FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:43:52 PST

That was pretty much S.O.P. in that era, tele. Downbeat endings were VERY rare. -Craig

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feeds@yuku.com (telegonus) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:42:32 PST

You're probably right about Henry's survival having been added to make Frankenstein more upbeat feeling. Wait a minute... Frankenstein, upbeat? Yet it works. One of those strange Hollywood endings that ought to ruin everything that for some reason not ...
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feeds@yuku.com (blackbiped) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:35:17 PST

I always assumed the stocking was merely rolled down to add to her disheveled appearance. I doubt very much if any molestation is implied.

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feeds@yuku.com (Gojira) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:43:58 PST

Dude... her stocking is a reference to Fritz rolling his sock up.

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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:12:30 PST

"It's not at all clear that Henry's dead after he's tossed from the windmill, whatever the putative intentions of the studio/screenwriter"Agreed.The part where Henry is on the ground being examined by the BurgoMaster in split into two parts, in the middle...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:32:11 PST

Tele, wasn't Henry's survival added in '31 to provide a more upbeat ending, rather than to enable a sequel at some undetermined future date?

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feeds@yuku.com (telegonus) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:26:58 PST

That's a good question, Bobtheman. It's not at all clear that Henry's dead after he's tossed from the windmill, whatever the putative intentions of the studio/screenwriter. A few seconds later, the scene of Heny (a double, since we all know that Colin Cli...
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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:49:41 PST

The original ending for Frankenstein- the good doctor was supposed to die.Looking at the above video of the completed film final moments, we see at 2:21 him thrown from the windmill, then at 2:30 the villagers huddle at around his body.We hear the Bur...
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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:46:21 PST

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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:54:36 PST

>Wasn't there a degree of risk in a moving battle like this with a torch involved someone could get burnt?< Yes.

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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:26:25 PST

This is a screen capture during the struggle. Notice henry has his hands on the monster, Then the scene shifts toWaldman about to hit him with a club like object. Henry had been holding the Monster in the prior frame, now he doesn't appear to b...
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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:15:24 PST

Wasn't there a degree of risk in a moving battle like this with a torch involved someone could get burnt?

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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:08:21 PST

I'll vote for the sculpture. It had been represented as a photohttp://imgur.com/gallery/jZWbj

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feeds@yuku.com (The Batman of Gotham) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:01:07 PST

Is it? Or is it a superb Mike Hill sculpture? - GJS

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feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:26:30 PST

a candid photo from Frankenstein

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feeds@yuku.com (bromstaker) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:21:57 PST

Rick wrote:bromstaker...I think you are saying something profound!! Well, by some folks' standards, anyway.And now I'm thinking...how do we know the mummy was buried for 3700 years? Maybe it was only a couple of hundred and he was just holding his bre...
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feeds@yuku.com (Rick) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:20:22 PST

bromstaker...I think you are saying something profound!! Well, by some folks' standards, anyway.And now I'm thinking...how do we know the mummy was buried for 3700 years? Maybe it was only a couple of hundred and he was just holding his breath!

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feeds@yuku.com (bromstaker) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:11:02 PST

The recent Dracula's Daughter and Wolf Man threads have got me thinking about Frankenstein. How do we know the so-called Monster was sewn together from dead bodies and brought to life by an electrical charge? After all, we never actually see Henry stitch ...
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feeds@yuku.com (clore1030) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:35:20 PST

And now we know why YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is set in Transylvania which was an issue in some other thread recently.Thanks for that Rick.

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feeds@yuku.com (Rick) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:13:09 PST

Today I received my weekly email newsletter from Film Forum in NYC. A regular part of the bulletin is "My First Time" in which a notable relates an early movie-going experience. This week's was from Mel Brooks. Hopefully neither Film Forum nor Mr. B...
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FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:49:28 PST

I know it's kind of a played out topic, perhaps, but I thought I'd start a new thread for this film and see what develops. My main inspiration was because I just saw a young Bette Davis in THE PETRIFIED FOREST and enjoyed her in it very much. So -- how ac...
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