7.5
Summary
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
Cast
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Una O'Connor
Minnie
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Lucien Prival
Butler
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Dwight Frye
Karl
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Ted Billings
Ludwig
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)
Mary Stewart
Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank Terry
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden
Villager (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas
Priest (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Crew
Director
James Whale
Adaptation
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Morton Covan
Adaptation, Screenplay
William Hurlbut
Original Story
Mary Shelley
Screenplay
Edmund Pearson
Script Consultant
Flo Brummel
Story
Robert Florey
Reviews
Geronimo1967
June 19, 2022
7
Ernest Thesiger is superb in James Whale's sequel to "Frankenstein" as the scientist who has perfected the art of growing rather than harvesting tissue. When he meets up with Baron Frankenstein's original monster they set about coercing the reluctant Baron to create a wife for the lonely Boris Karloff. This is a cracking tale of science fiction, horror and even romance as the monster ends up endowed with far more "humanity" than either scientist. Una O'Connor and Elsa Lanchester are both great too, though feature sparingly. The special effects stand better scrutiny than many a sci-film being made twenty years later and the cannibalised classical musical score brings tension, joy, love and despair a-plenty to compensate for, admittedly a rather stilted script. Easily amongst the best "Frankenstein" films ever made in my book.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$393,750.00
Revenue:
$2,000,000.00
Keywords
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