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Son of Frankenstein
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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US Runtime: 99 min

Premiere Date:
Jan 13, 1939   [USA]
 
Director: Rowland V. Lee
 
Writer: Wyllis Cooper   [screenplay]
 
Producer: Rowland V. Lee   [Producer]
 
Music by Frank Skinner
 
Cinematography: George Robinson
 
Edited by: Ted J. Kent
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   [as Universal Pictures Company Inc. )
 


Cast:

Basil Rathbone
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Bela Lugosi
Ygor
Lionel Atwill
Inspector Krogh
Josephine Hutchinson
Elsa von Frankenstein
Donnie Dunagan
Peter von Frankenstein
Emma Dunn
Amelia
Edgar Norton
Thomas Benson
Perry Ivins
Fritz
Lawrence Grant
Burgomaster
Lionel Belmore
Emil Lang
Michael Mark
Ewald Neumüller
Caroline Frances Cooke
Mrs. Neumüller
 
Gustav von Seyffertitz
First Burgher
Lorimer Johnston
Burgher Next to Neumüller
Tom Ricketts
Old Burgher
Bud Wolfe
(uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Dr. Berger (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
(uncredited)
Russ Powell
Burgher Webber (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
(uncredited)
Harry Cording
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
Villager (uncredited)
Jack Harris
(uncredited)
Betty Chay
(uncredited)
 
 

Crew:

Charles Previn
musical director
 
Hans J. Salter
music arranger
 
 

Tech Info:

Color Info:
B&W
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Film Length:
(11 reels)
Shooting Dates:
Oct 1938 - ?
Production Dates:
07 Nov 1938 - 04 Jan 1939

Trivia:

  • This film marks the final time Boris Karloff would play the "Monster". The next Frankenstein film Karloff appeared in, House of Frankenstein, he plays Dr. Gustav Niemann. Thus, he played the "Monster" three times in his career.
     
  • Make-up artist Jack P. Pierce estimated it took four hours to transform Boris Karloff into the monster.
     

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