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Carl Laemmle presents a Universal Picture a James Whale production produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. directed by James Whale screenplay by William Hurlbut based on the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley adapted by William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston director of photography John J. Mescall, ASC music by Franz Waxman orchestra conductor Mischa Bakaleinikoff orchestrations Clifford Vaughn organist Charles Wolcott music recording Lawrence Aicholtz art director Charles D. Hall supervising editor Maurice Pivar film editor Ted Kent special electrical effects Kenneth Strickfaden Raymond Lindsay Frank Graves optical effects David S. Horsley, ASC sound recording Gilbert Kurland re-recording and sound effects Ed Wetzel assistant directors Harry Mancke Joseph McDonough Fred Frank makeup artists Jack P. Pierce associate makeup artist Otto Lederer unit sound mixer William Hedgecock matte paintings Russell A. Lawson, ASC Jack Cosgrove, ASC miniatures Charlie Baker production secretary Buddy Daggett second cameraman Alan C. Jones assistant cameramen William Dodds continuity clerk Flo Brummel contributing writers Philip MacDonald Tom Reed Edmund Pearson Western Electric recording Running time, 92 minutes at preview, 75 minutes in release Released April 22, 1935 CAST
The Monster..........................Boris Karloff Henry Frankenstein.................... Colin Clive Elizabeth.......................... Valerie Hobson Dr. Pretorius......................Ernest Thesiger Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley........Elsa Lanchester Lord Byron............................Gavin Gordon Percy Bysshe Shelley................Douglas Walton Minnie................................Una O'Connor Burgomaster............................E. E. Clive Butler.............................. Lucien Prival Hermit................................O. P. Heggie Karl.................................. Dwight Frye Hans..............................Reginald Barlowe Hans' Wife............................ Mary Gordon Shepherdess............................Ann Darling Ludwig................................Ted Billings The Monster's Mate................ Elsa Lanchester Uncle Glutz........................J. Gunnis Davis Auntie Glutz..........................Tempe Pigott Rudi.............................. Neil Fitzgerald Priest..............................Lucio Villegas Convent Girl........................ Helen Parrish Hunter.............................. Robert A'dair Second Hunter..........................Jack Curtis Hunter at Cabin.................... John Carradine ...................................... Frank Terry Neighbor............................Walter Brennan Coroner............................ Edward Mordant Marta.............................. Sarah Schwartz Servants..............................Joseph North ....................................Harry Northrup Guard.............................. Charles Murphy Neighbor..............................Mary Stewart Gypsy................................Maurice Black Gypsy Grandmother..................Elspeth Dudgeon Mother.............................. Brenda Fowler Little King............................A. S. Byron Little Queen........................ Joan Woodbury Little Archbishop.................. Norman Ainsley Little Devil............................Peter Shaw Little Ballerina.................. Kansas DeForest Little Mermaid.................... Josephine McKim Little Baby............................Billy Barty Villagers..........................D'Arcy Corrigan .................................. Edward Piel Sr. ......................................Frank Benson ..................................Anders Van Haden ...................................... Rollo Lloyd ...................................... John George .................................... Grace Curnard ................................Murdock MacQuarrie ......................................Peter Bronte ........................................Leah Lewis ......................................Gene Garrick Double for Byron....................Monte Montague Double for Thesiger.................... Peter Shaw Double for Barlow................ George DeNormand
Thanks to Cortlandt Hull, Ron Roloff, the late John P. Fulton, ASC, David S. Horsley, ASC, J. U. Miller and Harry Wolf, ASC.
