Son of Frankenstein
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1939 US Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Produced by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Written by | Novel: Mary Shelley Screenplay: Wyllis Cooper |
| Based on |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
| Starring |
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Béla Lugosi |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Ted Kent |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $420,000 |
Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 horror monster film, the third film in Universal Studios' Frankenstein series and the last to feature Boris Karloff as the Monster. It is also the first to feature Bela Lugosi as Ygor. The picture is a sequel to James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein. It is directed by Rowland V. Lee and stars Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi.
The film was a reaction to the very popular re-releases of Dracula with Lugosi and Frankenstein with Karloff as a double-feature in 1938. Universal's declining horror output was revitalized with the enormously successful Son of Frankenstein, in which the studio cast both Karloff and Lugosi.
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), son of Henry Frankenstein, relocates his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and their young son Peter (Donnie Dunagan) to the family castle. Wolf wants to redeem his father's reputation, but finds that such a feat will be harder than he thought after he encounters hostility from the villagers, who resent him for the destruction his father's monster wreaked years before. Aside from his family, Wolf's only friend is the local policeman Inspector Krogh (Lionel Atwill) who bears an artificial arm, his real arm having been "ripped out by the roots" in an encounter with the Monster as a child.
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