Bride of Frankenstein
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very, very gay and funny character,
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that was created by Whale
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in the development of the screenplay
for the second film.

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Frankenstein.
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Yes, there have been developments
since he came to me.

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Unlike the original film, Mary Shelley's
novel featured a highly articulate monster.

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Bride of Frankenstein
restored the monster's speech.

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Before you came, I was all alone.
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It is bad to be alone.
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Alone. Bad.
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Friend. Good.
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Speech was the essential difference
between the original Frankenstein

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and the Bride of Frankenstein.
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My father really objected
to the monster being given speech.

:09:52
He felt it would take away
from the original portrayal,

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and I think he was wrong.
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Cinema history has proven him wrong.
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It's one of the few sequels that really...
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most film critics regard
as surpassing the original.

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Once more, Boris Karloff faced
a gruelling and uncomfortable make-up,

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designed and applied
by the legendary Jack Pierce.

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One of the changes in the make-up,
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besides the fact that Karloff
had gained weight...

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He wasn't as cadaverous.
I think success...

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He was able to eat more and
unfortunately he had a little fuller face.

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But one of the biggest changes
was the results of the fire.

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So they singed his hair off
and gave him almost this crew cut,

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which through the film grows,
which I thought was pretty neat.

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His make-up goes through four
or five stages of regeneration,

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allowing him to grow both visually
as well as spiritually as the film unfolds.

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They gave him a burn on his hand and
a bit of a burn on this side of his face.

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But other than that the make-up
was basically the same.

:10:59
The flat head, and they still had
the electrodes in the brow.


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