Brilliant scientist John Ireland (as Victor Frankenstein) works in a remote old sixteenth century castle to create an artificial human being. After dining with family and friends, he goes to the laboratory and uses electricity to animate made-up monster Lon Chaney Jr. (as Frankenstein's Monster). Mr. Chaney turns out to be stronger than ten men, and madder than heck. Chaney grows more irritated when little Michael Mann (as William) tells him he's ugly. Mr. Ireland exclaims, "I created a monster!" Chaney kills hysterical maid Peggy Allenby (as Elsie) and threatens the entire household. Ireland decides he must trap Chaney and destroy him, with brave young Mann and blonde wife Mary Alice Moore (as Elizabeth) acting as a lure...
This very limited version of Mary Shelley's classic "Frankenstein" is most famous for a couple of scenes where Chaney carefully sets down some chairs, instead of tossing them; before the half-hour ended, somebody told him it wasn't a dress rehearsal.
*** Frankenstein (1/18/52) Don Medford ~ Lon Chaney Jr., John Newland, Mary Alice Moore, Michael Mann
This very limited version of Mary Shelley's classic "Frankenstein" is most famous for a couple of scenes where Chaney carefully sets down some chairs, instead of tossing them; before the half-hour ended, somebody told him it wasn't a dress rehearsal.
*** Frankenstein (1/18/52) Don Medford ~ Lon Chaney Jr., John Newland, Mary Alice Moore, Michael Mann