---
title: 'Bride of Frankenstein (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Whale'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bride-of-frankenstein-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

1935 · 78 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United States

Part of: Frankenstein

## Synopsis

Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film as well as the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride was directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein. Additionally, it features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the bride, Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Septimus Pretorius, and Oliver Peters Heggie as the blind hermit.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale)
- **Screenplay:** [John L. Balderston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-l-balderston)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [John J. Mescall](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-j-mescall)
- **Editor:** [Ted J. Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-j-kent)

## Cast

- [Joan Woodbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-woodbury)
- [Douglas Walton](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-walton) as Percy Bysshe Shelley
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Tempe Pigott](https://cinepixo.com/people/tempe-pigott)
- [Una O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-o-connor)
- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff) as Frankenstein's monster
- [Colin Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-clive) as Victor Frankenstein
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive)
- [Reginald Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-barlow)
- [O.P. Heggie](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-p-heggie)
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lanchester) as Bride of Frankenstein
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon) as Lord Byron
- [Ernest Thesiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-thesiger) as Doctor Septimus Pretorius
- [Valerie Hobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-hobson) as Elizabeth Lavenza

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