Frankenstein

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Frankenstein e il cinema: elenco parziale di film	D
Despite his ferocity, the Monster kills only three people during the film: Fritz, Dr. Waldman, and M [...]	D
The Monster's make-up design by Jack P. Pierce is under copyright to Universal through the year 2026 [...]	D
The Monster in this film does not physically resemble the character in Mary Shelley's novel. It was [...]	D
Dwight Frye hadn't long played the character of Renfield in Dracula (1931) when he was cast as Fritz [...]	D
In the 1980s, the following shots were restored to the film, after having been censored decades earl [...]	D
Boris Karloff's make-up took four hours each day for Jack P. Pierce to apply, and his cumbersome cos [...]	D
In a 1985 interview, Mae Clarke said, "Colin Clive was the dearest, kindest--in the real meaning of [...]	D
After his success as Dracula, Bella Lugosi was 1st choice to play the monster , Bette Davis was supp [...]	D
The thick-soled boots The Monster wears are known as "hot asphalt boots". They were used by men who [...]	D
Part of the original Shock Theatre package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, fo [...]	D
The monster is uncredited in the opening credits of the film. Boris Karloff played the role.	D
Universal Pictures production number 310.	D
Included (at #87) among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Mov [...]	D
On the wedding day, Baron Frankenstein toasts both "The House of Frankenstein" and "Young Frankenste [...]	D
John Carradine turned down the part of The Monster because he considered himself too highly trained [...]	D
In the novel, Frankenstein builds and animates the Monster in what is essentially his dormitory room [...]	D
According to the TLC network program The Hunt for Amazing Treasures (1996), a unique six-sheet poste [...]	D
Although it's more dramatic to raise the monster's body 40 feet into the air during the lightning st [...]	D
The early experiments in galvanism that inspired Mary Shelley's story, and the lightning charges use [...]	D
The first film to use the famous Castle Thunder sound effect.	D
Mary Shelley was only 19 years old when she wrote the novel.	D
The reverberation of sound in the graveyard and gallows scenes at the beginning of the film is a tel [...]	D
The movie's line "It's alive! It's alive!" was voted as the #49 movie quote by the American Film Ins [...]	D
Boris Karloff offered to remove his partial bridgework as part of the monster make-up process to cre [...]	D
It is the monster, played by Boris Karloff, who carries off the honors. Brilliantly made up by Jack [...]	D
Some of the sets had originally been constructed for Paul Leni's Il castello degli spettri (1927) wh [...]	D
A 20-minute test reel, starring Bela Lugosi as The Monster and directed by Robert Florey, was filmed [...]	D
After bringing The Monster to life, Dr. Frankenstein uttered the famous line, "Now I know what it's [...]	D
The Baron is seen wearing a Middle Eastern headpiece known as a Tarboosh in the scene following the [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
In the opening scene in the graveyard, Dr. Frankenstein while digging up the corpse, throws a shovel [...]	D
Dr. Waldman tells Elizabeth that Henry had left the university before completing his studies, so the [...]	D
John Carradine, who later played Dracula in the Universal horror films, once claimed he was consider [...]	D
Carl Laemmle Jr. offered James Whale a list of 30+ film adaptations he could direct, and Whale picke [...]	D
In a 1985 interview, Mae Clarke said, "I thought Boris Karloff was magnificent. That scene with the [...]	D
While preparing to film the scene where the monster attacks Elizabeth, Mae Clarke admitted to Boris [...]	D
According to The People's Almanac, at one point the movie was to have included a line of dialogue gi [...]	D
In the final credits, the Universal globe is tilted way over to the right. This is very different fr [...]	D
Assuming its copyright has not lapsed already, this film and all others produced in 1931 enter the U [...]	D
At the climax, The Monster carries Dr. Frankenstein up the mountainside and through the mill. At the [...]	D
A hitherto unnoticed deleted scene is hinted at in a publicity still from the original 1931 release, [...]	D
The villagers have no idea who or what they are looking for when they start the search. The only peo [...]	D
In the opening credits, The Monster is credited as ?, and only in the closing credits is The Monster [...]	D
Technically not conceived as a "horror" movie, since the term "horror" as a film genre was first use [...]	D
Edward Van Sloan (Dr. Waldman) also makes an uncredited appearance as himself in the film's prologue [...]	D
The set design of the windmill sequence was inspired by a building in Los Angeles that housed a loca [...]	D
Bela Lugosi inadvertently paved the way for Boris Karloff's fame: if Lugosi hadn't turned down the r [...]	D
Many argue that the creature should be called "The Monster" and not "Frankenstein"; however, the sec [...]	D
Those originally considered for the cast included Leslie Howard as Henry Frankenstein and Bette Davi [...]	D
In a moment of ghoulish humor, when Fritz is stealing the brain, he bumps into a human skeleton. Thi [...]	D
Universal Pictures owns the copyright to the make-up designed by Jack P. Pierce for Frankenstein's m [...]	D
The film was banned in Kansas upon its original release on the grounds that it exhibited "cruelty an [...]	D
The method of animating the creature is never discussed in Mary Shelley's novel. In the book, Franke [...]	D
The filming went five days over schedule.	D
In 1991, Frankenstein (1931) was added to the National Film Registry by the United States Library of [...]	D
In the novel, the monster's horrible appearance is not derived from being green or having neck bolts [...]	D
Dr. Frankenstein's first name is Henry, while his best friend's name is Victor Moritz. In the novel, [...]	D
James Whale came on board to replace Robert Florey as director of the movie only about 2 weeks befor [...]	D
The dummy used for the hanged criminal at the beginning of the film is the same dummy used to depict [...]	D
When Shelley wrote her original novel in the early 1800s, electricity, then known as galvanism, was [...]	D
As the essential part of the "lake scene" was cut from the film in 1931, theater (and later TV) audi [...]	D
A microphone was placed in the coffin used in the funeral scene to amplify the sound of the grave di [...]	D
Many people have said that the creature should be referred to as "the monster" because Frankenstein [...]	D
What are commonly called bolts on the neck of the monster are, in reality, electrodes.	D
According to film historian Gregory W. Mank, director James Whale was jealous of the attention Boris [...]	D
In one scene, The Monster walks through a forest and comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwin [...]	D
The most difficult aspect of casting was The Monster. James Whale happened to spot Boris Karloff in [...]	D
The screenplay originally called for Henry Frankenstein to die from his fall from the burning mill. [...]	D
Ken Strickfaden, who created all the electrical gadgets and effects for the movie, also doubled for [...]	D
While on location for the death of Maria, Boris Karloff and the crew lobbied James Whale not to have [...]	D
Debut of actresses Pauline Moore and Arletta Duncan.	D
The popular image of Frankenstein's monster as green-skinned was sourced in this film. Jack P. Pierc [...]	D
Actor Edward Van Sloan (Dr. Waldman) appeared in the now-lost test reel with Bela Lugosi as The Mons [...]	D
Boris Karloff is considered a late bloomer in Hollywood. Frankenstein (1931) premiered when he was 4 [...]	D
(at around 24 mins) The Monster is first seen.	D
During production, there was some concern that seven-year-old Marilyn Harris, who played Maria, the [...]	D
Boris Karloff's shoes weighed 13 pounds each.	D
Over the years much has been made of Jack Pierce's iconic makeup for the monster. What hasn't been n [...]	D
Boris Karloff often referred to the Frankenstein Monster as "the dear old boy".	D
Favorite film of Johnny Cash.	D
Biographers have remarked that Bela Lugosi was right to turn down this movie, as the original script [...]	D
Included (#56) among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding Amer [...]	D
The time period and setting of the film are never mentioned and have been the subject of continuous [...]	D
The monster is very different from his portrayal in the novel, where he is depicted as very intellig [...]	D
The 1935 novelization of La moglie di Frankenstein (1935) by Michael Egremont, published at the time [...]	D
John Huston wrote an early version of the warning speech given at the start of the film.	D
Existing copies of the 1938 reissue trailer show The Monster rising from the operating table and sta [...]	D
Film debut (uncredited, as a bridesmaid) of Pauline Moore.	D
The leading character of Mary Shelley's book, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was renamed Henry for the mov [...]	D
The Latin prayer heard in the first seconds of the film, immediately after the credit sequence, para [...]	D
In pre code Hollywood, the hesitation that is given before Frankenstein's affianced says the wedding [...]	D
Seven year old actress Marilyn Harris had done several takes of Maria being thrown in the lake, none [...]	D
Bela Lugosi was offered the role of the monster but famously turned it down. When Lugosi walked, so [...]	D

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