wilder released his highly-personal memoir ''Kiss Me Like A Stranger'', an account of his life covering everything from his childhood, when his mother died of heart disease, up through his late wife's death. He has been praised for the openness and honesty of his writing, setting it aside from other Hollywood memoirs.

* Gabriel Figueroa (photography)

==Plot==

==Partial Filmography==

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In a fishing village, Quino (Armendáriz) and his wife Juana (Marqués) are in anguish because their little son was stung by a [[scorpion]], the local doctor (a foreigner) refuses to treat the child and the boy is taken to a [[curandero|curandera]]. Later the doctor and his brother (Wagner), a loan shark meet Quino again, after he finds an expensive [[pearl]] and decide to steal it from him.

== External links link==

* ''The Lady in Question'' ([[1999]]) ([[TV]])

* '''(es)''' [http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/perla.html ''La Perla''] at the [[Cinema of Mexico]] site of [[ITESM]].

* ''Murder in a Small Town'' ([[1999]]) ([[TV]])

* '''(es)''' [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/act_permanentes/luces_de_la_ciudad/CineClub/laperla.htm ''La perla''] at [[Red escolar]].

* ''Haunted Honeymoon'' ([[1986]])

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0037981/ ''La Perla''] on the [[IMDB]].

* ''The Woman in Red'' ([[1984]])

* ''[[Stir Crazy]]'' ([[1980]])

* ''The World's Greatest Lover'' ([[1977]])

* ''[[Silver Streak (1976 film)|Silver Streak]]'' ([[1976]])

* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' ([[1974]])

* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' ([[1974]])

* ''[[Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros]]'' ([[1973]])

* ''[[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'' ([[1971]])

* ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' (1970)

* ''[[The Producers]]'' ([[1968]])

* ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'' ([[1967]])

== External links ==

*{{imdb name | id=0000698 | name=Gene Wilder}}

*{{Fresh Air episode|url_date_arg=16-Mar-05|date=16 March 2005}}

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