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Frankenstein
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
1931 · Directed by James Whale · 70 min · Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · 35 frames
Tagline
The man who made a monster.
Crew
- Screenplay: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh
- Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
- Edited by: Clarence Kolster
- Music: Bernhard Kaun
- Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Cast
- Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein
- Mae Clarke as Elizabeth
- John Boles as Victor Moritz
- Boris Karloff as The Monster
- Edward Van Sloan as Doctor Waldman
- Frederick Kerr as Baron Frankenstein
- Dwight Frye as Fritz
- Lionel Belmore as The Burgomaster
- Marilyn Harris as Little Maria
- Ted Billings as Villager (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Latin
- Studios: Universal Pictures
- Budget: $291,000
- Box office: $12,000,000
- Themes: fire, monster, experiment, based on novel or book, halloween, reanimation, laboratory, mad doctor, black and white, pre-code
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