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'''''Son of Frankenstein''''' is a 1939 monster horror film produced by Universal Pictures. The film is a sequel to ''Bride of Frankenstein'' and features Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lionel Atwill. It was met with critical success and aided the return of Universal's monster horror films. | '''''Son of Frankenstein''''' is a 1939 monster horror film produced by Universal Pictures. The film is a sequel to ''Bride of Frankenstein'' and features Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lionel Atwill. It was met with critical success and aided the return of Universal's monster horror films. The film survived but only in black & white. | ||
Director Rowland Lee was originally going to shoot the film during the early parts of production in Technicolor.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?id=499693%7C18670 TCM article.] Retrieved 5 Apr '16.</ref> This idea was scrapped due to Karloff's makeup looking poor in the cinematographer's color tests.<ref>Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.</ref> | |||
==Availability== | |||
It's unknown how much of the film was completed in this format before it was abandoned. A reel of color footage is rumored to exist deep in a Universal vault in New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.janalanhenderson.com/Articles/Son_of_Frankenstein_The_Unsung_Son.html JanalanHenderson.com article.] Retrieved 5 Apr '16.</ref> | |||
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|description1 =Color home movie footage shot on set by Karloff's wife, Dorothy Stine.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ekLyfvxEULs?t=2954 ''Universal Horror'' documentary. Released October 8, 1998. Director Kevin Brownlow.] Retrieved 16 Oct '21 | |description1 =Color home movie footage shot on set by Karloff's wife, Dorothy Stine.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ekLyfvxEULs?t=2954 ''Universal Horror'' documentary. Released October 8, 1998. Director Kevin Brownlow.] Retrieved 16 Oct '21</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Frankenstein Wikipedia article.] Retrieved 5 Apr '16. | |||
*https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/ | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 1 November 2022
Film poster.
Status: Lost
Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 monster horror film produced by Universal Pictures. The film is a sequel to Bride of Frankenstein and features Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lionel Atwill. It was met with critical success and aided the return of Universal's monster horror films. The film survived but only in black & white.
Director Rowland Lee was originally going to shoot the film during the early parts of production in Technicolor.[1] This idea was scrapped due to Karloff's makeup looking poor in the cinematographer's color tests.[2]
Availability
It's unknown how much of the film was completed in this format before it was abandoned. A reel of color footage is rumored to exist deep in a Universal vault in New Jersey.[3]
References
- ↑ TCM article. Retrieved 5 Apr '16.
- ↑ Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.
- ↑ JanalanHenderson.com article. Retrieved 5 Apr '16.
- ↑ Universal Horror documentary. Released October 8, 1998. Director Kevin Brownlow. Retrieved 16 Oct '21
External Links
- Wikipedia article. Retrieved 5 Apr '16.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/