Word: frankenstein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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White Zombie (United Artists) is the latest jitter & gooseflesh cinema. Dracula was the first of the current witches' Sabbath of horror pictures (TIME, Feb. 23, 1931), followed by Frankenstein, Murders in the Rue Morgue and Freaks. All have been box office successes...
...year were Forbidden and Attorney for the Defense (Columbia); Five Star Final and The Man Who Played God (First National, Warner); Bad Girl and Delicious (Fox); Tarzan and Grand Hotel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); Shanghai Express, and The Smiling Lieutenant (Paramount); The Lost Squadron and Common Law (RKO) ; Frankenstein and Spirit of Notre Dame (Universal). Scarf ace (United Artists) cost most ($800,000) to make...
...undoubtedly complicated the peace-problem of the world in general and of the United States in particular. In a sense it in difficult to feel much sympathy for the Premier, in spite of the courage he displayed. The Fascist spirit which led to his death was for him a Frankenstein monster, nourished only to have it escape from its control and turn against him. Put into office in order to press Japan's aggressions at the expense of China, he was killed by representatives of the national feeling that he had not gone far enough, and had weakened...
...Frankenstein" is the best of the three films that are now showing at the University. Since it is screened only twice a day, at one and eleven o'clock, you should be sure to go at one of these times. Contrary to the exasperating procedure at the Boston performances, "Frankenstein" is appearing without cuts...
...divers beasts, bats, and banshees that have lent their engaging presence to recent films, Frankenstein's monster is the most nearly terrifying. More subtle than Mr. Hyde of the staring eyes and grinning teeth, is this monster whom a mad scientist has pieced together out of the parts of corpses. He comes out of the dark a giant, stumbling, inarticulate shape, with square skull, inhuman eyelids, and the filmed eyes of one too long dead. You may see the raised suture at the wrists, where the mismatched hands are grafted to the arms...