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Florey made a significant but uncredited contribution to the script of the 1931 version of Frankenstein. Florey was to be given the job of directing Frankenstein, and he filmed a screen test with Bela Lugosi playing the monster, but Universal Pictures gave the job to James Whale, who cast Boris Karloff.
Oct 27, 2023 · Before 1931 came to a close, Robert Florey—who’d later write a short story that would become Universal's The Wolf Man—submitted a seven-page story outline for a follow-up movie called The New Adventures of Frankenstein: The Monster Lives. Although Florey’s ideas were flatly dismissed, Universal was determined to churn out a second film.
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Webling play was adapted by John L. Balderston and the screenplay written by ...
Jan 8, 2023 · As Lennig recounts, the original director of "Frankenstein" was French filmmaker Robert Florey. In Florey's interpretation, Frankenstein's creation was a simple-minded monster, not...
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Oct 22, 2010 · Robert Florey's Frankenstein Starring Bela Lugosi. Paperback – October 22, 2010. by Philip J Riley (Author), Robert Florey (Foreword) 4.5 12 ratings. See all formats and editions. With the success of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal Pictures was quick to capitalize on creating a new Lon Chaney in Bela Lugosi.
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In Florey’s initial vision, more screen time was to be given to Doctor Henry Frankenstein (Victor, in Shelley’s novel), considering the fact that he should have been played by the famous Lugosi, whereas the Monster was to be reduced to a murderous ogre without any inkling of humanity.
It took two directors (Robert Florey, then James Whale), two creatures (Bela Lugosi, then Boris Karloff), five or more screenwriters and two possible endings (one where the scientist survives,...
