The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Starring:
- Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, (more)
- Director(s):
- James Whale
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Bride of Frankenstein
This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds that her story did not end with the death of Frankenstein's monster, whereupon she tells the enthralled Byron and Shelley what happened next. Surviving the windmill fire that brought the original 1931 Frankenstein to a close, the Monster (Boris Karloff) quickly revives and goes on another rampage of death and destruction. Meanwhile, his ailing creator Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) discovers that his former mentor, the demented Doctor Praetorius (Ernst Thesiger), plans to create another life-sized monster -- this time a woman! After a wild and wooly "creation" sequence, the bandages are unwrapped, and the Bride of the Monster (Elsa Lanchester again) emerges. Alas, the Monster's tender efforts to connect with his new Mate are rewarded only by her revulsion and hoarse screams. "She hate me," he growls, "Just like others!" Wonderfully acted and directed, The Bride of Frankenstein is further enhanced by the vivid Franz Waxman musical score; even the film's occasional lapses in logic and continuity (it was trimmed from 90 to 75 minutes after the first preview) are oddly endearing. Director James Whale was memorably embodied by Ian McKellen in the Oscar-winning 1998 biopic Gods and Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 75 mins
Complete Cast of The Bride of Frankenstein
- Boris Karloff - The Monster
- Valerie Hobson - Elizabeth Frankenstein
- Ernst Thesiger - Dr. Septimus Pretorius
- O.P. Heggie - The Hermit
- Una O'Connor - Minnie
- Norman Ainsley - Archbishop
- John Carradine - Huntsman
- Mary Gordon - Hans's Wife
- Lucio Villegas - Priest
- Gunnis Davis - Uncle Glutz
- Helen Parrish - Girl
- Peter Shaw - Devil
- Reginald Barlow - Hans
- Grace Cunard - Woman
- Edwin Mordant - Coroner
- Lucien Prival - Otto
- Ted Billings - Ludwig
- Colin Clive - Henry Frankenstein
- Elsa Lanchester - Mary Shelley/The Bride
- Dwight Frye - Karl
- E.E. Clive - Burgomaster
- Monte Montague - King
- Walter Brennan - Neighbor
- Douglas Walton - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Billy Barty - Baby
- Gavin Gordon - Lord Byron
- Anne Darling - Shepherdess
- Neil Fitzgerald - Rudy
- Joan Woodbury - Queen
- Tempe Piggott - Auntie Glutz
- Kansas de Forest - Ballerina
- Helen Gibson - Woman
- Josephine McKim - Mermaid
- Director(s):
- James Whale
- Writer(s):
- William Hurlbut, John L. Balderston
- Producer(s):
- Carl Laemmle, Jr.
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror
- 1998 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
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