Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court
However, following her comedic turn opposite Bob Hope in My Favorite Spy ... [
20] She was also sued in Federal Court by Gene Ringgold, who asserted the ... 
her name in the Mel Brooks satire Blazing Saddles; the case was settled out of 
court.