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Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film released on April 22, 1935, a sequel to the 1931 film Frankenstein. Bride of Frankenstein - Title ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Bride Of Frankenstein - Sets And Special Effects
The financial success of the original Frankenstein movie enabled the producers to put much more money into the production than its low-bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein 1931 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein 1931 Film - Additional Credits And Trivia
In the opening credits, Karloff is unbilled, a question mark being used in place of his name. He is, however, listed in the closing credi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Hollywood Career
Whale was best known for his work in the horror genre, making such momentous and iconic pictures as Frankenstein, where he was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Film Adaptations
Frankenstein - Trivia. Depictions of The Monster have varied widely, from mindless killing machines (as in many of the Hammer films) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who - First Doctor Stories
Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Footnotes. Note 1: The producers had originally planned to have The Beatles appear as elderly ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Name Origins
Frankenstein - Frankenstein. Mary Shelley always maintained that she derived the name "Frankenstein" from a dream-vision, but the origi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Publication
Mary Shelley completed her writing in May 1817, and Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus was first published on 1 January 1818 by the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Other Adaptations
Frankenstein - Radio. In 1938, George Edwards produced a 13-part, 3-hour series for radio. It follows the structure and spirit of novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Bride Of Frankenstein - Credits
Boris Karloff is credited simply as "Karloff", a sign that he had already become a 'brand' in 1930s horror. This credit was an improvemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Early Life
Born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of a blast furnaceman and a nurse. He was thought not strong enough to follow hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Plot Synopsis
The novel opens with Captain Walton on a ship sailing north of the Arctic Circle. Walton's ship becomes ice-bound, and as he contemplates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Plot Synopsis
The novel opens with Captain Walton on a ship sailing north of the Arctic Circle. Walton's ship becomes ice-bound, and as he contemplates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Influence
Science fiction author Isaac Asimov coined the term Frankenstein complex for the fear of robots. Frankenstein or Franken- is sometimes us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Other Adaptations
Frankenstein - Radio. In 1938, George Edwards produced a 13-part, 3-hour series for radio. It follows the structure and spirit of novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Name Origins
Frankenstein - Frankenstein. Mary Shelley always maintained, in a claim to originality, that she derived the name "Frankenstein" from a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Publication
Mary Shelley completed her writing in May 1817, and Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus was first published on 1 January 1818 by the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein 1931 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein 1931 Film - Differences Between The Film And Its Source
In the original novel, the monster's creator is named Victor Frankenstein and his best friend's name is Henry Clerval. A woman named Just...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who - Tenth Doctor Stories
Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Already broadcast. Adam Garcia (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen) in The Christmas Invasion ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Analysis
Frankenstein is in some ways allegorical, and was conceived and written during an early phase of the Industrial Revolution, at a time of ...   » Read the article