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Bride of Frankenstein
She's Alive!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 75 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 20, 1935   [USA]
 
Director: James Whale
 
Writers: Robert Florey   [Story]
William Hurlbut   [Screenplay]
Edmund Pearson   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: John J. Mescall
 
Edited by: Ted J. Kent
 
Music Composed by Franz Waxman
 
Costume Design: Vera West
 
Production Companys: James Whale Productions
Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Boris Karloff
The Monster
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Una O'Connor
Minnie
 
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Lucien Prival
Butler
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Dwight Frye
Karl
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Ted Billings
Ludwig
 
 

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$393,750
Revenue:
$2,000,000
Color Info:
B&W
Sound Mix:
Mono
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
02 Jan 1935 - 07 Mar 1935

Quotes:

  • Dr. Pretorius: To a new world of gods and monsters!
     
  • Dr. Pretorius: We shall drink to our partnership. Do you like gin? It is my only weakness.
     
  • The Monster: We belong dead!
     
  • Mary Shelley: It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters.
     
  • The Monster: Alone: bad. Friend: good!
     

Trivia:

  • In the opening and closing credits the cast list says "The Monster's Mate" followed by a question mark.
     
  • The "body count" in the original cut was 21. This was trimmed to 10 after pressure from the censors.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Editing after previews resulted in the loss of a subplot in which Karl imitates the Monster's murderous modus operandi to eliminate his miserly aunt and uncle and direct the blame away from himself.
     
  • Director James Whale originally did not want to do a sequel to Frankenstein.
     

DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)


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