Frankenstein (1931) is my all-time favorite movie. I’ve always been in love with the fact that they used lightning to bring the Monster to life. This differs from the Frankenstein pictures that get electricity from other sources. Without the lightning, it just isn’t the same.
I love the initial graveyard scene - the staged graveyards seem spookier to me. The first part of the movie is my favorite, up to the resurrection of the Monster, after that, it’s all down hill.
I’d like to explore the topic of whether Henry Frankenstein knew that the brain was defective. He is reminded by Dr. Valman that the brain stolen from his laboratory was a criminal brain. In my opinion, he should have already known this. For instance, when Fritz drops the good brain, he immediately picks up the second. But the jar of the second was clearly marked “Abnormal Brain.” So if Fritz took the jar to Frankenstein, then how did he not know it was abnormal - the jar was clearly marked! Secondly, Dr. Valdman demonstrated in class that you could tell the difference in brains just by looking at them. So, if Henry Frankenstein was a advanced student at this school, then how could he not tell the difference just by looking at the brain? Oddly, Fritz, his assistant, is never blamed for the brain mix-up until the movie Son of Frankenstein.
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