
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 15min
- Drama, Horror
- 06 May 1935 (USA)
- Movie
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Boris Karloff | ... |
The Monster
(as Karloff)
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Colin Clive | ... |
Henry Frankenstein
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Valerie Hobson | ... |
Elizabeth
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Ernest Thesiger | ... |
Doctor Pretorius
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Elsa Lanchester | ... |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
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Gavin Gordon | ... |
Lord Byron
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Douglas Walton | ... |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Una O'Connor | ... |
Minnie
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E.E. Clive | ... |
Burgomaster
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Lucien Prival | ... |
Butler
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O.P. Heggie | ... |
Hermit
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Dwight Frye | ... |
Karl
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Reginald Barlow | ... |
Hans
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Mary Gordon | ... |
Hans' Wife
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Anne Darling | ... |
Shepherdess
(as Ann Darling)
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Ted Billings | ... |
Ludwig
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Robert Adair | ... |
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
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Norman Ainsley | ... |
Archbishop (uncredited)
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Billy Barty | ... |
Baby (uncredited)
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Frank Benson | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Maurice Black | ... |
Gypsy (uncredited)
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Walter Brennan | ... |
Neighbor with Ax (uncredited)
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Mae Bruce | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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A.S. 'Pop' Byron | ... |
King (uncredited)
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John Carradine | ... |
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
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D'Arcy Corrigan | ... |
Procession Leader (uncredited)
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Grace Cunard | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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J. Gunnis Davis | ... |
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
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Marie DeForrest | ... |
Ballerina (uncredited)
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Elspeth Dudgeon | ... |
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
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Helen Jerome Eddy | ... |
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
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Neil Fitzgerald | ... |
Rudy (uncredited)
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Brenda Fowler | ... |
Mother (uncredited)
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John George | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Helen Gibson | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Marilyn Harris | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Carmencita Johnson | ... |
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
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Rollo Lloyd | ... |
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Murdock MacQuarrie | ... |
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
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Josephine McKim | ... |
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
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Torben Meyer | ... |
Victim in Flashback (uncredited)
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Edwin Mordant | ... |
Coroner (uncredited)
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Charles Murphy | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Joseph North | ... |
Servant (uncredited)
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Helen Parrish | ... |
Communion Girl (uncredited)
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Edward Peil Sr. | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Tempe Pigott | ... |
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
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Sarah Schwartz | ... |
Marta (uncredited)
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Peter Shaw | ... |
Devil (uncredited)
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Mary Stewart | ... |
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Frank Terry | ... |
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
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Anders Van Haden | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Dorothy Vernon | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Lucio Villegas | ... |
Priest (uncredited)
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Joan Woodbury | ... |
Queen (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Whale |
Written by
Mary Shelley | ... | (suggested by: the original story written in 1816 by) (as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) |
William Hurlbut | ... | (adapted by) and |
John L. Balderston | ... | (adapted by) (as John Balderston) |
William Hurlbut | ... | (screenplay) |
Josef Berne | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Lawrence G. Blochman | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Robert Florey | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Philip MacDonald | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Tom Reed | ... | (contributing writer) (uncredited) |
R.C. Sherriff | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Edmund Pearson | ... | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
Morton Covan | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Carl Laemmle Jr. | ... | producer |
Music by
Franz Waxman |
Cinematography by
John J. Mescall | ... | (photographer) |
Film Editing by
Ted J. Kent | ... | film editor (as Ted Kent) |
Editorial Department
Maurice Pivar | ... | supervising film editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Charles D. Hall |
Costume Design by
Vera West | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Irma Kusely | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Otto Lederer | ... | makeup associate (uncredited) |
Jack P. Pierce | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Harry Mancke | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Joseph A. McDonough | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
William Hedgcock | ... | sound technician (uncredited) |
Gilbert Kurland | ... | sound supervisor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
David S. Horsley | ... | special effects assistant (uncredited) |
Ken Strickfaden | ... | special electrical properties (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
John P. Fulton | ... | photographic effects |
Cleo E. Baker | ... | miniatures (uncredited) |
Jack Cosgrove | ... | matte paintings (uncredited) |
David S. Horsley | ... | optical effects (uncredited) |
Russell Lawson | ... | matte paintings (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
William Dodds | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Alan Jones | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Fred Stoll | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff | ... | orchestral conductor (as Bakaleinikoff) |
Larry Aicholtz | ... | music recordist (uncredited) |
Gilbert Kurland | ... | music supervisor (uncredited) |
Abe Meyer | ... | music coordinator (uncredited) |
Clifford Vaughan | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Oliver Wallace | ... | musician: organ (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Flo Brummel | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Carl Laemmle | ... | presenter / president: Universal Pictures Corp. |
Buddy Daggett | ... | secretary: Carl Laemmle Jr. (uncredited) |
George DeNormand | ... | double: Reginald Barlow (uncredited) |
Monte Montague | ... | double: Ernest Thesiger (uncredited) |
Peter Shaw | ... | double: Ernest Thesiger (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Universal Pictures (A James Whale Production)
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
- Canadian Universal Film Company (1935) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1935) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1935) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Universal Films (1938) (Panama) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1935) (France) (theatrical) (as Universal Films S.A.)
- Croeze en Bosman (1936) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Film Classics (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Realart Pictures (1953) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Screen Gems (1958) (United States) (tv) (as Son of Shock) (syndication)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1964) (France) (theatrical) (reissue)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1976) (Finland) (theatrical)
- MCA Home Video (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1986) (Finland) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1998) (Finland) (tv)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- MRA Entertainment Group (1999) (Australia) (DVD)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2002) (Finland) (DVD) (8-disc Classic Monsters Collection)
- Net5 (2004) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (14-disc Monster Legacy Collection)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (3-disc Frankenstein the Legacy Collection)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (9-disc Original Monsters Collection)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Emerald (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Emerald (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Universal Pictures (2012) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (on Universal Monsters 8 film set)
- Fathom Events (2012) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2014) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2014) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2014) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- American Movie Classics (AMC) (1991) (United States) (tv)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1983) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (United States) (VHS)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Pickwick (1993) (France) (VHS) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (2003) (United States) (tv)
- Universal Pictures (2004) (Poland) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Universal Orchestra (orchestra)
- Universal Scoring Stage (orchestra)
- Western Electric (noiseless sound recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil-experiment business, but when mad scientist Dr. Pretorius kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
Written by John Oswalt |
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Taglines | WHO will be The Bride of Frankenstein WHO will dare? See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $397,024 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Marilyn Harris, who played Maria, the girl The Monster accidentally kills in the original Frankenstein (1931), appears uncredited as another young girl. She is the leader of the group of young schoolgirls who encounter the Monster as he runs away from the blind man's burning house. Director James Whale deliberately gave her a one-word line ("Look!"), so she would be paid more by the studio as an actor with a speaking role, instead of as an extra. See more » |
Goofs | In the prologue explaining what happened in the first Frankenstein (1931), a man is shown in close-up being strangled by the monster; however, the monster's sleeves are torn and his arms already burned by the windmill fire. Clearly this close-up was newly filmed and inserted as if from the 1931 movie. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into House of Dracula (1945). See more » |
Soundtracks | Frühlingslied (Spring Song) Op.62 #6 See more » |
Crazy Credits | In the opening and closing credits, "The Monster's Mate" is listed as being played by " ? " . Elsa Lanchester is only billed as playing Mary Shelley. See more » |
Quotes |
Doctor Pretorius:
To a new world of gods and monsters! See more » |