Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Una O'Connor
Minnie
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Dwight Frye
Karl
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride
Ted Billings
Ludwig
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Lucien Prival
Butler
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Billy Barty
Baby (uncredited)
Robert Adair
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Archbishop (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Villager (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Gypsy (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Peasant (uncredited)
Mae Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
King Homunculus (uncredited)
John Carradine
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Procession Leader (uncredited)
Grace Cunard
Villager (uncredited)
J. Gunnis Davis
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
Marie DeForrest
Ballerina (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Rudy (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Mother (uncredited)
John George
Villager (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
Villager (uncredited)
Marilyn Harris
Girl (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Neighbor (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
Josephine McKim
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Victim in flashback (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Coroner (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Guard (uncredited)
Joseph North
Servant (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Communion Girl (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Villager (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
Sarah Schwartz
Marta (uncredited)
Peter Shaw
Devil (uncredited) / Stand In
Mary Stewart
Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank Terry
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden
Villager (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
Lucio Villiegas
Priest (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
James Whale
Director
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Vera West
Costume Design
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
William Hurlbut
Adaptation / Screenplay
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Fred Stoll
Grip
John P. Fulton
Special Effects / Visual Effects Camera
C. Bakaleinikoff
Orchestrator
Robert Florey
Story
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist / Hair Setup
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist / Makeup Trainee
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Morton Covan
Adaptation
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
Russell Lawson
Visual Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 20, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Content RatingNR
Budget$393,750
Box Office$2,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein. The sequel features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the bride. Colin Clive reprises his role as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger plays the role of Doctor Septimus Pretorius. Oliver Peters Heggie plays the role of the old blind hermit.
Taking place immediately after the events of the earlier film, it is rooted in a subplot of the original Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Its plot follows a chastened Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to abandon his plans to create life, only to be tempted and finally blackmailed by his old mentor Dr. Pretorius, along with threats from the Monster, into constructing a mate for the Monster.
The preparation to film the sequel began shortly after the premiere of the first film, but script problems delayed the project. Principal photography began in January 1935, with creative personnel from the original returning in front of and behind the camera. Bride of Frankenstein was released to critical and popular acclaim, although it encountered difficulties with some state and national censorship boards. Since its release the film's reputation has grown, and it is now frequently considered one of the greatest sequels ever made; many fans and critics consider it to be an improvement on the original, and it has been hailed as Whale's masterpiece. In 1998, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, having been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".