The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein
by James Whale

The Bride of Frankenstein
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Actor: Dwight Frye, Valerie Hobson Ernest Thesiger
Director: James Whale
Primary Contributor: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive Elsa Lanchester
Producer: Jr. Carl Laemmle
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 75 unknown-units
Published: 1991
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MCA / Universal
Studio: MCA / Universal

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Movie Review: Monster wants a Mate
Summary: 5 Stars

Bride of Frankenstein is one hour and fifteen minutes and released on April 22, 1935. This movie is half horror and half comedy. I will leave it up to the critics as to which Universal's Frankenstein movie is the best, but The Bride of Frankenstein is at least one of the funniest. The scene between the blind hermit and the Monster are laughable. When the hermit befriends the Monster, the hermit is thanking God for his new friend and one can see a tear from the Monster's eye. With The Bride of Frankenstein, the Monster has developed some new skills. He drinks, eat, smoke, even talks in this one. The Monster does not speak again until the final scenes of The Ghost of Frankenstein. After that movie, he becomes a mute in the rest of the Universal monster movies. Returning are Colin Clive as Baron Henry von Frankenstein, Dwight Frye as Karl (he was Fritz in the last movie), and Boris Karloff as The Monster. Mae Clarke plays Elizabeth von Frankenstein; taking over the role from Valerie Babette Louise. Elsa Lanchester plays Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and The Monster's Mate. In the movie credits she is only given screen as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. A ? is show next to The Monster's Mate. Just like in the original Frankenstein movie. Boris Karloff is only listed as Karloff. The Bride of Frankenstein begins on a stormy night at the home of Lord Bryon whose guests are Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley. Lord Bryon recounts the making of the Frankenstein monster and bits and pieces of the of the 1931 Frankenstein movie are seen. Then were back and the home again and Mary Shelley tells that there is more to the story and we flash to the present and pick up at the very end of the Frankenstein movie where the old windmill is completely burned and Dr. Frankenstein is taken back to his home. Henry is presumed dead until his hand start moving and wakes up. Back and the windmill the parents of little Maria are grieving of their daughter and the father does not believe the monster has died. He walks over to the windmill and falls in. The Monster comes from the shadow and kills Hans. The Monster escapes from the windmill and throws Hans's wife in the windmill to her death. Next the Monster comes across Minnie and she flees in terror. We do not know if it is later in the evening or later on in the week since the movie does not make that clear, but Dr. Septimus Pretorius comes a calling and asks to speak to Dr. Henry Frankenstein. Dr. Pretorius was Henry's mentor at the university and was kick out of there for knowing to much as Dr. Pretorius claims. Dr. Pretorius convinces Henry to come with him to his lab to show what he has been working on. He shows Henry six little people that are no bigger then four inches. The six people are: queen, king, archbishop, devil, ballerina and mermaid. Dr. Frankenstein claims that it is not science but black magic and says he won't help Dr. Pretorius. In the next scene we see the Monster at a pond healing his wounds and drinking water. There is a Sheppard girl who has fallen in the lake and the Monster rescue hers. When she wakes she begins to scream in fright and there are some hunters there and shoot at the Monster. The creature flees in pain. The hunters warn the Burgomaster and the Burgomaster sends a mob out to hunt the monster down. He is caught, brought to jail, chained down, and when the guard leaves, the Monster frees himself and escapes. He makes his way to the home of a blind hermit and the hermit befriends the Monster. The hermit (his name never given in the movie) gives the Monster soup and bread and finally rest. When the Monster is lying on the bed, the hermit says a prayer and at that point the Monster weeps. We are to assume it is sometime later in the week because the hermit has taught the Monster who to speak. He can say words like bread, drink, smoke, good, and wood. Later on some hunters walk in and recognize the Monster and begin to shoot. During the struggle a broom is knocked into the fire and the cottage sets on fire. The two hunters escort the hermit out and the Monster is left without a friend. Later that evening the Monster is in a cemetery being chases by villagers. The Monster knocks over a figure and takes shelter in the crypt. Dr. Pretorius is in the crypt also but in a different location. He is there with two grave robbers stealing bones of a female corpse. This is the only scene where we can get any indication of what time period the movie is in. Karl is told to read the date on the coffin and it is revealed she died in 1899. In the crypt Dr. Pretorius pay the robbers and those two leave. Dr. Pretorius stays behind to have bread, smoke, and drink. The Monster walks in on Dr. Pretorius and the two have a talk. Dr. Pretorius becomes the Monster new friend. At the home of Henry and Elizabeth Frankenstein, Dr. Pretorius comes a calling and once Elizabeth leaves the room Dr. Pretorius try to convince Henry to join him in his final experiment. Henry at first refuses Dr. Pretorius request. Dr. Pretorius then shows the Monster to Henry says that there has been some improvement on the creature like his speech. The Monster is now the master and Dr. Frankenstein is now the servant. The Monster orders Dr. Frankenstein to make his mate. Dr. Frankenstein will do nothing until the Monster leaves the room. When Dr. Pretorius is about to close the door, he tells the Monster now. That is the signal to kidnap Elizabeth and when Henry cannot find her, he agree to assist Dr. Pretorius to create the Monster's mate. The operation goes on schedule and when the Mate is fully clothed and sees her future husband rejects him. Realizing that he will never have a friend decides to blow up the old watch tower but Dr. Frankenstein and Elizabeth are allow to live and flee the tower. What ever became of Dr. Pretorius and the Monster's mate remained unclear. It is assumed that they did not survive the explosion. This is a great movie to own and watch. Bride of Frankenstein gets an AAAAA+++++.
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Summary of The Bride of Frankenstein

One of the most talked-about horror classics of all time, and an acclaimed sequel to the original Frankenstein. The legendary Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen's most misunderstood monster who now longs for a mate of his own. Colin Clives is back as the over ambitious Dr. Frankenstein, who creates the ill-fates bride (Elsa Lanchester). Directed by the original FRANKENSTEIN's James Whale (his last horror film & subject of the bio GODS & MONSTERS) and featuring a haunting musical score, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN ranks of one of the finest films of the genre.

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