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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
- Budget:
- $291,000 (USA)
- Color Info:
- B&W
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 1.37 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Spherical
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm
- Shooting Dates:
- 24 Aug 1931 - 03 Oct 1931
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Quotes:
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Dr. Frankenstein: Dangerous? Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have your never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy.
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Dr. Frankenstein: You're quite sure you want to come in? ...Very well. [Locks door and pockets key.] Forgive me, but I'm forced to take unusual precautions.
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Dr. Frankenstein: The neck's broken. The brain is useless. We must find another brain.
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Dr. Frankenstein: Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!
Victor Moritz: Henry -- In the name of God!
Dr. Frankenstein: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!
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Victor Moritz: You're crazy!
Dr. Frankenstein: Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not.
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Trivia:
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- In one scene, the monster (Boris Karloff) walks through a forest and comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwing flowers into a pond. The monster joins her in the activity but soon runs out of flowers. At a loss for something to throw into the water, he looks at Maria and moves toward her. In all American prints of the movie, the scene ends here. But as originally filmed, the action continues to show the monster grabbing Maria, hurling her into the lake, then departing in confusion when Maria fails to float as the flowers did. This bit was deleted because Karloff - objecting to the director's interpretation of the scene - felt that the monster should have gently put Maria into the lake. This scene is restored in the videocassette reissue.
- After bringing the monster to life, Dr. Frankenstein uttered the famous line "Now I know what it's like to BE God" The movie was originally released with this line of dialogue, but when it was re-released in the late 30's, censors demanded it be removed on the grounds that it was blasphemy. A loud clap of thunder was substituted on the soundtrack. The dialogue was partially restored on the video release, but since no decent recording of the dialogue could be found, it still appears garbled and indistinct.
- Bela Lugosi was offered the role of the Monster, but refused on the grounds that his character would not speak (though he eventually played the role in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Lugosi also insisted on creating his own makeup for the Monster, but his design was rejected.
- John Carradine turned down the part of the Monster because he considered himself too highly trained to be reduced to playing monsters.
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Credits Fun:
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- In closing credits: A good cast is worth repeating
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