Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Cautiously Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: James Whale

Writers: William Hurlbut, John Balderston, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Cinematographer: John J. Mescall

Composer: Franz Waxman

Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor

Although generally rather silly, Whale’s tongue-in-cheek follow-up to Frankenstein (1931) – in which the titular doctor is blackmailed by the nefarious Dr. Pretorius into helping him to create a mate for The Monster – is also (with its excellent production values, larger-than-life performances, and light-hearted plotting) a campily entertaining if not particularly memorable diversion. Iain.Stott