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In the second story, based on a Tolstoy story, The Wurdulak, it is 19th Century Russia, Vladimir Durfe (Mark Damon), a nobleman finds a decapitated corpse with a knife in its chest. He removes the blade and finds lodging for the night. Durfe is approached by Giorgio (Glauco Onorato) who tells him that the blade that he found belongs to his father and he hasn’t been seen for five days. Giorgio offers to take Durfe home with him and introduces him to his family.

A Mad Scientist who creates The Monster and is engaged to Elizabeth. Those originally considered for the cast included Leslie Howard as Henry Frankenstein and Bette Davis as Elizabeth. Director James Whale insisted on Colin Clive for the role of Henry. The leading character of Mary Shelley's book, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was renamed Henry because it was decided Victor would sound too "severe" and "unfriendly" to American audiences at the time.A short time later, Wolf von Frankenstein, his American bride Elsa and their son Peter came to live in Frankenstein Village. The villagers had enjoyed many years of peace without anyone invoking the hated family name, and they wished it to remain so. As the Frankenstein family disembarked the train at the station, they were met by the town Burgomaster and the reigning council members who pointedly told them, "We are here to meet you, not to greet you". Wolf tried to appeal to their better nature, telling them that he wished to be their friends and to restore honor to the name of Frankenstein, but the villagers had little interest in anything he had to say. It wasn't long before Wolf discovered the Frankenstein Monster and used him as a template to continue his father's work. It is Edinburgh in 1831 and Dr. Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) runs a medical school, but there is a small problem in obtaining human cadavers to work on. That isn’t an issue for nasty cabman John Grey (Boris Karloff); he is more than willing to help the good doctor out by obtaining fresh bodies even if it means resorting to murder.

Henry Frankenstein's intonation, "It's alive!" was edited into the theme song from the 1985 comedy Weird Science. The article states that the film was "very loosely based on" the novel, but wasn't it in fact more or less an accurate translation of a popular stageplay running at the time? Granted, the play would have been loosely based on the novel, but in the interest of accuracy shouldn't the play be credited as the source? 12.22.250.4 22:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC) Reply [ reply ] You are right, but that point is clarified further down in the same paragraph. David L Rattigan 09:37, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Reply [ reply ] The novel has been adapted several times, with stage productions appearing as early as the 1820s. Many of the playwrights changed or added parts of the plot, often borrowing from one another. Universal's take on Frankenstein was no exception, so it would be justified to call it "based on motifs of the novel". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.180.68.33 ( talk) 10:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC) Reply [ reply ]The film is based on a Robert Louis Stevenson short story, and the true life crimes of Burke and Hare, an infamous pair of murderers that sold corpses to the Edinburgh medical school. Ace student Donald Fettes (Russell Wade) is hired to be a teaching assistant to Dr. MacFarlane, and he soon uncovers the diabolical truth behind the steady supply of bodies supplied by the ruthless cabman, Gray. Gray holds a deadly secret over the good doctor and it is that covert fact that holds him powerless in the sway of the evil Gray. Frankenstein Village is the location of Frankenstein Castle, the ancestral home of the family, the earliest known ancestor of which was Baron Frankenstein, who lived at the manor with his son, Heinrich von (Henry) Frankenstein. Near the castle was an old watchtower where Henry Frankenstein conducted a series of bizarre experiments in the late 19th century that ruined the family legacy, making the name Frankenstein synonymous with monsters and horror. The product of Frankenstein's work was a shambling, monster who many claim were responsible for several deaths in the nearby village. The first confirmed sighting of the monster took place following the accidental death of a village boy. The villagers banded together as a mob and hunted the monster down, allegedly killing him at an old mill near the family estate. [3] Loosely based on the actions of mass murderer Charles Whitman at the Texas tower at the University of Texas, Targets was Boris Karloff’s last major US production. Karloff’s Byron Orlok has just about had it with his film career, and he is ready to call it quits, but before he walks away from the bright lights, he needs to make a final appearance at a drive in theatre that is showing one of his films.

John Huston, who was a staff writer for Universal Pictures at the time, wrote Edward Van Sloan's opening narration in this film. Long since thought lost, this film once again has Karloff in an Egyptian type role. Professor Morlant (Karloff) is a crazed type of Egyptologist; he keeps a statue of Anubis in his gothic home and pays a fortune for a jewel that promises the holder the ability to return from the grave. His servant Laing (Ernest Thesiger) promises his master that he will bandage the jewel in his hand at the moment of death but at the last moment becomes greedy and hides the jewel in a can of coffee.Modern sources list the following additional credits: Elec eff Raymond Lindsay; Elec Frank Graves; Spec eff John Fulton ; Tech adv Dr. Cecil Reynolds; Mus Bernhard Kaun and Giuseppe Becce; Mus dir David Broekman. Modern sources include in the cast Pauline Moore ( Bridesmaid), Ted Billings ( Villager), Inez Palange ( Village lady), Paul Panzer ( Mourner), Cecil Reynolds ( Waldman's secretary), and note that Francis Ford also played a villager and medical school doctor. Some modern sources note that the set design of the windmill sequence was inspired by a building in Los Angeles that housed a local bakery, Van de Kamp, which displayed a large windmill as its corporate logo. Flash Gordon (comic series and film series). Alexis is his first name in the 1930s film serials, and Hans is his name in subsequent works. I like to think it’s because after migrating to the United States, he learned that Alexis was typically a girl’s name in that country, and since people stereotyped him by calling him Hans anyway due to his German heritage, he might as well. Watching Frankenstein on Svengoolie last Saturday, I noted, for the first time, a decidedly churlish side to Dr. Waldman. When Elizabeth and Victor sought Dr. Waldman's intervention to assist Henry, the old professor demurred. "Henry is no longer my pupil," Waldman dismissively intoned.

Frankenstein was on NYT list of "10 best" films for 1931, and was one of the top box office films of 1932. In 1986, three reportedly lost segments that had been deleted from the final release print were discovered, including a shot of the monster drowning Maria, which had gained considerable notoriety. These scenes extended the length of the picture to 72 minutes and were released by Universal on video as the "restored" version. At Castle Frankenstein, the maid announces the arrival of Mister Victor Moritz, a friend to Elizabeth, Henry's fiancé. Elizabeth is concerned about Henry and reads Victor a disturbing letter from him. Henry's letter includes fanatical statements concerning his experiments; claims that he has solved the mystery between life and death. Victor tells her that he will go to Goldstadt and consult with Henry's old mentor, Professor Waldman. Elizabeth says that she wants to come along. Karloff is very good in this film, displaying a calculated criminal coldness that allows him to be nice to a crippled young girl at one time and shortly afterwards allows him to be a cold blooded murderer. Director Robert Wise manages to create a chilly England complete with fog covered cobble stone streets, blind flower girls with beautiful voices, and a real sense of history to this production. Karloff is chilling as the complicated cabman that is robbing graves one minute and petting his pet cat the next. Val Lewton was the producer of this RKO film. Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090616114714/http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2009/6/14/guillermo-del-toro-casts-doug-jones-in-frankenstein.html to http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2009/6/14/guillermo-del-toro-casts-doug-jones-in-frankenstein.html The monster survived however, and only a short time later, wandered deep into the forests of the village where he befriended an old, blind man. During this time, the monster learned to speak and began to develop a sense of humanity, but this brief happiness ended when the monster decided to end his own life, as well as that of his monstrous "bride", by destroying the Frankenstein watchtower. [4]

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With the mill in flames, the creature is trapped and presumed dead. The next scene is one of celebration as Henry and Elizabeth toasted by his father, the baron. As far the villagers are concerned, the monster is dead and that is the last that we will see of him. Oh how wrong they were. The rub comes though with the evil influence of Ygor who plays an odd trumpet looking instrument, and it has a hypnotic effect on the creature. Apparently revenge is Ygor’s motive and he wants to kill the men that were responsible for sending him to the gallows. This time around the monster does not speak; this was on Karloff’s insistence, and the creature is not as sympathetic as the last time we saw him.