Gene Wilder (1933-2016) had an unusual career. “He’s naïve,” Mel Brooks says in the documentary “Remembering Gene Wilder” of Wilder’s screen persona. “He’s innocent. He’s sweet ...

And when “The Producers” came out, it became a classic in no small part because of that “curly-haired guy” — otherwise known as Gene Wilder. That story is one of many retold about the ...