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Bride of Frankenstein
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.
Plot
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 close of the 1931 movie Frankenstein, where villagers gathered around the burning windmill cheer the apparent death of the Monster.
More details
| author | John L. Balderston |
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| contentLocation | Switzerland |
| director | James Whale |
| editor | Ted J. Kent |
| genre | horror science fiction |
| keywords | a girl the creature drowned angry mob break bride bride of frankenstein burn capture chain doctor septimus pretorius drown flood frankenstein henry frankenstein hermit homunculus kill lightning lord byron married mary shelley percy bysshe shelley play god scream stormy night victor frankenstein warn write |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | monster movie science fiction horror sequel |