After his success as Dracula, Bella Lugosi was 1st choice to play the monster , Bette Davis was supposed to play Elizabeth but James Whale thought her too strong a personality, Karloff spent 4 hours each day in make up and especially disliked having putty applied to his eyes. His uncomfortable costume added 18inches to his height and made him 60lbs heavier. By the time the film wrapped he'd lost 20lbs. The scene where the monster drowns little Maria was considered too horrifying and was deleted on original release but later reinstated, The film cost $250,000 to make but made $12 million,

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