Bride of Frankenstein
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive
Director: James Whale
Writer: John L. Balderston
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film as well as the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride was directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound.
- Universal considered making a sequel to Frankenstein as early as its 1931 preview screenings, following which the film's original ending was changed to allow for Henry Frankenstein's survival.
- James Whale initially refused to direct Bride, believing he had already "squeezed the idea dry". Kurt Neumann was originally scheduled to replace Whale but decided to film The Black Cat instead.
- Following the success of Whale's The Invisible Man, producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. realized that Whale was the only possible director for Bride; Whale took advantage of the situation by persuading Universal to let him make One More River.
Filming Locations
- Frye also filmed a scene as an unnamed villager and the role of "Nephew Glutz", a man who murdered his uncle and blamed the death on the Monster.
Previous Showings
9 Runs • 7 Festivals
9,863 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (May 11, 1935)
Original Run: May 11, 1935 (Saturday - Monday)
All runs on record (9):
- May 11, 1935 (Saturday - Monday)Boris Karloff, Valerie Hobson
- May 19 - 21, 1995 · 1,333 ticketsw/ Sunset Boulevard
- November 11 - 12, 2000 · 791 ticketsHorror 2000w/ The Black Cat
- August 20 - 23, 2005 · 2,280 ticketsSummer 2005w/ Sunset Boulevard
- March 21 - 23, 2009 · 819 ticketsWinter 2009w/ The Sin of Nora Moran
- October 26 - 28, 2012 · 1,444 ticketsUNIVERSAL PICTURES Part 1: 1930-1935w/ Frankenstein
- April 20 - 22, 2018 · 1,076 ticketsHitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense plus, Frankenstein at 200w/ Frankenstein
- October 12 - 13, 2019 · 986 ticketsUNIVERSAL PICTURES 1931-1935w/ Frankenstein
- October 14 - 15, 2023 · 1,134 ticketsUniversal Pictures: Horror and Morew/ Frankenstein