Frankenstein (1931 film)
1931
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Jun 1, 2011 · 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,...
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53K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:26. 3 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama Horror Sci-Fi. Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. Director. James Whale. Writers. Mary Shelley. William Hurlbut. John L. Balderston. Stars. Boris Karloff.
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- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- James Whale
- 1935-05-06
Jan 3, 1999 · Roger Ebert January 03, 1999. Tweet. Bride of the Monster. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. To a new world of gods and monsters. So intones Dr. Praetorious to Dr. Henry Frankenstein, toasting their new friendship with a glass of gin ("my only weakness") before proposing a partnership.
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In a castle on a stormy night, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron praise Mary Shelley for her story of Frankenstein and his Monster. She reminds them that her intention for writing the novel was to impart a moral lesson, the consequences of a mortal man who tries to play God. Mary says she has more of the story to tell. The scene shifts to the clo...
Universal considered making a sequel to Frankenstein as early as its 1931 preview screenings, following which the film's original ending was changed to allow for Henry Frankenstein's survival. James Whale initially refused to direct Bride, believing he had "squeezed the idea dry" on the first film. Kurt Neumann was originally scheduled to replace W...
Bride of Frankenstein was subjected to censorship, both during production by the Hays office and following its release by local and national censorship boards. Joseph Breen, lead censor for the Hays office, objected to lines of dialogue in the originally submitted script in which Henry Frankenstein and his work were compared to that of God. He cont...
The film premiered on April 19 in San Francisco, California, at the Orpheum Theater.[a]The film went into general release on April 20. Bride of Frankenstein was profitable for Universal, with a 1943 report showing that the film had by then earned approximately $2 million ($33.8 million in 2024 money) for the studio, a profit of about $950,000 ($16....
Christian imagery
Christian imagery appears throughout the film. In addition to the scenes of the Monster trussed in a cruciform pose and the crucified figure of Jesus in the graveyard, the hermit has a crucifix on the wall of his hut – which, to Whale's consternation, editor Ted Kent made glow during a fade-out – and the Monster consumes the Christian sacraments of bread and wine at his "last supper" with the hermit. Horror scholar David J. Skal suggests that Whale's intention was to make a "direct comparison...
LGBTQ+ reading
In the decades since its release, modern film scholars have noted the possible gay reading of the film. Director James Whale was openly gay, and some of the actors in the cast, including Ernest Thesiger and, according to rumor, Colin Clive, were respectively gay or bisexual. Although James Curtis, Whale's biographer, rejects the notion that Whale would have identified with the Monster from a homosexual perspective, scholars have perceived a gay subtext suffused through the film, especially a...
In 1985, MCA Home Video released Bride of Frankenstein on LaserDisc. In the 1990s, MCA/Universal Home Video released the film on VHS as part of the "Universal Monsters Classic Collection", a series of releases of Universal Classic Monstersfilms. In 1999, Universal released Bride of Frankenstein on VHS and DVD as part of the "Classic Monster Collect...
Brunas, Michael, John Brunas & Tom Weaver (1990). Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films, 1931–46. Qefferson, NC, McFarland & Co.Curtis, James (1998). James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters. Boston, Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-19285-8.Gelder, Ken (2000). The Horror Reader. New York, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-21355-X.Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein essay by Richard T. Jameson on the National Film Registrysite"The Bride of Frankenstein" essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 234-235Bride of Frankenstein at IMDbBride of Frankenstein at AllMovie- $2 million
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Aug 1, 2021 · Bride of Frankenstein, 1935, American, science fiction, horror, film, Universal Pictures, 1931, Frankenstein, James Whale, Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, expressionism, expressionist cinema, restored, 720p, hd, minimalist channel
Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen’s most misunderstood monster, and Elsa Lanchester stars as his ill-fated bride, in one of the most popular horror classics of all time. 1,747 IMDb 7.8 1 h 14 min 1935. X-Ray ALL. Drama · Horror · Downbeat · Eerie. Available to rent or buy.
