Boris Karloff was perfect for the role of Frankenstein! The missing teeth on the upper jaw of Karloff ( he took the bridge out during filming) and that sunken look fit perfectly for Frankenstein's ghoulish face.
The producer spotted Boris Karloff having lunch at the Universal Studios commissary. When he asked to him to audition for a part in his new movie, Boris was thrilled, thinking he might be cast as the handsome leading man. But it was far from that, and he didn't even have a single word of dialogue. But thank God for us that he accepted the job anyway.
The book is far more interesting than this version. Kenneth Brannaghs adaptation is better than this film though I do like this one too for its hammyness
The first Frankenstein movie I'd ever seen was "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein" on TV when I was about 10, and I loved it. When I was 13, I finally got to read the original Mary Shelly book, and, although I expected it to be great, was actually really disappointed; I thought it was overly-intellectual and frankly horrendously boring. The book doesn't even explain how the creature is brought to life, and I thought it was rediculous the way the monster was portrayed as being so intelligent in the book --just as intelligent as a normal human being-- even though it's brain had been revived from dead tissue that should have deteriorated somewhat before the re-awakening process. The monster talks just as articulately as a college professor in the book... and TALKS and TALKS and TALKS, sometimes for several pages at a TIME! Then, a few months later, I saw the original Bela Lugosi "Dracula" for the first time on a rental video tape. I expected to love that movie because I'd already read the Bram Stoker book years earlier and liked it, but ended up being disappointed with it, because most of the scary scenes in the book weren't even in the movie. Then a few weeks after that, I finally saw the original Boris Karloff "Frankenstein" on video tape. They hadn't had it for rent like "Dracula" anywhere, so my grandfather had to buy it for me for $35.00 from Tower Video. I didn't know what to expect from it after how I disliked the book, and my disappointment with the Lugosi "Dracula" movie, but I figured if it was at least somewhat as good as "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein", I'd probably be satisfied. But I ended up being pleasantly surprised! Unlike "Dracula", I thought the movie was actually BETTER than the book, MUCH better. It had great drama, solid acting (especially by Colin Clive, who, rather than coming off like a typical cackling science fiction movie mad scientist, actually portrayed Dr. Frankenstein as surprisingly sane and likeable, just obsessed with his morbid work). The movie, unlike the book, actually gives an explanation for how the monster was brought to life, and the science even sounds halfway plausible. It has the great sets and fantastic machinery, the hunchback assistant, the lightning storm that awakens the Monster... and that EXCELLENT makeup job! The movie is also intelligent and dramatic, like the book, without sacrificing ghoulishness and scares and intertainment value for its sake, like Mary Shelly seemed to with her own version. I eventually saw all the other old Universal Studio classic monster movies, and have them all on DVD, but I still have the most fondness in my heart for the original Karloff "Frankenstein", "Son of Frankenstein", and "Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man".
Aag se darta hai magar sunlight se ni ajib story hai iss film ki kyo ki ghost fire se darte hain to sun ki roshni se bi darna chahiye sahi kaha na...????😂😂
Boris Karloff was perfect for the role of Frankenstein! The missing teeth on the upper jaw of Karloff ( he took the bridge out during filming) and that sunken look fit perfectly for Frankenstein's ghoulish face.
If anyone doesn't know, but the two actors who play the scientist narrator and Igor also played on Dracula
The producer spotted Boris Karloff having lunch at the Universal Studios commissary. When he asked to him to audition for a part in his new movie, Boris was thrilled, thinking he might be cast as the handsome leading man. But it was far from that, and he didn't even have a single word of dialogue. But thank God for us that he accepted the job anyway.
Amazing movie still the best Frankenstein with Boris Karloff.
I’m a big fan of universal monsters
Dudyh
Same here!
Me too!
Happy 90th Birthday Frankenstein 31!
As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate these films more
Top Classic Movie!
When the monster is banging on the door trying to get out, I feel like he’s trying to say “Beer!” “Beeeeeeerrrrrrrr!!!!!!”😂
"ME WANT BEER ME WANT BEER"
You left out the possibly most important part when the blind man shows kindness to the monster because he is not prejudiced.
That scene is in Bride of Frankenstein...but, yes, a fantastic scene!
@@Fantod69 Thanks
@@Fantod69 And Young Frankenstein🤣
I remember that part from Small Soldiers 2:51 till 2:55
When Bela Lugosi played the Frankenstein monster, he looked like Howard Cosell.
PERFEKT
The Professor is Van Helsing and Igor is Renfield in Dracula (1932.)
Not Igor, but FRITZ
One of the rare cases in history where, in my opinion, the movie was actually better than the book.
@@Ashamed.Loser69 I agree 100%!
I'm sorry but the book is a lot better. It is also a lot scarier.
The book is far more interesting than this version. Kenneth Brannaghs adaptation is better than this film though I do like this one too for its hammyness
The first Frankenstein movie I'd ever seen was "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein" on TV when I was about 10, and I loved it. When I was 13, I finally got to read the original Mary Shelly book, and, although I expected it to be great, was actually really disappointed; I thought it was overly-intellectual and frankly horrendously boring. The book doesn't even explain how the creature is brought to life, and I thought it was rediculous the way the monster was portrayed as being so intelligent in the book --just as intelligent as a normal human being-- even though it's brain had been revived from dead tissue that should have deteriorated somewhat before the re-awakening process. The monster talks just as articulately as a college professor in the book... and TALKS and TALKS and TALKS, sometimes for several pages at a TIME!
Then, a few months later, I saw the original Bela Lugosi "Dracula" for the first time on a rental video tape. I expected to love that movie because I'd already read the Bram Stoker book years earlier and liked it, but ended up being disappointed with it, because most of the scary scenes in the book weren't even in the movie.
Then a few weeks after that, I finally saw the original Boris Karloff "Frankenstein" on video tape. They hadn't had it for rent like "Dracula" anywhere, so my grandfather had to buy it for me for $35.00 from Tower Video.
I didn't know what to expect from it after how I disliked the book, and my disappointment with the Lugosi "Dracula" movie, but I figured if it was at least somewhat as good as "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein", I'd probably be satisfied. But I ended up being pleasantly surprised!
Unlike "Dracula", I thought the movie was actually BETTER than the book, MUCH better. It had great drama, solid acting (especially by Colin Clive, who, rather than coming off like a typical cackling science fiction movie mad scientist, actually portrayed Dr. Frankenstein as surprisingly sane and likeable, just obsessed with his morbid work). The movie, unlike the book, actually gives an explanation for how the monster was brought to life, and the science even sounds halfway plausible. It has the great sets and fantastic machinery, the hunchback assistant, the lightning storm that awakens the Monster... and that EXCELLENT makeup job!
The movie is also intelligent and dramatic, like the book, without sacrificing ghoulishness and scares and intertainment value for its sake, like Mary Shelly seemed to with her own version.
I eventually saw all the other old Universal Studio classic monster movies, and have them all on DVD, but I still have the most fondness in my heart for the original Karloff "Frankenstein", "Son of Frankenstein", and "Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man".
Classic movie
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Yeah, cool, now where are the full length movies that you lied to us about?
it's on tonight at 8pm gmt. last night this channel illuminated our lives with the full length versions of both Dracula and The Mummy.
how bout u just buy it
Aag se darta hai magar sunlight se ni ajib story hai iss film ki kyo ki ghost fire se darte hain to sun ki roshni se bi darna chahiye sahi kaha na...????😂😂
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