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Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Credits
Title: Son of Frankenstein
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Writers: Willis Cooper
Producers: Rowland V. Lee
Composer: Frank Skinner
Cinematography: George Robinson
Editors: Ted Kent
Production
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Released: January 13th, 1939
Rating: Approved
Running time: 99 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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Son of Frankenstein is an American horror movie of the science fiction and classic horror subgenres. It is the third film in the original Frankenstein film series and follows 1935's Bride of Frankenstein. It is succeeded in 1942 by The Ghost of Frankenstein. The movie was directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Willis Cooper. It was produced by Universal Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on January 13th, 1939.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Basil Rathbone Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Boris Karloff Frankenstein Monster
Bela Lugosi Ygor
Lionel Atwill Inspector Krogh
Josephine Hutchinson Elsa von Frankenstein
Donnie Dunagan Peter von Frankenstein
Emma Dunn Amelia
Edgar Norton Thomas Benson
Perry Ivins Fritz
Lawrence Grant Burgomaster
Lionel Belmore Emil Lang
Michael Mark Ewald Neumüller
Caroline Cooke Mrs. Neumüller
Gustav von Seyffertitz Burgher
Lorimer Johnson Burgher
Tom Ricketts Burgher

Notes & Trivia[]

  • This is the first horror film work for screenwriter Wyllis Cooper (credited as Willis Cooper in this movie). He is also known for his work as a radio personality. Cooper writes only one other horror screenplay, The Phantom Creeps, which was also released in 1939.
  • This is the final film work for actor Tom Ricketts, who played a Burgher in this movie. Ricketts passed away on January 20th, 1939 at the age of 86 - only seven days after the theatrical release of Son of Frankenstein. It was his 207th film role.

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