Bride of Frankenstein
Modern film-makers could learn a lot from Bride of Frankenstein and its illustrious predecessor, 1931’s original Frankenstein, not least how to tell a story at speed. And the amazing thing is that director James Whale took the finished cut of his sequel, a tight 90 minutes, and took a further 15 minutes out of it after a few test screenings. The result is a brilliant and furiously paced 75 minutes of entertainment. Whale hadn’t wanted to make this sequel at all, but Universal persuaded him with a promise of total artistic control. And so he set to work, opening his film with an introductory sequence set in Switzerland, where a ridiculously la-di-dah Lord … Read more