Seven year old actress Marilyn Harris had done several takes of Maria being thrown in the lake, none of which turned out quite right. (For example, on the first take, she actually floated as The Monster thought she would. A petticoat or two were removed to facilitate her going under water.) 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 her as saying that she had only a couple of swimming lessons before filming and had never dived under water before.

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