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21 November 1931 (USA) moreTagline:
A Monster Science Created - But Could Not Destroy! morePlot:
Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
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WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST? moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Colin Clive | ... | Dr. Henry Frankenstein |
| Mae Clarke | ... | Elizabeth |
| John Boles | ... | Victor Moritz |
 | Boris Karloff | ... | The Monster (as ?) |
| Edward Van Sloan | ... | Dr. Waldman |
| Frederick Kerr | ... | Baron Frankenstein |
| Dwight Frye | ... | Fritz |
| Lionel Belmore | ... | Herr Vogel |
| Marilyn Harris | ... | Little Maria |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
71 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (2002) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (cinema version) (cut) | Finland:K-15 (2004) | Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | South Korea:12 | Canada:(Banned) (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Norway:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:UnratedFilming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Child actress Marilyn Harris had done several takes of the drowning scene, none of which turned out quite right. Although wet and tired, she agreed to do one last take of the scene, the one that appears in the finished film, after director James Whale promised her anything she wanted if she would do so. She asked for a dozen hard-boiled eggs, her favorite snack. Whale gave her two dozen. The DVD commentary for the film suggests that Harris wasn't actually a good swimmer, quoting Harris as saying that she had only a couple of swimming lessons before filming and had never dived under water before. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Frankenstein is thrown from the windmill by the Monster it is clearly a dummy. moreFAQ
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MORD39 RATING: **** out of ****
Dark, cloudy nights. Thunder and lightning. Colin Clive's Frankenstein shouts: "It's Alive!", and Boris Karloff lurches forth in Jack Pierce's greatest monster makeup of all time....What more can be said about this classic?
It's one of the first (and greatest) horror movies of all time and required viewing. Karloff's sympathetic monster can evoke fear as well as break our hearts. This film made him a huge star after years of working as an unknown in tons of features.
James Whale is a masterful director, though there are less "light moments" in FRANKENSTEIN than some of his later horror films. Interestingly enough, the lack of a music score in this movie actually works in its favor.
Tight, brisk, and oozing with the stuff nightmares are made of, this grandaddy of all monster films needs no further selling.