Bride of Frankenstein

August 28th, 2008

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Bride of Frankenstein

Category: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 1935
Country: USA
Runtime: 75
Rating: 7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: James Whale
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
  • WHO will be The Bride of Frakenstein WHO will dare ?
  • A BRIDE FOR THE MONSTER COMES TO LIFE IN A SCIENTISTS LABORATORY! (original print ad - all caps)
  • She breathes, sees, hears, walks -- but can she love?
  • WARNING! Not for the young, the scarey, the nervous, BUT if you enjoy thrills, chills and spine-tingling sensation, while your hair stands on end -- SEE "The Bride of Frankenstein."
  • Warning! The Monster demands a Mate!
  • I Demand A Mate!
  • Coming! Universals Shiveriest Sensation!
  • A Mate... For The Monster!
  • The Monster Thriller
  • Created in a weird scientists laboratory... from the skeletons of two women and the heart of a living girl!
  • The Monster Talks and Demands A Mate!

    • Writing by: William Hurlbut - (writer)
    William Hurlbut - (adaptation) and
    John L. Balderston - (adaptation) (as John Balderston)
    Mary Shelley - (novel "Frankenstein")
    Josef Berne - adaptation (uncredited)
    Lawrence G. Blochman - adaptation (uncredited)
    Morton Covan - adaptation (uncredited)
    Philip MacDonald - adaptation (uncredited)
    Edmund Pearson - screenplay (uncredited)
    Tom Reed - adaptation (uncredited)
    R.C. Sherriff - adaptation (uncredited)

    Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr. - producer

    Cast: Boris Karloff - The Monster (as Karloff)
    Colin Clive - Baron Henry von Frankenstein
    Valerie Hobson - Elizabeth von Frankenstein
    Ernest Thesiger - Dr. Pretorius
    Elsa Lanchester - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monsters Mate (as ?)
    Gavin Gordon - Lord Byron
    Douglas Walton - Percy Shelley
    Una OConnor - Minnie - Housekeeper
    E.E. Clive - Burgomaster
    Lucien Prival - Albert - Butler
    O.P. Heggie - Hermit

    Music: Franz Waxman
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    Plot Outline: Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his monster a mate.
    Plot: Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    In the opening and closing credits, "The Monsters Mate" is listed as being played by " ? " . Elsa Lanchester is only billed as playing Mary Shelley.

    Goofs: We know about 14 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: When the castle is self-destructing, the Doctor can be seen against the far wall. Yet he is next seen outside in the arms of his beloved, watching the explosions. See also the trivia entry for this film.

    Trivia: There are 34 entries in the trivia list - like these:
    • Not long before filming began, Colin Clive broke a leg in a horse riding accident. Consequently, most of Dr. Frankensteins scenes were shot with him sitting.
    • When filming the scene where the monster emerges from the burnt windmill, Boris Karloff slipped and fell into the water-filled well. Upon being helped out, he realized he had broken a leg in the fall. The metal struts used to stiffen his legs (for the famous "monster lurch") helped keep the bones in place until they could be properly set.
    • The musical soundtrack for this film proved so popular, it was used again in the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials starring Buster Crabbe.


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