Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of one of the many classic mammoth Universal Studios monster sequel masterpieces.
A snippet from James Whale’s classic mammoth 1935 Universal Studios monster sequel masterpiece production of “The Bride of Frankenstein” with Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff.
“She knocked ’em cold!” Original 1935 Universal Studios exhibitors’ advertisement for James Whale’s “The Bride of Frankenstein” with Elsa Lanchester.
The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935); this Sat., Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic mammoth landmark 1935 Universal monster sequel masterpiece production was directed by veteran studio director James Whale, who also directed the classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation production of “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff in the role of the monster. Whale’s other classic mammoth Universal feature film masterpiece productions include his classic mammoth Universal screen thriller adaptation masterpiece of J.B. Priestley’s “The Old Dark House” (1932) with Karloff, and his classic Universal monster masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart and Henry Travers.
Shortly before working on his numerous classic mammoth Universal monster feature masterpiece productions, Whale co-directed with veteran director Edmund Goulding and industrialist Howard Hughes on the classic mammoth aviation-war drama masterpiece production of “Hell’s Angels” (1930) with Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon and James Hall; according to IMDB. In an ironic twist, Universal Studios/MCA later acquired the rights to “Hell’s Angels” (1930) from Howard Hughes’ estate; according to a 1979 Universal theatrical re-release poster for the 1930 production. -C.H.
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, “Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus;” the screenplay for Whale’s 1935 classic Universal monster sequel masterpiece was written by veteran screenwriter William Hurlbut. Hurlburt also wrote the screen adaptation with veteran screenwriter John L. Balderston. “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) was produced by veteran producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. The senior Laemmle founded Universal as a merger of his pioneering production-distribution company and several other pioneering feature film production-distribution companies in 1912.
This will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of Whale’s 1935 classic Universal monster masterpiece sequel on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in June 2011* and as regular big broadcasts back in Sept. 2012*, April 2014, June 2015, April 2016, June 2017, May 2019 (as part of Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of Universal Studios’ classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film adaptation masterpieces), June 2020 and Oct. 2022 (as part of Sven’s Oct. 2022 “Halloween-‘BOO-nanza’ festival on the airlanes of Me-TV).
Who was in “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)?
The players who appeared in Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) were Elsa Lanchester (who played the dual roles of Mary Shelley and the “Monster’s Mate”), Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein’s Monster), Colin Clive (as Henry Frankenstein), Valerie Hobson (as Elizabeth Frankenstein), Una O’Connor (as Minnie), Ernest Thesiger (as Dr. Pretorius), O.P. Heggie (as a Hermit), Dwight Frye (as Karl Glutz), Douglas Walton (as Percy Shelley), young Billy Barty (in an uncredited role as a baby), young John Carradine (in an uncredited role as a hunter at the Hermit’s cabin), E.E. Clive (as the Burgomaster), young Walter Brennan (in an uncredited role as a neighbor), Marilyn Harris (in an uncredited role as a student) and Gavin Gordon (as Lord Byron).
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