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Frankenstein is a 1931 American gothic pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Dwight Iliff Frye (born Fry; February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayals of neurotic, murderous villains in several classic Universal horror films, such as Renfield in Dracula (1931) and Fritz in Frankenstein (1931).
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Frankenstein follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased.. Aided by his assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster (Boris Karloff), but, the confused creature escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak h
A depiction of the malformed Igor. Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character, a sometimes hunch-backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself, the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).
Similar to the 1931 Universal adaptation of the character, Professor Waldman is aware of Frankenstein’s reanimation experiments and firmly objects to them. In the 2007 film Frankenstein , Andrew Waldman (portrayed by Neil Pearson ) is the friend and colleague of Victoria Frankenstein who helps to oversee the Universal Xenograft Project that ...
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) Other adaptations of the novel: Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) Frankenstein Unbound (1990) Frankenstein (1992 film) (1992) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film) (1994) Frankenstein (US TV miniseries) (2004) Frankenstein (2004 ...
Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character who first appeared as the titular main protagonist of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.He is a Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living things, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to his own creature (often referred to as ...