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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.
Language
Budget$393,750
Revenue $2,000,000
English
Budget$393,750
Revenue $2,000,000
Keywords
hermit
monster
lightning
cemetery
mill
mad scientist
black and white
comedic relief
frankenstein
shrunken human
Casts
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)
Crews
Ted J. Kent
Editor
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
James Whale
Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
Robert Florey
Story
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Mary Shelley
Original Story
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Otto Lederer
Makeup Trainee
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
Irma Kusely
Hair Setup
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
David S. Horsley
Visual Effects
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Morton Covan
Adaptation
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Monte Montague
Stand In
George DeNormand
Stand In
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Flo Brummel
Script Consultant
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Vera West
Costume Design
William Hurlbut
Adaptation
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
William Hurlbut
Screenplay
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Peter Shaw
Stand In
Fred Stoll
Grip
Jack Cosgrove
Matte Painter
Russell Lawson
Matte Painter
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Flo Brummel
Script Coordinator
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Backdrops & Posters
