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The Bride of Frankenstein
The definitive book on the making of this classic Universal horror film. Includes production background by Greg Mank and the original shooting script.
- GenresHorror
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1936
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February 20, 2024
The original shooting script for one of the most famous of all Universal horror films of the 1930s.
The screenplay by William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston contained is a facsimile of director James Whale's personal copy, dated December 1, 1934.
With a terrific selection of articles relating to the movie.
- A History of Universal: a brief decade by decade history of Hollywood's oldest studio with photos of the ever-changing globe.
- A foreword by horror film expert Forrest J. Ackerman.
- An extensive production background, compiled by Gregory Mank, with fascinating comments about the making of the film from a wide range of sources.
- Interview with actress Valerie Hobson.
Plus, full cast and credits, 12 pages of reproduced lobby cards, posters and publicity material from the original release and more than 50 stills and production photos from the classic film.
It's a Universal Picture! And a must for horror film enthusiasts and especially, for the legion of fans of the James Whale masterpiece which starred (Boris) Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger.
The screenplay by William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston contained is a facsimile of director James Whale's personal copy, dated December 1, 1934.
With a terrific selection of articles relating to the movie.
- A History of Universal: a brief decade by decade history of Hollywood's oldest studio with photos of the ever-changing globe.
- A foreword by horror film expert Forrest J. Ackerman.
- An extensive production background, compiled by Gregory Mank, with fascinating comments about the making of the film from a wide range of sources.
- Interview with actress Valerie Hobson.
Plus, full cast and credits, 12 pages of reproduced lobby cards, posters and publicity material from the original release and more than 50 stills and production photos from the classic film.
It's a Universal Picture! And a must for horror film enthusiasts and especially, for the legion of fans of the James Whale masterpiece which starred (Boris) Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger.
March 22, 2022
This is the novelization of my favorite movie. As a movie, it is a work of genius. As a novel, less so. On the up side, the novel does go into deleted scenes and background motivations of some of the lesser characters. On the downside, the editing leaves a lot to be desired - a lot of dropped quotation marks, or just wrong punctuation. Anyway, it just lacks the life the actors put into the characters- and so much of the genius of the film is visual and aural, neither of which are well conveyed with this book. My advice - watch and adore the movie.
September 25, 2016
Faithful novelization of classic film
Despite quite a number of typos I enjoyed reading the original 1935 novelization of The Bride of Frankenstein. Not certain if the typos existed in the original text or came about in the reworking of the book. But they don't detract from the material. A must for fans of the classic film.
Despite quite a number of typos I enjoyed reading the original 1935 novelization of The Bride of Frankenstein. Not certain if the typos existed in the original text or came about in the reworking of the book. But they don't detract from the material. A must for fans of the classic film.
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