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| Bride Of Frankenstein; Billy Barty cameo | |
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| Grampy | Dec 31 2007, 08:24 AM Post #1 |
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I was watching Bride of Frankenstein on a local scare show this weekend. During a break, the host revealed a fact I hadn't known before (I'm sure several of our aficionados here did). Billy Barty filmed a scene as one of Dr. Praetorius' tiny creations which was cut from the final release. He can however be seen in a wideshot of all of Praetorius' little guys. Along with the king, queen, mermaid , etc. is a jar containing a tiny high chair. The baby, who is only seen from behind, is young Barty. |
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| Greypilgrim | Dec 31 2007, 10:40 AM Post #2 |
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I'm sure Gravy did. I'm more than surprised that he has hasn't told you yet. He knows EVERYTHING!!:P :rolleyes:
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| Laughing Gravy | Dec 31 2007, 10:52 AM Post #3 |
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The last time I watched Bride of Frankenstein (my fave monster movie), I not only pointed out the back of the baby's head in that shot, I pointed to something I find even more interesting: Colin Clive dying along with the Monster, Dr. Pretorius, and the Bride in the explosion of the lab. Look for him cringing along the left wall as the ceiling collapses... apparently, the studio tacked on a "happy ending" in which Henry survives, but didn't feel like rebuilding and then redestroying the lab, so they left the shot in. And no, I do NOT know everything. I just act like I do. More Frankenstein fun: Look for the scene in Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man in which Lugosi's Monster is searching for Lon Chaney, Jr. in the wreckage of the library. Although they've taken out Bela's dialog, you can still see his lips move (especially if you blow up the picture) shouting for "Talbot! Come back!" |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Dec 31 2007, 11:13 AM Post #4 |
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My fave slip up from this movie is an editting flub, me thinks. The monster meets a shepardess (Is that a word?). She falls down and there's a close up of her screaming. The monster puts his hand over her mouth to stop the screaming, the close up of her screaming is shown again then the cut with the monster's hand over her mouth is shown again. Oops. |
| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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| Inspector Carr | Dec 31 2007, 05:05 PM Post #5 |
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Actually he is saying "Vhy didn't I take this role twelve years ago"
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| "Life is a Crapshoot however you need a pair of dice to participate" | |
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| Sgt King | Jan 1 2008, 09:41 PM Post #6 |
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The Bride of Frankenstein is also one of my all-time favorites. Something I love about the film: just before the fiery ending, Karloff puts his arm up on the lever and the doctor yells, "Watch out!" "If you pull that lever you'll blow us all to kingdom come!!" Why on earth would such a lever ever be installed in your castle in the first place??? |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 2 2008, 04:34 PM Post #7 |
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Not from a Frankenstein film, but another James Whale picture has an "oops" moment. The Invisible Man (1933)... At the end, they track the Invisible One through the snow by his footprints. Only Claude Rains is s'posed to be nekkid and freezing, and the tracks in the snow are of shoes. By the way, my memory of Bride is that it's Pretorius who shouts at the end, and what he hells at the Monster is, "Don't touch that lever! You'll blow us all to ATOMS!" If I'm wrong, I'm sure somebody'll correct me. That's what we're here for. |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| Chandu | Jan 2 2008, 04:59 PM Post #8 |
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Ya mean youse guys don't have one o' them levers in your houses!?
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| Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me... | |
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| Inspector Carr | Jan 2 2008, 06:20 PM Post #9 |
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I do....we covered it over during home renovations.....thus it has hindered my continued experiments in life resurrection...however it has freed up much time to spend on my fly collection....ah yeeess the flies fat little juicy flies...... |
| "Life is a Crapshoot however you need a pair of dice to participate" | |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Jan 2 2008, 06:41 PM Post #10 |
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Whatever you do, don't give the Inspector a kitten, no matter how politely he asks. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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| KanSmiley | Jan 2 2008, 06:46 PM Post #11 |
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I find it interesting the number of these types of movies and especially serials that there is always levers or buttons or trapdoors that if activated at the wrong time could cause large scale destruction. I can't think of the serial but I saw a chapter ending cliffhanger recently where the hero went into a telephone booth, the door closed and locked and the wall started moving in complete with spikes. That got me to wondering just how often would that particular weapon be of any use? Doesn't any of the sub-contractors that design and build these buildings ever wonder what the hell is going on with all the traps? Kan |
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http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ intoxicated, adj.: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it. | |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Jan 2 2008, 06:57 PM Post #12 |
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Good point -- who built the house in The Green Arrow and why did he make all the rooms and corridors exactly alike? Plus all the secret panels: there must be as much house behind the walls as in front of them. And the guys who built the alligator pits in basements -- what were they thinking? In The Monster and the Ape, somebody built a tunnel from the bad guy's house all the way to the gorilla cage at the zoo. What was HE smokin'? Were these "dead men tell no tales" situations or what? Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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| Chandu | Jan 2 2008, 07:28 PM Post #13 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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And what of the "secret" underground cities? Master criminals who have had whole complexes or cities built underground, and yet no one knows of them?
Hoo-Hah!
Airbases out in Nevada, OK, but not whole cities.
:lol: Besides, the government has their own construction guys, but not criminals.
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| Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me... | |
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| KanSmiley | Jan 2 2008, 08:07 PM Post #14 |
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Another thing that fascinates me is when the henchmen go to the hideout in the country. They drive up to a some what run down cabin. That's fine but when they go inside it is as if they had gone into a new home in the city. The exterior just doesn't match what the interior looks like. Kan |
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http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ intoxicated, adj.: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it. | |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Jan 3 2008, 04:50 AM Post #15 |
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I have one of these levers.....it's my wife's arm, all I have to do is twist it behind her back.
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| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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