Ironic that Bela Lugosi who turned down the Frankstein Monster Role in 1931 because he thought it was beneath his acting skills and that the Monster had no speaking dialog; takes on the Role his one and only time.
Probably the least scary of the three others that did the role(KARLOFF,CHANEY,STRANGE) Even with the built up Boots he still looked small compared to the other Monster Players.If your observant you can see veteran stunt man EDDIE PARKER doing some of the more physical scenes and when the monster is first discovered frozen in the ice.
I first saw this movie on Television in 1957 when Universal was releasing their Horror Films to TV. Unless you were born in the 20's, 30's or had access to a Nostaglia theater you most likely have never seen it on anything but a TV Screen. That why its hard to judge the old horror films when your seeing Dracula, The Wolfman, and The Monster as just being a few inches tall, your not going to get the impact as if you were seeing a life size or larger Figure. After you saw the shark in "JAWS" at a Movie Theater could you possible be as terrified when it came to Television and The 25ft Great White was only a foot long. Of course as a 9 year old I was still scared but I always wondered how much more I would have been Scared seeing it at a theater.
Dwight Frye in a meager role as one of the towns people;this would be his last role in a Monster related film. after three other minor(uncredited) parts in forgotten films he died in 1943 from what Family members say was pure exhaustion from being a workaholic. Still one of the Great Universal Classics,I have it on 16mm film, VHS,and DVD...S.M.
Probably the least scary of the three others that did the role(KARLOFF,CHANEY,STRANGE) Even with the built up Boots he still looked small compared to the other Monster Players.If your observant you can see veteran stunt man EDDIE PARKER doing some of the more physical scenes and when the monster is first discovered frozen in the ice.
I first saw this movie on Television in 1957 when Universal was releasing their Horror Films to TV. Unless you were born in the 20's, 30's or had access to a Nostaglia theater you most likely have never seen it on anything but a TV Screen. That why its hard to judge the old horror films when your seeing Dracula, The Wolfman, and The Monster as just being a few inches tall, your not going to get the impact as if you were seeing a life size or larger Figure. After you saw the shark in "JAWS" at a Movie Theater could you possible be as terrified when it came to Television and The 25ft Great White was only a foot long. Of course as a 9 year old I was still scared but I always wondered how much more I would have been Scared seeing it at a theater.
Dwight Frye in a meager role as one of the towns people;this would be his last role in a Monster related film. after three other minor(uncredited) parts in forgotten films he died in 1943 from what Family members say was pure exhaustion from being a workaholic. Still one of the Great Universal Classics,I have it on 16mm film, VHS,and DVD...S.M.