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The Ghost of Frankenstein Overview:

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) was a Drama - Fantasy Film directed by Erle C. Kenton and produced by George Waggner.

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The Eric Taylor Script For THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 13, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

One of the many impressive things about the SCRIPTS FOR THE CRYPT: THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN book is that it contains a reproduction of an entire early script for the film, written by Eric Taylor. (Taylor is credited on THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN for the original story.) This script is significantly ... Read full article

Book Review--SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT: THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 30, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

The 16th volume in the SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT series from Bear Manor Media focuses on THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, Universal's 1942 follow-up to SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. What makes this book particularly noteworthy is that it's nearly 400 pages, a treasure trove of facts, trivia, commentary, analysis, sti... Read full article

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942, Erle C. Kenton)

on Jul 13, 2013 From The Stop Button

The Ghost of Frankenstein is pretty bad stuff. Running less than seventy minutes, it’s unbearably boring from the twenty-five minute mark, once the picture focus on Cedric Hardwicke. Ghost opens with villagers pursuing Bela Lugosi’s evil hunchback. Though awful, Lugosi’s at least a... Read full article

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The Ghost of Frankenstein Quotes:

The Monster: [with Ygor's voice] I am... Ygor.
[the monster is struck by lightning]
Ygor: The lightning. It is good for you! Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning!
Elsa Frankenstein: [Erik arrives on a carraige] Where are you going Erik?
Erik: Hello Elsa. I didn't see you. Where's your father? I must speak with him.
Elsa Frankenstein: What are you doing driving around the countryside in the middle of the day? Town prosecutor should be in his office working.
Erik: Sometimes my work takes me out of my office. I came to see your father.
Elsa Frankenstein: That's pretty. I flattered myself that you came way out here just to take me for a drive.
Erik: I wish that were the case darling. Nothing would make me happier. But this is a very serious matter, I must see your father
Elsa Frankenstein: Since you put it that way I'll have to find him for you
The Monster: [with Ygor's voice] Bohmer! You tricked me, Bohmer!
Ygor: Better death... than a life like this.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein Facts
During breaks in filming, Lon Chaney Jr. would often treat child cast members to ice cream.
Dwight Frye appears as 2 different characters. First as one of the villagers who destroys the Frankenstein castle at the beginning of the film. Later in flashbacks to the original Frankenstein where he played Fritz, the hunchbacked assistant to the original Dr. Frankenstein.
Ralph Bellamy had previously played a member of law enforcement who hunts a murderous monster. The first film was The Wolf Man. In both movies Lon Chaney Jr. plays the monster.
The first draft of the script was written by Eric Taylor was considered too depressing. The original Taylor treatment brought Wolf von Frankenstein back into play, as well as Ygor, plus a misshapen hunchback, Theodor. Ygor's plan was to create a vengeful mob of society's rejects, ala Freaks, led by himself, with the Monster as brute force. A rewrite was ordered and given to veteran writer Scott Darling who retained the fundamental scenario but made significant changes.
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 Atwill plays a mad doctor who makes Chaney Jr.'s character dangerous via electricity (which originally brought life to the Frankenstein Monster)
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