When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" became box office hits for Universal, Carl Laemmle Junior immediately ordered that sequels be written for both films. Scripts were prepared but Juniors choice of director - James Whale - had had enough of monster films and was doing everything he could to avoid them.
Finally in 1935, after getting out of shooting "Draculas Daughter" Whale agreed to direct "The Return of Frankenstein".
In this volume is the final shooting script by John L. Balderston. Balderston added more scenes from the novel, such as the monster hiding in a peasants hut and learning to...
When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" became box office hits for Universal, Carl Laemmle Junior immediately ordered that sequels be written for both films...