Bride of Frankenstein (1935): 17 Shocking Facts You Totally Missed

Bride of Frankenstein (1935): the most famous bride in movie history is barely in her own film. Elsa Lanchester plays the Bride and Mary Shelley, and the Bride is on screen for only a few minutes. Her famous hiss came from the angry swans of Regent's Park, and that towering hairdo was her own hair, combed over a wire frame. Boris Karloff fought to keep the Monster silent and dislocated his hip on the first day of filming. James Whale refused to make the sequel until Universal gave him creative freedom. One of the tiny people in Doctor Pretorius's glass jars was an Olympic gold medal swimmer. Elizabeth was played by a 17 year old Valerie Hobson, and a blind hermit stopped the whole production. And the bonus: watch the final explosion closely, because a man who already escaped the tower is still standing inside it. 0:00 Intro 0:27 The Bride Barely Appears 2:29 Karloff Fought Silence 4:13 Whale Said No 5:37 The Swan Hiss 7:21 Colin Clive 8:15 Gods and Monsters 9:41 Olympic Mermaid 11:00 Elizabeth Was 17 12:16 The Blind Hermit 13:42 Faces in the Crowd 14:48 The Monster Heals 16:02 The Censor 17:19 Franz Waxman 18:28 The Miniature Tower 19:39 The Lost 15 Minutes 20:36 Bigger Than the Original 21:50 Bonus 👇 Which fact surprised you most? Tell us in the comments!