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Although well-written, the Plot Summary section crossed the
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Dwight Frye
According to television horror show host "Svengoolie" , Dwight Frye appears in this film as one of the villagers at the beginning of the film. Making him the only actor to appear in all four of the original Universal / Frankenstein films. He is uncredited in the screen credits.
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Cast
The cast for this movie with some explanations for how they got the role, the explanations from
IMDB:
Cast is sourced from the book Universal Horrors:[1]
Lon Chaney Jr. as
Frankenstein's Monster, Actor Lon Chaney Jr. was cast while he was still filming
The Wolf Man (1941). Reaching a height of 6'3" and weighing in at 220 pounds, Chaney was a large man even before he was "enlarged" for the role of Frankenstein's Monster. After Lon had donned
Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, he stood 6'9" tall and weighed 284 pounds. In addition to the woes the actor experienced from wearing Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, the makeup he had to wear in order to portray the Monster emerging from the dried sulphur was a particularly difficult burden for Chaney. In order to get the right look for the Monster trapped in the dried
sulphur from the sulphur pit, Pierce essentially covered Chaney with
cement and only provided a hole for him to breath out of by placing a straw in his mouth. The makeup process lasted from around 6:00 am until noon, at which point the cast and crew all went to lunch, leaving Chaney alone on set while his cement-based makeup dried. Chaney was also known for his hard-drinking ways. During production of this film, The actor became inebriated while in full costume and got "lost" in the intricate mazes that were part of the
laboratory sets. It was also reported that the rubber
headpiece used for the Frankenstein monster make-up was very uncomfortable for Lon Chaney Jr. to wear. It sat directly on his forehead and he constantly complained. Once he asked for it to be removed. Angry and frustrated when no one listened, he ripped it off himself, tearing open a bloody
gash in his forehead. Production on the film was shut down for a couple of days. It was also reported that during breaks in filming, Chaney would often treat child cast members to
ice cream.
Cedric Hardwicke as Dr.
Ludwig Frankenstein, Sir Cedric Hardwicke also plays the "ghost" of his father in the scene where Frankenstein decides to reinvigorate the Monster. Hardwicke's mellow baritone sounded nothing at all like the clipped, nervous speech of
Colin Clive, who played the original Frankenstein, but Clive had passed away in 1937, the result of poor health exacerbated by
acute alcoholism.
Ralph Bellamy as Erik Ernst, Bellamy had previously played a member of law enforcement who hunts a murderous monster in
The Wolf Man (1941).
Lionel Atwill as Dr. Theodore Bohmer, Lionel Atwill's character (Dr. Bohmer) is responsible for ensuring Ygor's (Bela Lugosi) brain is switched with that of the monster (Lon Chaney Jr.), making him far more dangerous than he was before. In
Man Made Monster (1941) Atwill plays a mad doctor who makes Lon Chaney Jr.'s character dangerous via electricity.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror in
film,
literature and other media on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.HorrorWikipedia:WikiProject HorrorTemplate:WikiProject Horrorhorror articles
Although well-written, the Plot Summary section crossed the
WP:NPOV line and became a movie review, and we're not allowed to do that so I had to cut out a bit of it. The only way around this is to quote (with citations) other people's reviews of the film, otherwise it also becomes a case of
WP:NOR.
23skidoo17:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Dwight Frye
According to television horror show host "Svengoolie" , Dwight Frye appears in this film as one of the villagers at the beginning of the film. Making him the only actor to appear in all four of the original Universal / Frankenstein films. He is uncredited in the screen credits.
75.104.174.180 (
talk)
18:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)reply
Cast
The cast for this movie with some explanations for how they got the role, the explanations from
IMDB:
Cast is sourced from the book Universal Horrors:[1]
Lon Chaney Jr. as
Frankenstein's Monster, Actor Lon Chaney Jr. was cast while he was still filming
The Wolf Man (1941). Reaching a height of 6'3" and weighing in at 220 pounds, Chaney was a large man even before he was "enlarged" for the role of Frankenstein's Monster. After Lon had donned
Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, he stood 6'9" tall and weighed 284 pounds. In addition to the woes the actor experienced from wearing Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, the makeup he had to wear in order to portray the Monster emerging from the dried sulphur was a particularly difficult burden for Chaney. In order to get the right look for the Monster trapped in the dried
sulphur from the sulphur pit, Pierce essentially covered Chaney with
cement and only provided a hole for him to breath out of by placing a straw in his mouth. The makeup process lasted from around 6:00 am until noon, at which point the cast and crew all went to lunch, leaving Chaney alone on set while his cement-based makeup dried. Chaney was also known for his hard-drinking ways. During production of this film, The actor became inebriated while in full costume and got "lost" in the intricate mazes that were part of the
laboratory sets. It was also reported that the rubber
headpiece used for the Frankenstein monster make-up was very uncomfortable for Lon Chaney Jr. to wear. It sat directly on his forehead and he constantly complained. Once he asked for it to be removed. Angry and frustrated when no one listened, he ripped it off himself, tearing open a bloody
gash in his forehead. Production on the film was shut down for a couple of days. It was also reported that during breaks in filming, Chaney would often treat child cast members to
ice cream.
Cedric Hardwicke as Dr.
Ludwig Frankenstein, Sir Cedric Hardwicke also plays the "ghost" of his father in the scene where Frankenstein decides to reinvigorate the Monster. Hardwicke's mellow baritone sounded nothing at all like the clipped, nervous speech of
Colin Clive, who played the original Frankenstein, but Clive had passed away in 1937, the result of poor health exacerbated by
acute alcoholism.
Ralph Bellamy as Erik Ernst, Bellamy had previously played a member of law enforcement who hunts a murderous monster in
The Wolf Man (1941).
Lionel Atwill as Dr. Theodore Bohmer, Lionel Atwill's character (Dr. Bohmer) is responsible for ensuring Ygor's (Bela Lugosi) brain is switched with that of the monster (Lon Chaney Jr.), making him far more dangerous than he was before. In
Man Made Monster (1941) Atwill plays a mad doctor who makes Lon Chaney Jr.'s character dangerous via electricity.