Talk:The Ghost of Frankenstein

Edits

Although well-written, the Plot Summary section crossed the WP:NPOV line and became a movie review, and we're not allowed to do that so I had to cut out a bit of it. The only way around this is to quote (with citations) other people's reviews of the film, otherwise it also becomes a case of WP:NOR. 23skidoo 17:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Dwight Frye

According to television horror show host "Svengoolie" , Dwight Frye appears in this film as one of the villagers at the beginning of the film. Making him the only actor to appear in all four of the original Universal / Frankenstein films. He is uncredited in the screen credits. 75.104.174.180 (talk) 18:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Cast

The cast for this movie with some explanations for how they got the role, the explanations from IMDB: Cast is sourced from the book Universal Horrors:

• Lon Chaney Jr. as Frankenstein's Monster, Actor Lon Chaney Jr. was cast while he was still filming The Wolf Man (1941). Reaching a height of 6'3" and weighing in at 220 pounds, Chaney was a large man even before he was "enlarged" for the role of Frankenstein's Monster. After Lon had donned Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, he stood 6'9" tall and weighed 284 pounds. In addition to the woes the actor experienced from wearing Jack P. Pierce's makeup and prosthetic devices, the makeup he had to wear in order to portray the Monster emerging from the dried sulphur was a particularly difficult burden for Chaney. In order to get the right look for the Monster trapped in the dried sulphur from the sulphur pit, Pierce essentially covered Chaney with cement and only provided a hole for him to breath out of by placing a straw in his mouth. The makeup process lasted from around 6:00 am until noon, at which point the cast and crew all went to lunch, leaving Chaney alone on set while his cement-based makeup dried. Chaney was also known for his hard-drinking ways. During production of this film, The actor became inebriated while in full costume and got "lost" in the intricate mazes that were part of the laboratory sets. It was also reported that the rubber headpiece used for the Frankenstein monster make-up was very uncomfortable for Lon Chaney Jr. to wear. It sat directly on his forehead and he constantly complained. Once he asked for it to be removed. Angry and frustrated when no one listened, he ripped it off himself, tearing open a bloody gash in his forehead. Production on the film was shut down for a couple of days. It was also reported that during breaks in filming, Chaney would often treat child cast members to ice cream.
• Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein, Sir Cedric Hardwicke also plays the "ghost" of his father in the scene where Frankenstein decides to reinvigorate the Monster. Hardwicke's mellow baritone sounded nothing at all like the clipped, nervous speech of Colin Clive, who played the original Frankenstein, but Clive had passed away in 1937, the result of poor health exacerbated by acute alcoholism.
• Ralph Bellamy as Erik Ernst, Bellamy had previously played a member of law enforcement who hunts a murderous monster in The Wolf Man (1941).
• Lionel Atwill as Dr. Theodore Bohmer, Lionel Atwill's character (Dr. Bohmer) is responsible for ensuring Ygor's (Bela Lugosi) brain is switched with that of the monster (Lon Chaney Jr.), making him far more dangerous than he was before. In Man Made Monster (1941) Atwill plays a mad doctor who makes Lon Chaney Jr.'s character dangerous via electricity.
• Bela Lugosi as Ygor
• Evelyn Ankers as Elsa Frankenstein
• Janet Ann Gallow as Cloestine Hussman
• Barton Yarborough as Dr. Kettering
• Olaf Hytten as Hussman
• Doris Lloyd as Martha
• Leyland Hodgson as Chief Constable
• Holmes Herbert as Magistrate
• Lawrence Grant as Mayor
• Otto Hoffman as Villager
• Dwight Frye as Villager
• Harry Cording as Frone
• Harry Tenbrook as Villager from hearing (uncredited)
• William Smith as Boy In Court Hearing (uncredited), This was the film debut of the actor.

2.50.190.75 (talk) 08:56, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

@2.50.190.75:, for Wikipedia standards, don't use IMDb as a source per WP:RS/IMDb, so we should use it here. Andrzejbanas (talk) 09:48, 15 September 2022 (UTC)