Bride of Frankenstein
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a stone angel in the cemetery -
literally a fallen angel.

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Hurlbut's shooting script had the monster
come upon a crucified Nazarene,

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etched against a glowering sky.
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Seeing it as a living figure, tortured as he
has been, the monster toppled the effigy

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and attempted to free it from the cross.
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The Breen office told Whale
in no uncertain terms

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to find another monument.
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Whale salvaged the ghost of the intention
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by including the unmolested
Christ icon in the margin.

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Censor cuts in Frankenstein perverted
the poignant encounter with a little girl

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into an act of paedophilic depravity.
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As if Pretorius, the burgomaster
and Minnie

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jointly ran the Production
Code Administration,

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the most resonant Christian image
was twisted into an act of godlessness.

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Casting sheets show that Dwight Frye
was originally cast

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for his part here as Ghoul Number One.
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A screenplay anachronism
retained Fritz,

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the hunchback assistant
who had been killed in the first film.

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Dwight Frye Jr recalls that Whale
helped his father by creating roles,

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and Frye's Karl is an amalgam
of four characters in the Hurlbut script -

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Pretorius's servant, first Ghoul,
Nephew Glutz and Fritz.

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This is why Frye
has two different partners.

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Neil Fitzgerald, here in the crypt,
is Rudy, aka Ghoul Number Two.

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Ted Billings, as Ludwig,
will help to fly the kites at the climax.


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