Ghost of Frankenstein, The

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The Ghost of Frankenstein
Credits
Title:	The Ghost of Frankenstein
Genres:	Horror Sci-fi
Directed by:	Erle C. Kenton
Written by:	Scott Darling Eric Taylor
Produced by:	George Waggner
Music by:	Hans J. Salter
Cinematography:	Milton R. Krasner Elwood Bredell
Edited by:	Ted Kent
Production
Distributed by:	Universal Pictures
Released:	March 13th, 1942
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	67 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Ghost of Frankenstein is an American horror film released in 1942 and directed by Erle C. Kenton. It is the fourth film in Universal Pictures's Frankenstein series and follows the events of 1939's Son of Frankenstein. A sequel film, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was produced in 1943. In this feature, the town elders of Frankenstein Village decide that they have had enough of the Frankenstein legacy and decide to burn down the castle. The hunchbacked curmudgeon Ygor flees into catacombs beneath the castle and discovers that the Frankenstein Monster has awakened. They escape from the villagers and flee to the village of Vasaria. Ygor finds Doctor Frankenstein's second son, Ludwig Frankenstein, and realizes that the doctor's surgical expertise might be able to fix both the monster and Ygor's condition simultaneously by placing Ygor's brain into the monster's body.

Cast

Credited cast

Actor	Role
Lon Chaney, Jr.	Frankenstein's Monster
Sir Cedric Hardwicke	Ludwig Frankenstein
Ralph Bellamy	Erik
Lionel Atwill	Doctor Bohmer
Bela Lugosi	Ygor
Evelyn Ankers	Elsa Frankenstein
Janet Ann Gallow	Cloestine
Barton Yarborough	Doctor Kettering
Doris Lloyd	Martha
Leyland Hodgson	Chief constable
Olaf Hytten	Hussman
Holmes Herbert	Magistrate

Uncredited cast

Actor	Role
Richard Alexander	Villager
Lionel Belmore	Councillor
Harry Cording	Frone
George Eldredge	Constable
Dwight Frye	Villager
Lawrence Grant	Mayor
Otto Hoffman	Villager
Brandon Hurst	Hans
Michael Mark	Councillor
Jimmy Phillips	Indian
William Smith	Village boy
Ernie Stanton	Constable
Julius Tannen	Sektal
Harry Tenbrook	Villager at hearing
Glen Walters	Village mother
Janet Warren	Goose girl

Notes

• The Ghost of Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Ghost of Frankenstein, and Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942) all redirect to this page.

• Production on The Ghost of Frankenstein began on December 15th, 1941 and concluded in January, 1942.

• Ghost of Frankenstein was banned in Finland.

• The tagline for this film is "You can't keep a good monster down!".

• The film uses stock audio samples composed by H.J. Salter, which is present in many of Universal's Frankenstein films.

• First film in the series where the monster was not played by Boris Karloff. In this movie, the monster is played by Lon Chaney, Jr., best known for his portrayal of tormented werewolf Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man.

• Includes archival footage of Colin Clive's Henry Frankenstein from Frankenstein (1931).

• Director Erle C. Kenton also directs House of Frankenstein in 1944 and House of Dracula in 1945.

• Bela Lugosi reprises the role of Ygor for this film. Ygor appeared last in Son of Frankenstein. This is the final appearance of the character. Lugosi is best known for playing the infamous vampire Count Dracula in Universal's 1931 classic Dracula.

• First professional acting work for William Smith, who plays a young boy in the film. Smith will go on to play dozens of minor roles in various horror, sci-fi and western film and television roles.

Recommendations

Universal Monsters films

Black Cat, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon Dracula's Daughter Frankenstein Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Ghost of Frankenstein, The

Invisible Man Returns, The Mummy, The Mummy's Hand, The Son of Dracula Son of Frankenstein Tower of London Werewolf of London

Frankenstein films

Universal Clasics Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein, The Son of Frankenstein Ghost of Frankenstein, The Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man House of Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Hammer Horror Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Other Frankenstein - 1970 (1958) Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) Frankenstein Conquers the World Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Lady Frankenstein Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) Young Frankenstein Frankenstein Island (1981) Bride, The (1985) Frankenstein Unbound Frankenstein (1994) Frankenstein (2004/I) Frankenstein (2004/II) Frankenstein & The Werewolf Reborn! Frankenstein Theory, The (2013)

See also

Frankenstein Frankenstein media Frankenstein films

Frankenstein images Frankenstein characters Frankenstein miscellaneous

External Links

• The Ghost of Frankenstein at AMG
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at IMDB
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at Wikipedia
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at Themoviedb.org
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at Horrormovies.org
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at Obscurehorror.com
• The Ghost of Frankenstein at Turner Classic Movies

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