Нашла применение давно скаченного фильма - то что нужно в ночь на Хэллоуин!
Уже перед самым просмотром я ощущала на себе ауру этого классического фильма и всю его значимость.
Неповторимый стиль картин снятых в прошлом просто великолепен и уже по сути каноничен.
Шикарный кадры, удивительные декорации, грим, и конечно актеры.
Я насмотрелась на кучу фотографий со съемок фильма, перед просмотром.
И наконец увидев образ созданный Борисом Карлоффом я была поражена насколько он многообразнее и глубже чем можно подумать на первый взгляд!
Вообщем "Невеста Франкенштейна" сегодня вечером, как продолжение ...
The casting of the monster was the most difficult aspect of the casting process.
James Whale happened to spot Boris Karloff in the Universal commissary and passed him a note offering a screen-test,
which Karloff jumped at. Karloff later joked that he was offended by being viewing as such an ugly character, since on the day that Whale spotted him,
he was wearing his most elegant suit and thought he was looking handsome.
читать дальшеBoris Karloff often referred to the Frankenstein Monster as "the dear old boy".
The Monster in this film does not physically resemble Mary Shelley's character.
It was make-up artist Jack P. Pierce who came up with innovations such as the Monster's flat head, the bolts through the neck, the droopy eyelids, and the poorly-fitted suit.
Any future Frankenstein film that features any of these physical abnormalities is taking its inspiration from Pierce's make-up work.
The monster make-up design by Jack P. Pierce is under copyright to Universal through the year 2026, and licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc.
The movie's line "It's alive! It's alive!" was voted as the #49 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
The first film to use the famous Castle Thunder sound effect.
Carl Laemmle Jr. offered James Whale a list of 30+ film adaptations he could direct and Whale picked this one.
Whale said he did so because he wanted to get away from the war pictures with which he had so far been associated.
Ironically, Whale is now, by far, best-remembered for his four horror films.
Boris Karloff was considered as such an anonymous actor by Univrsal that he was not invited to the December 6th premiere.
Boris Karloff is considered a late bloomer in Hollywood. Frankenstein premiered when he was 44 years old.
Boris Karloff offered to remove his partial bridgework as part of the monster make-up process to create the sunken cheek look.
During production there was some concern that seven-year-old Marilyn Harris,
who played Maria, the little girl thrown into the lake by the creature, would be overly frightened by the sight of Boris Karloff in costume and make-up when it came time to shoot the scene.
When the cast was assembled to travel to the location, Marilyn ran from her car directly up to Karloff, who was in full make-up and costume, took his hand and asked
"May I drive with you?" Delighted, and in typical Karloff fashion, he responded,
"Would you, darling?" She then rode to the location with "The Monster.".
In rejecting the role of the monster in 'Frankenstein' - a decision he came to deeply regret -
Bela Lugosi reportedly claimed the he was a star in his own country, and did not come to America "to be a scarecrow."
The leading character of Mary Shelley's book, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was renamed Henry because it was decided Victor would sound too "severe" and "unfriendly" to American audiences at the time.
By the time the ending of the film was changed, allowing Henry Frankenstein to live, Colin Clive was no longer available for additional scenes.
For the shot of Henry in long shot in the bedroom behind his father, he was played by another actor; tradition has long held that it was future cowboy star Robert Livingston filling in for him.
According to film historian Gregory Mank, James Whale was jealous of the attention Karloff's monster was getting during production
and took revenge by making the actor carry Colin Clive up the mountain to the mill in take after take dozens of times.
Clive felt badly for his co-star and suggested that a dummy be used.
Whale refused, and Karloff continued to have to carry Clive's six foot 154 body in succeeding takes.
The 41-year-old Karloff had physical difficulties due to moving in the padding, the back brace that was part of the costume, make-up and 13 pound lifted boots.
He badly injured his back during these scenes (and in his 2 subsequent times playing the Monster).
Back problems continued to plague Karloff throughout the remainder of his life.
In one scene, the Monster (Boris Karloff) walks through a forest and comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwing flowers into a pond.
The monster joins her in the activity but soon runs out of flowers. At a loss for something to throw into the water, he looks at Maria and moves toward her.
In all American prints of the movie, the scene ends here. But as originally filmed, the action continues to show the monster grabbing Maria,
hurling her into the lake, then departing in confusion when Maria fails to float as the flowers did.
This bit was deleted because the censors objected to the violent end of the little girl. This scene is restored in the DVD reissue.
John Huston wrote an early version of the warning speech given at the start of the film.