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...original inspiration for all these celluloid Frankensteins is James Whale's 1931 film which in fact takes only minimal plot elements from Mary Shelley's novel. Karloff's monster stands out in a production which is in many ways simply a Hollywood fluff treatment of the story. This time around, the handsome Dr. Frankenstein animates a monster who terrorizes the countryside, and Frankenstein's lovely fiancee, until he is hunted down and dies in a bizarre finale sequence at a windmill...
...sperm whale, whose species is the largest of the toothed whales, is an important addition for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The museum now has the remains of three sperm whales...
...Tuesday, the whale was again spotted off-shore, and its jaw was still intact. The carcass apparently drifted into Essex Bay late Tuesday night. The couple cut the jaw out before dawn on Wednesday...
...whale was found near Crane Beach on land owned by the Trustees of Reservation, a non-profit organization working to preserve this shoreline. That group assisted in transporting officials to the site...
Before the days of electricity, when oil-burning lamps were in use, the oil of the sperm whale was highly prized...