Dr. Pretorius: We shall drink to our partnership. Do you like gin? It is my only weakness.
The Monster: Alone: bad. Friend: good!
Mary Shelley: It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters.
Dr. Pretorius: To a new world of gods and monsters!
Trivia:
When the castle is self-destructing, the Doctor can be seen against the far wall. Yet he is next seen outside in the arms of his beloved, watching the explosions. There were two endings originally: the first had Doctor Frankenstein dying within the castle and this was filmed. But the producers judged this a bit harsh and wanted a happy ending, so they shot the extra footage (too expensive to re-film the explosions).
Director James Whale originally did not want to do a sequel to Frankenstein.
The musical soundtrack for this film proved so popular, it was used again in the Flash Gordon serials starring Buster Crabbe.
The "body count" in the original cut was 21. This was trimmed to 10 after pressure from the censors.
Shot in 46 days at a cost of approximately $400,000. Boris Karloff sweated off 20 pounds labouring in the hot costume and make-up.
DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)
Go to the cast biography section under Boris Karloff. When you see the listing for "Frankenstein" (1931), click up and you will get the Realart reissue trailer. (Not the original trailer).
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