548 Frankenstein (1931)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
548 Frankenstein (1931)
- 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) was offered the role of the Monster, but turned it down.
- In one scene, the monster ('Boris Karloff' (qv)) 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 Karloff -
objecting to the director's interpretation of the scene - felt that the
monster should have gently put Maria into the lake. Though Karloff's
intentions were good, the scenes omission suggests a crueler death for
Maria, since a subsequent scene shows her bloodied corpse being carried
through the village by her father. This scene is restored in the
videocassette reissue.
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