Remembering Gene Wilder: 1933-2016 photo montage, he should be listed as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein, not Victor

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Remembering Gene Wilder: 1933-2016 photo montage is excellent, but he should be listed as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein, not Victor.  Victor was the grandfather, Frau Blucher's boyfriend and also the original Mary Shelley character is Dr. Victor von Frankenstein.  

But I was pretty sure Gene Wilder's character is named Frederick. Ygor even asks him if he pronounces his name Froderick(since he is adamant about Fronkenstein as the proper pronunciation of his surname.

I mainly wanted to say thanks for all the great pictures though.  I know we will all miss that comedic genius and talented man.  So many great roles, but Gene Wilder truly was Willy Wonka.    
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Hi Greg Goodman,

Thank you for reporting this. Young Frankenstein is my favorite Gene Wilder film. I wish I had seen IMDb's montage before the link disappeared from the IMDb home page. I would have also reported the problem if I had.

Note to IMDb Editorial Staff: If the montage still exists, please make the correction that Greg indicates.

I am a long time user of IMDb, not a staff member.
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Hi Dan Dassow,

Thanks for the reply.  I looked at the Gene Wilder page on IMDb and all the photos of him in Young Frankenstein are labeled as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.  I haven't had a response from the staff here.  Is there anything else to be done for accuracy's sake?  Should I post another comment?

I really love Young Frankenstein too.  Gotta say I don't like cake all that much, but I've recently been having a craving for some Schwarzwald Kirchetort...
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Greg,
I found what you reported. It is obviously incorrect:
Young Frankenstein (1974)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/plotsummary
Plot Summary
As a respected researcher and physician, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, the grandson of the more famous Dr. Victor Frankenstein, ...

Synopsis for Young Frankenstein (1974)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/synopsis
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and is more or less happily (though blandly) engaged to the tightly wound Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). Frederick becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather, the famous mad scientist, to the point of insisting that his name is pronounced "Fronk'-en-steen".

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm1505591552
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Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster
© Twentieth Century Fox - All Rights Reserved

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm1589477632
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Teri Garr and Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Inga
© 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm3367469312
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Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Cloris Leachman in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Ygor, Frau Blücher, Inga
© 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm3654011904
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Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Gene Wilder
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein
© 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm3670789120
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Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster
© 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm3687566336
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Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster
© 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm3704343552
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Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster, Ygor, Inga

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg2194119424/mediaviewer/rm2841888512
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Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Titles: Young Frankenstein
People: Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman
Characters: Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frau Blücher
© 1974 - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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Hi Greg and Dan -

Thanks for pointing out the character name error on the images and within the montage gallery.  Unfortunately, the issue is a bit complicated and there is no easy fix (this is because the way our systems work, the image is tied to the character page here with the primary name "Dr. Victor Frankenstein").

I have alerted our technical staff who will take a look as soon as they can to address the issue.
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Thanks Michelle.
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Thanks Michelle, I see what you mean.  It was worth looking at that character page, it's really amazing how many actors have played Dr. Victor Frankenstein.  I never knew Peter Cushing had played that role so many times.
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Just following up here to confirm that the incorrect character name has been removed from the images on "Young Frankenstein".  Unfortunately, due to technical limitations we can't manually add "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein" as a character name, but at least the incorrect name has been removed in the meantime.
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Thanks Michelle.