Karloff Double Bill: Frankenstein & The Mummy
BORIS KARLOFF: THE UNIVERSAL FACE OF HORROR
Director: James Whale, Karl Freund.
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Von Sloan.
USA, 1931.
144 mins. English.
FRANKENSTEIN (PG)
Director: James Whale. Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye. USA 1931. 71 mins.
The story of the mad scientist Dr Frankenstein who stitches together body parts from graves (British actor Colin Clive: "Now I know what it feels like to be God!"), his sidekick, the hunchback Fritz who steals the brain marked "abnormal", and the terror unleashed on a small Bavarian town when the lightning strikes and the monster awakes. The film that made the 43-year-old unknown “Karloff” a star to rival “Chaplin” and “Garbo”.
THE MUMMY (15)
Director: Karl Freund. Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan. USA 1932. 73 mins.
Archaeologists from the British Museum unearth and bring back to life an Egyptian mummy (Karloff). So begins this wonderful hokum adventure, inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, in which Karloff stalks the streets of Cairo armed with a holy parchment and evil stare. One of the few films directed by the great cinematographer Karl Freund, photographer of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS.
Director: James Whale. Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye. USA 1931. 71 mins.
The story of the mad scientist Dr Frankenstein who stitches together body parts from graves (British actor Colin Clive: "Now I know what it feels like to be God!"), his sidekick, the hunchback Fritz who steals the brain marked "abnormal", and the terror unleashed on a small Bavarian town when the lightning strikes and the monster awakes. The film that made the 43-year-old unknown “Karloff” a star to rival “Chaplin” and “Garbo”.
THE MUMMY (15)
Director: Karl Freund. Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan. USA 1932. 73 mins.
Archaeologists from the British Museum unearth and bring back to life an Egyptian mummy (Karloff). So begins this wonderful hokum adventure, inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, in which Karloff stalks the streets of Cairo armed with a holy parchment and evil stare. One of the few films directed by the great cinematographer Karl Freund, photographer of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS.
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Karloff Double Bill: Frankenstein & The Mummy by Festival Daily
22 Sep 2008
These early horrors share not only Boris Karloff but obsessive projects and...
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