Franz Waxman - Crucifixion/Monster Breaks Out (Bride of Frankenstein: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Performed by the Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra.
Elsa Lanchester on the set of Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (photo by Universal Studios/Getty Images)
“The swans in Regents Park in London inspired me in my performance. They’re really very nasty creatures, always hissing at you. So I used the memory of that hiss. The soundmen ran some of my hisses and screams backwards to add to the strangeness. I spent so much time screaming that I lost my voice and couldn’t speak for days.”
Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (via)
Set design by Charles D. Hall.
Elsa Lanchester as the monster’s Bride in Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale)
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Laboratory set from Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale). Art direction by Charles D. Hall
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Colin Clive & Boris Karloff on the set of Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (via)
Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (via)
Elsa Lanchester on the set of Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale)
On her maternal instincts:
“I held a baby once. It felt like a bag of hot snakes.”
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Franz Waxman -Dance Macabre (Bride of Frankenstein: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (via)
