The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Erle C. Kenton |
| Producer(s) | George Waggner |
| Top Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Top Topics | Monster |
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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) was a Drama - Fantasy Film directed by Erle C. Kenton and produced by George Waggner.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942, Erle C. Kenton)
on Jul 13, 2013 From The Stop ButtonThe Ghost of Frankenstein is pretty bad stuff. Running less than seventy minutes, it’s unbearably boring from the twenty-five minute mark, once the picture focus on Cedric Hardwicke. Ghost opens with villagers pursuing Bela Lugosi’s evil hunchback. Though awful, Lugosi’s at least a... Read full article
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Quotes from
The Monster:
[with Ygor's voice] I am... Ygor.
[the monster is struck by lightning]
Ygor: The lightning. It is good for you! Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning!
Ygor: Better death... than a life like this.
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[the monster is struck by lightning]
Ygor: The lightning. It is good for you! Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning!
Ygor: Better death... than a life like this.
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Facts about
Lon Chaney Jr. was cast while he was still filming The Wolf Man.
Dwight Frye appears as 2 different characters. First as one of the villagers who destroys the Frankenstein castle at the beginning of the film. Later in flashbacks to the original Frankenstein where he played Fritz, the hunchbacked assistant to the original Dr. Frankenstein.
The first draft of the script was written by Eric Taylor was considered too depressing. The original Taylor treatment brought Wolf von Frankenstein back into play, as well as Ygor, plus a misshapen hunchback, Theodor. Ygor's plan was to create a vengeful mob of society's rejects, ala Freaks, led by himself, with the Monster as brute force. A rewrite was ordered and given to veteran writer Scott Darling who retained the fundamental scenario but made significant changes.
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Dwight Frye appears as 2 different characters. First as one of the villagers who destroys the Frankenstein castle at the beginning of the film. Later in flashbacks to the original Frankenstein where he played Fritz, the hunchbacked assistant to the original Dr. Frankenstein.
The first draft of the script was written by Eric Taylor was considered too depressing. The original Taylor treatment brought Wolf von Frankenstein back into play, as well as Ygor, plus a misshapen hunchback, Theodor. Ygor's plan was to create a vengeful mob of society's rejects, ala Freaks, led by himself, with the Monster as brute force. A rewrite was ordered and given to veteran writer Scott Darling who retained the fundamental scenario but made significant changes.
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