tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51129515559981917862024-03-19T07:53:35.502-04:00Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein BlogThe Frankenstein BlogPierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.comBlogger936125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-43020227246202474252019-12-31T18:30:00.000-05:002020-01-03T01:15:52.479-05:00Frankenstein Event of 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As a new year rushes in, full of promise, we glance back at the year just spent and note that Frankenstein truly is forever. Two centuries into its career, The Monster is as busy as ever on film and TV screens, on stages, in comics and graphic novels, in fiction, cultural histories, and all manners of manifestations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The date I choose to remember for 2019 is December 12, when the gavel came down and Bernie Wrightson’s astonishing wraparound cover art for his illustrated Frankenstein book of 1983 was sold at auction. The price was 1.2 million dollars.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This appraisal speaks to the excellence of Wrightson’s art, his passion. It also speaks to the enduring fascination with Mary Shelley’s singular vision. Brought together across time, Mary Shelley and Bernie Wrightson achieved something profoundly original and extraordinary.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Download a pdf copy of the <a href="https://profilesinhistory.com/auctions/comic-illustration-art-the-property-of-a-distinguished-american-collector/" target="_blank">Profiles in History auction catalog</a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Halloween is here. This year, I celebrate
the life and and career of artist Basil Gogos who passed away on September 13. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Basil
single-handedly invented the painted monster magazine cover, turning images
coined for exploitation into the finest of fine art - feral poses and bestial,
skeletal faces splashed with all the colors of fright and passion.”</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gogos’ painting, howling at me from a magazine stand, that alerted me and
invited me in. Growing up, I would spend hours studying his kinetic covers.
Focus up close on details and it was abstract art: A fearless splash of vibrant
colors and bold, energetic strokes. Only when you pulled back and looked at the
whole thing did all the pieces somehow fit together as a recognizable portrait.
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mistake: From Basil Gogos emerged the Aurora models. From Basil Gogos came a
new generation of artists and filmmakers. And from Basil Gogos crackled a
vision that would forever define the icons that the Universal monsters are
today.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Gogos painted Frankenstein Monsters — and
Bride — to grace a number of covers. Here, at top, is a sombre portrait for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FM</i>’s special issue commemorating Boris
Karloff’s death in 1969. Below is a 1971 polychromatic rendition of Christopher
Lee’s patchwork Monster from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Curse of
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<span lang="EN-US">I met Basil Gogos two years ago at
Monsterpalooza in Burbank. Late one evening, he joined a group of us sitting
with Sara Karloff in a hotel restaurant. He sat right next to me and we shook
hands. I told him I was a fan of his. I refrained from telling him how very
much he meant to me, I could have gone on and on, but I figured it’s something
he’d heard over and over again. It was late, he looked tired, and I just said
“I’m a fan”, he smiled, and that’s all. And it was fine just like that.</span></div>
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March 18, 2017. He was 68 years old. Wrightson had been ill for some time and
had only recently announced that he was effectively retired, not to produce new
art or attend conventions. You can read his obituary on his website: <a href="http://berniewrightson.com/">http://berniewrightson.com</a>.</span></div>
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-57443728173399798912016-12-18T02:40:00.000-05:002017-10-31T03:29:42.740-04:00Frankie's Holiday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">The Monster is a reliable TV pitchman, a
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judiciously cast Brad Garrett — all of 6’8” and deep-voiced — as The Monster. Garrett
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-76964827911740219502016-11-01T04:50:00.000-04:002016-12-26T14:52:07.069-05:00"Good Night, Whatever You Are"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">First as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Roland</i> out of Philadelphia, and more famously as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zacherley, the Cool Ghoul</i>, in New York,
he was a pioneering TV Horror Host. He was among those who introduced the
Universal Classics to the first generation of Monster Kids. He was a revelator
and, through the years, he remained a touchstone, a direct link back to one’s
own adolescence and our love of monsters. For those of us who never had the privilege
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Universal Frankensteins over the years, and he would go on to a cameo as a TV weatherman
in a Frankenstein film, Frank Henenlotter’ FRANKENHOOKER (1990). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-23446739127319761752016-10-02T03:50:00.000-04:002020-03-31T15:37:54.813-04:00The Art of Frankenstein : Nat Jones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPfTWcbzct6y7Mw8zIjnEfVQwCAY_hsdShHf3PUv4d4bFITwL21Oy_8zC_9WHObxjPWr0vo8Ptq03TvcVU45ROPHZ0m93ecUs8xs5oclL3pzc2BPvn9muf73TmBwtrUlUCAPFyYgHWf_p/s1600/14434935_10210996985105455_4977874238886607735_o.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPfTWcbzct6y7Mw8zIjnEfVQwCAY_hsdShHf3PUv4d4bFITwL21Oy_8zC_9WHObxjPWr0vo8Ptq03TvcVU45ROPHZ0m93ecUs8xs5oclL3pzc2BPvn9muf73TmBwtrUlUCAPFyYgHWf_p/s1600/14434935_10210996985105455_4977874238886607735_o.jpg" /></a><br />
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com101tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-9968752689653362852016-06-16T22:00:00.000-04:002019-04-27T00:56:22.886-04:00Repost The Villa Diodati<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiiNF_0W2z45b3zQrPZz-b1u5Ra7ynNgIyt9tAnl0ns4Ue3GS-piwOU8QoLAOc6XR0E5qX779DSVkDuQOhVU8doB6q-iEBDA-MAq2w2-giMtXLolny6jHHOzBQt8GEqptbwSO76O-ISM/s1600-h/villadiodati.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096245081814079250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiiNF_0W2z45b3zQrPZz-b1u5Ra7ynNgIyt9tAnl0ns4Ue3GS-piwOU8QoLAOc6XR0E5qX779DSVkDuQOhVU8doB6q-iEBDA-MAq2w2-giMtXLolny6jHHOzBQt8GEqptbwSO76O-ISM/s800/villadiodati.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
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<br />Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com303tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-73978185484393322682016-06-16T15:50:00.000-04:002017-06-18T03:18:37.634-04:00RepostMary Shelley, a Tell-Tale Moon, and the creation of Frankenstein<div>
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An article in the November 2011 issue of <i>Sky & Telescope</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> reveals the precise moment, down to date and hour, when Mary Shelley conceived of </span><i>Frankenstein</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span><br />
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In her introduction to the 1831 edition of the novel, Mary described a dream in which she saw “<i>the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”, and how “</span><i>the hideous phantasm of a man</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” came alive “</span><i>on the working of some powerful engine</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”. Brought awake by the startling vision, Mary wrote, “</span><i>I see them still; the very room, the dark parquet, the closed shutters, with the moonlight struggling through, and the sense I had that the glassy lake and white high Alps were beyond.</i><br />
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Now, the moment of revelation has been pinpointed.<br />
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Dr. Don Olson, an astrophysicist at Texas State University-San Marcos, practices the unconventional science of “forensic astronomy”. Working with fellow scientists and students, matching the tantalizing clues found in text, archives and maps with the irrefutable logic of star charts, tide schedules and field expeditions, Dr. Olson has solved historical puzzles, revealing new information, new layers of meaning and a new appreciation for famous moments in history and art. <br />
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Among other discoveries, Olson and his team have re-dated Caesar’s invasion of Britain in 55 BC; explained how a rare low tide doomed the Marines at Tarawa Beach in 1943, and how a rising moon led to the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945. In significant contributions to art history, Olson has pinpointed the exact locations and the precise moments captured in paintings by such artists as William Blake, Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch, notably identifying the tortured sky in Munch’s <i>The Scream</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> as the planet-spanning effect of the Krakatoa eruption. Olson can even tell the exact instant when Ansel Adams clicked the shutter on his most famous photograph.</span><br />
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In literature, Olson has studied Chaucer, Whitman and identified Hamlet’s star as a supernova. Now, turning to Mary Shelley, Olsen and his collaborators have settled the issue of when, exactly, <i>Frankenstein</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> was conceived.</span><br />
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The clue lay in Mary’s description of moonlight “struggling” through closed shutters at Maison Chapuis, the small house she and her lover Percy occupied near Byron's Villa Diodati. Based on lunar cycles and confirming results on a field trip to Cologny, Switzerland, Olson was able to determine which of two recorded dates for Mary’s inspiration was the correct one. On June 22, 1816, a waning moon rode too low to illuminate Mary’s second-story bedroom, but the other documented date, June 16, proved just right as a gibbous moon rose high and bright enough to be noticed by the awakened Mary. Working out the angles, Olson is also able to attest that the moon shone into Mary’s bedroom at 2 AM.<br />
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As morning came, Mary writes, “<i>I announced that I had thought of a story. I began that day with the words, ‘It was on a dreary night of November,’ making only a transcript of the grim terrors of my waking dream</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.”</span> <br />
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Thus confirmed, Mary Shelley began <i>Frankenstein</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> on June 16, 1816. The moon tells us so.</span><br />
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<i><a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/">Sky & Telescope</a> magazine, <s>and a digital <a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newtrack/st_201111/">preview of the November 2011 issue</a>.</s></i><br />
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<i><a href="http://uweb.txstate.edu/~do01/">Don Olson’s website</a> at Texas State University.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
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<br />Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-40769444975924179612016-04-08T04:15:00.000-04:002016-04-08T04:15:02.212-04:00The Fiancée de Frankenstein<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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French actress Audrey Tautou, perhaps best know as the shy and gently eccentric heroine of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s AMÉLIE (2001) posed for the May 2006 issue of <i>Elle</i> magazine as a goth <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i> in a red satin cocktail dress.<br />
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The same month, a New York Times article entitled “<i>Sans Makeup, S’il Vous Plaît</i>” discussed the French “<i>Le No Makeup Look</i>”, directly referencing the <i>Elle</i> issue as the cover featured Tautou, “<i>the anti-star</i>”, sporting what they called the “<i>Le Bare Face Look</i>” in direct contrast with her powdered face and dark-eyed, frizzy-haired appearance within, suggesting, perhaps, that overdone makeup is only suitable for Frankenstein’s Fiancée.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The movies’ flattop and bolts Frankenstein
Monster rocks his Che Guevara t-shirt and pulp culture icons of the twentieth
century are monster-mashed into this wonderful sketch by cartoonist Darryl
Cunningham — previously profiled here as the author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://frankensteinia.blogspot.ca/2011/03/uncle-bob-and-frankenstein-monster.html">Uncle Bob and the Frankenstein Monster</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Darryl posted this recently, with a
shout-out to Frankensteinia, on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/darryl.cunningham.98">Facebook page</a>. I just had to share it on
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-71908786610857009122015-11-21T00:45:00.000-05:002015-11-21T10:34:16.017-05:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series The Bride is Released!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in 2011, <i><a href="http://frankensteinia.blogspot.ca/2011/11/frankenstein-turns-80-day-earlier.html" target="_blank">here</a> </i><span style="font-style: normal;">on
this blog, we determined that Universal’s original FRANKENSTEIN (1931) had
actually been released on November 20, a day earlier than most sources claim.
Dial up Google, check the IMDB, they still say November 21, but we have proven
otherwise. Now, supported by the ads posted here, we can demonstrate that BRIDE
OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) actually started playing </span><i>three</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> days earlier than the “official” release date
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release date. The classic, Hollywood-style Premiere is a stand-alone
promotional event with fanfare, klieg lights and attending movie stars. The
“Preview Showing” describes when a new film is sneaked into a movie house for
the purpose of gauging the moviegoers’ reactions. For instance, the original
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) was shown in a Santa Barbara theatre about three weeks
prior to its actual release. This particular screening, by the way, created the
stubborn myth that Boris Karloff was not invited to the film’s premiere. Nice
story, but false. Point is, there was no official premiere for FRANKENSTEIN. </div>
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If you Google “Bride Frankenstein Release”, your first hit,
in large characters, claims “April 22, 1935”. Go to the <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt">IMDB</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;">, and the USA release date is stated, again, as April
22. A possible explanation is that the date was quoted by Universal as the </span><i>planned</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> release date, even though films rarely if ever
launched on Mondays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Did some digging and, to settle the issue, here are two
contemporary ads from the pages of the <i>Chicago Tribune</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. At top, dated April 18, 1935, an ad for the RKO
Palace announces, “</span><i>Tomorrow.. The World Premiere!</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” And what a show it was, with The Bride supported by
a “</span><i>Huge Stage Review</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”. The next
day ad, also shown here, from Good Friday, April 19, proclaims, “</span><i>The
World Premiere… Today — 10:45 A.M.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”
featuring “</span><i>Twice the Terrific Thrills of Frankenstein</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And there you have it. BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN was actually
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It must be noted that Stephen Jacobs, in his superb
biography <i><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/franthefranbl-20/detail/0955767040">Boris Karloff, More Than a Monster</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;">, points to San Francisco as the premiere city, also on April 19. Who
knows, maybe Chicago’s RKO Palace scored the “World’s Premiere” claim by virtue
of its early first show, 10:45 AM, while it was still 7:45 on the West Coast!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>And so we wrap up our BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN 80<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary series. No worries, as we return to our regular posting, I’ve lots
of BRIDE material on hand and ongoing research to be posted in the weeks and
months to come. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I hope you enjoyed our visit with the Bride of
Frankenstein! <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-38553887742084204282015-11-11T03:00:00.000-05:002015-11-11T03:03:46.984-05:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series No Greater Thrill! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are used to seeing the iconic Frankenstein Monster on TV— with inevitable flattop, bolts and green face — flogging everything from soft drinks and beer to pain meds and cellphone services. Here’s an ad from way back in 1935 — the earliest I’ve seen — of The Monster as pitchman… for refrigerators!<br />
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“<i>No Greater Thrill…</i>” the ad goes, “<i>Than the Bride of Frankenstein… and our 1935 Kelvinator!</i>”
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Printed large, across three columns in New Orleans newspapers, the ad is a curious example of cross-promotion stunts often suggested to exhibitors by Universal. For the original FRANKENSTEIN of 1931, theatre owners were urged to trade ads with a local bookstore stockpiling the new Photoplay edition of Mary Shelley’s novel. Here, for BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the New Orleans’ Orpheum plunked a “thrilling” new Kelvinator fridge in its lobby in exchange for the movie’s poster being displayed at the legendary Godchaux’s Department Store on Canal Street. The offbeat idea was credited to the Orpheum’s manager Victor Meyer and adman Gar Moore.<br />
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The Orpheum also fielded The Monster live and in person, working the crowds, and the ambulance-out-front routine complete with nurses on duty. A bandage-wrapped dummy Bride strapped to a gurney was trundled around town, and local newspapers participated in a search for a New Orleans’ own “bride” for The Monster.
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<br />Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-38401087873156748342015-11-06T03:05:00.000-05:002015-11-06T03:05:00.944-05:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series The Monster Goes Dancing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPA1exSI1ctYbAyw63myq3jfyE1F1NSY1u_awquyLPMys5djYZlIeyJUM53nmtyn1rAOr9w7fDzIdlp9QwHIasci9Xr2c_FT0NM6Dzw3eogMpdu5SWsuCjAbODiNr5QIKTy3zh7m6znau/s1600/readingFST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPA1exSI1ctYbAyw63myq3jfyE1F1NSY1u_awquyLPMys5djYZlIeyJUM53nmtyn1rAOr9w7fDzIdlp9QwHIasci9Xr2c_FT0NM6Dzw3eogMpdu5SWsuCjAbODiNr5QIKTy3zh7m6znau/s1600/readingFST.jpg" /></a>
The Monster crashes the annual May dance sponsored by the
Fire Department, one of several “personal appearances” promoting BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN, coming to the Astor Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania.<br />
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According to the <i>Motion Picture Herald</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> of June 29, 1935, the “</span><i>makeup stunt</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” was cooked up by house manager Dwight Van Meter
using the Astor’s doorman as stand-in for The Monster. The transformation —
said to have cost all of $2.15 — proved popular. High school seniors arranged a
mock wedding — </span><i>The Monster Demands a Mate!</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> — and the very odd couple was seen driving around town in a bannered
car and popping up at local nightclubs. One stop was at the swanky Riverside
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The Monster gag had kicked off a week earlier when the Astor
ran the film’s trailer. The live Monster appeared in a green spotlight, chained
to a large chair — as Karloff was in the film’s dungeon scene — rising out of
the stage floor on the organ’s elevator loft, to weird sound effects. As the
trailer played out, the snarling Monster broke his chains and escaped into the
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excellent business at the Astor. By Sunday, the theatre was boasting 18,904 in
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: <i>Motion Picture Herald</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> via the <a href="http://lantern.mediahist.org/">Media History Digital Library</a>, and </span><i>The</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><i>Reading Eagle</i></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span>Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-92086569990833976812015-11-03T02:45:00.000-05:002015-11-03T02:45:00.107-05:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series Jazz Age Monster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Frankenstein Monster from the pages of <i>Universal Weekly</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, the studio’s trade magazine, May 4, 1935. The art
deco-style illustration — signed ‘Marshal’ ? — decorated a page boasting the
film’s great box office returns and enthusiastic reviews in </span><i>Variety</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> and </span><i>Motion Picture Daily</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Among the articles grouped under the heading “<i>BRIDE OF
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reports from the Tower Theatre in Kansas City of a Sunday’s sellout business
with crowds lining up despite a downpour, and the film drawing “</span><i>unusually
heavy child attendance</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” despite ads warning
“</span><i>not suitable for children</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”. The
Tower’s manager, Barney Joffee, said he did not refuse admission to families on
the principle that “</span><i>parents cannot be prevented from bringing their
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Also featured is a column’s worth of praise for
eighteen-year-old female lead, Valerie Hobson, essentially billed as a scream
queen, before the term existed. Hobson, we are told, “<i>screamed her way to
success</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” and “</span><i>plays the part of
the beauty-in-peril with ear-splitting realism</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”.</span><i>
</i><span style="font-style: normal;">True, Hobson had to deal in quick
succession with the Frankenstein Monster and WEREWOLF OF LONDON, leading
Universal’s promotional department to declare that </span>“<i>… no actress has ever seemed </i><i>more certain for stardom</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><i>than this lovely lady of the vociferous tonsils</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”.</span><br />
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All this month — and onwards as we’ll be spilling into
November — we have been celebrating the 80<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">th</span> Anniversary of an
extraordinary film. Today, we note and celebrate another, related Anniversary:
Elsa Lanchester was born October 28, 1902. </div>
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The image here was found in the movie fan magazine <i>Picture
Play</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, published out of New York by Street
& Smith,</span><i> </i><span style="font-style: normal;">for June 25, 1935.
I’ve never seen this one before — please tell me if you have. The Bride appears
in quiet profile, reflective, looking down, the trademark Nefertiti hair gone
vertical. A caption read, “</span><i>Elsa Lanchester’s amazing make-up for ‘The
Bride of Frankenstein’ won even the enthusiastic approval of Boris Karloff, who
knows the possibilities of grease paint as few stars do.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”</span><i> </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Elsa Lanchester was 33 when she bookended the BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN in two different roles, that of Mary Shelley in the film’s opening
and, of course, the unforgettable Bride of its climax.</div>
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She thrills and charms us to this very day.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlq5efqBZ3U0m5K2qFgAysamO8zhRwBs3JzUGeHJ3cnHV81h6-r7rbaZhTo70SRHubh1l0_YlIAyGBsQtpj-HS_1jOqe3s2NndSa7lJIJj7my02GOVX3_3IdzXYvqx2XQRSFRCNXhJdDTt/s1600/laffs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlq5efqBZ3U0m5K2qFgAysamO8zhRwBs3JzUGeHJ3cnHV81h6-r7rbaZhTo70SRHubh1l0_YlIAyGBsQtpj-HS_1jOqe3s2NndSa7lJIJj7my02GOVX3_3IdzXYvqx2XQRSFRCNXhJdDTt/s1600/laffs.jpg" /></a></div>
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Here’s a rarity, a panel cartoon take on BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN, from the pages of the industry trade paper <i>Motion Picture
Herald </i><span style="font-style: normal;">of 29 June 1935. </span></div>
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House cartoonist Milt Rosenfeld shows a couple of Legion of
Decency types investigating the new Frankenstein film to see if it’s “<i>another
sex picture</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”. The ladies are then seen to
exit in a hurry, having had a shock of another kind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The <i>Motion Picture Herald</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> first appeared in 1915 out of Chicago as the </span><i>Exhibitors
Herald </i><span style="font-style: normal;">and evolved under various titles
over the silent era through mergers and acquisitions, eventually consolidating
under the highly influential publisher/editor-in-chief Martin Quigley in 1930.
Published on Fridays, the exhibitor’s publication would run until 1972. Many
celebrated writers, film historians and industry pundits would grace the </span><i>Herald</i><span style="font-style: normal;">’s pages through the years. The legendary </span><i>New
York Times</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> film critic Vincent Canby got
his start there in the 1950’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Milt Rosenfeld produced his innocuous cartoons, never
editorializing, under the “Showmen’s Lobby Laffs” banner. Here, from May 1940,
is another genre-related cartoon, this one about the “Invisable” Man sequel
that starred an unseen Vincent Price. The caption says, “<i>Usher: He wants
half his admission back… Says he couldn’t see half the picture”.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
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<i>Source: Motion Picture Herald is digitized online at </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://Archive.org/">Archive.org</a></span><i><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=motion%20picture%20herald"> </a>and the </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://lantern.mediahist.org/">Media History Digital Library</a></span><i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-90945132775030096052015-10-19T06:00:00.000-04:002015-10-19T06:01:43.286-04:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series The Ballyhooed Bride <div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZoAoquAUsW0cMdRm6u6-0t1aAaqGwtpyQKa1DTOhhh9KMmKXJ60pO7tJU2SZ66WrYFFUpDp9mxx172WaA-pLTr-ZEKccPTsta1_3VanUJnRUhkszho_xb1ieZLSMxzf45bAAVkwR2Bha/s1600/giantmonster.jpg" /></div>
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Standing 30 (?) feet tall, eyes fitted with flashing lights, The
Monster straddles a busy sidewalk on St Clare Street in Toledo. “<i>Legs formed
arch plenty tall enough not to hinder pedestrian traffic…</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” reported the </span><i>Motion Picture Herald</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> of August 31, 1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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A second photo, different angle, shows the giant figure
positioned half a block down from The Tivoli, next door at The Palace. The
placement suggests either common ownership or a very friendly arrangement
between the two theaters.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ml1F2UaaOhJzVQCScbbeogH1eXvMzxW2SPKs7A7gDMnps4YIc-4OS_Lk7uz_7sXNW009LAhdjZSk2Un2gt_qA1c9PjtsAlmHiqrthlDQQzy5So98o-OOijX7ZQ4vhJ7hbuLr8r4x0Asi/s1600/rivolipalace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ml1F2UaaOhJzVQCScbbeogH1eXvMzxW2SPKs7A7gDMnps4YIc-4OS_Lk7uz_7sXNW009LAhdjZSk2Un2gt_qA1c9PjtsAlmHiqrthlDQQzy5So98o-OOijX7ZQ4vhJ7hbuLr8r4x0Asi/s1600/rivolipalace.jpg" /></a>With the phenomenal box office of FRANKENSTEIN (1931) in
recent memory, and a terrific subject to promote — <i>The Monster Talks!... </i><i>Who
Will Be The Monster’s Mate? — </i><span style="font-style: normal;">BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN was ripe for hype and flashy ballyhoo. In San Francisco, the Ritz
lobby had a mummy-wrapped dummy on a gurney and a mad-lab electric coil
shooting foot-long sparks over the box office. Outside, a giant cut-out
Frankenstein Monster head glared down at passers-by from atop the marquee. In
the days running up to release, THE BRIDE’s trailer was accompanied by an
elaborate stunt described in the </span><i>Universal Weekly</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> showman’s magazine of July 27…</span></div>
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“<i>All house and stage lights out; rattle and drag chains
about back stage; girls in wings give several blood-curdling screams; loads of
scrap iron dropped from flies onto steel boiler plates back stage; set off
charge of flashlight powder and at the same time plug in green spot on 24-Sheet
cut-out head of monster on stage. Hold while smoke from flash rises through
green light on head then go into trailer leaving green face visible. Also
worked as a swell gag before picture itself.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”</span></div>
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Likewise, the State Theatre of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Their
trailer presentation kicked off with flashing house lights, live screams and
clashing cymbals. Then all the lights went out and a giant Monster head with
glowing red eyes was pulled across the stage in a deep blue spot. House manager
Sam Roth ran a newspaper want ad reading, “<i>BRIDE WANTED — to act as mate for
man-made monster. Apply Frankenstein, State Theatre</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.” The theatre front was papered with a stunning assortment of gorgeous
posters and the parked ambulance gag was revived, with banners shouting “</span><i>Emergency
Ambulance — for those who can’t take it while seeing the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” According to </span><i>Universal Weekly</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Roth’s State campaign “</span><i>aroused beaucoup
excitement in town.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><i>More great gags, stunts and showmanship coming up as we
count down to <a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/" target="_blank">Halloween</a> and celebrate the </i><span style="font-style: normal;">BRIDE
OF FRANKENSTEIN</span><i> 80th Anniversary!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Sources: <i><a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/10922" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;">. </span><i>Motion Picture Herald </i><span style="font-style: normal;">and
</span><i>Universal Weekly</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> via </span><a href="http://lantern.mediahist.org/" target="_blank">Lantern/Media History Digital Library.</a></div>
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-38300298501689725922015-10-16T04:30:00.000-04:002015-10-16T04:32:27.090-04:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series "The Weirdest Honeymoon Ever Conceived!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbyJCd8l6H_bbA7LcBMKJl9j6iVIzl71BGCd2J0wYqguMsMYUkJr422CQXgKNbfyFXw9_ayOcyfkVdm-5Yow0T4mgVc3h4r0ZUo3uewvrncm9MB17wXUO-gQCrAPBdFzfik6Me2QaXzHl/s1600/Truth+Sydney+14july35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbyJCd8l6H_bbA7LcBMKJl9j6iVIzl71BGCd2J0wYqguMsMYUkJr422CQXgKNbfyFXw9_ayOcyfkVdm-5Yow0T4mgVc3h4r0ZUo3uewvrncm9MB17wXUO-gQCrAPBdFzfik6Me2QaXzHl/s1600/Truth+Sydney+14july35.jpg" /></a></div>
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No sign of Elsa on this ad… <i>This</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Bride is Valerie Hobson’s Elizabeth! </span></div>
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When BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN came to Australia in mid-1935,
exhibitors turned on the ballyhoo. Theaters were festooned with posters,
cutouts and eerie lights. Stand-ins for The Monster and his Bride patrolled
lobbies and neighborhood streets, and went shopping for a trousseau. </div>
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This early ad for Sydney's Hoyt's Plaza ran in <i>The Truth</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> on Sunday, July 14, setting the stage for the film’s much anticipated
arrival on Friday the 19th. “</span><i>Public interest in “The Bride of
Frankenstein” is already unprecedented. AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT BY BOOKING NOW!</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The effective art is a composite of promotional stills. Note
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The dress is retouched as a bridal gown and a bridal veil is
painted in. The forlorn Frankenstein head looming over Elizabeth was also used as decoration, painted
giant-size and wrapping around the box-office over at the palatial 1,650-seat
Plaza.<br />
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“<i>THE MONSTER DEMANDS A MATE! But what heart, what soul,
what flesh so brave would dare be his bride…?</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”
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In an era of adrenalized ad copy, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
inspired writer to new heights of lyricism and hype. The small print copy down
the side of this ad reads as follows:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>SYDNEY IS THRILLING WITH EXCITEMENT!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>First it was a murmur! Now it’s roar — an incessant
clamour for information about this strange bride. The public pulse is
quickening to the vision thrill of her romance with the monster. What will the
bride look like? What manner of woman could be mated with the strangest and
most terrifying figure in the whole literature of the screen?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>And When You Actually See Her!!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>You’ll marvel… You’ll wonder… is she human, monster or
devil? But you’ll be entirely enthralled at the weirdest honeymoon ever
conceived!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>SUCH A WOMAN AS THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN HAS NEVER
BEFORE EXISTED IN THE FURTHEST REACHES OF HUMAN IMAGINING. A NEW KIND OF WOMAN…
GLAMOROUS… TERRIFYING… EERIE!</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Related:</span><br />
<i><a href="http://frankensteinia.blogspot.ca/2010/09/australian-frankenstein.html">The Australian Frankenstein.</a></i></div>
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-450559158606481562015-10-12T06:20:00.001-04:002015-10-14T03:10:04.444-04:0080th Anniversary BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN series The Art of Frankenstein : Nicolas Delort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Bride of Frankenstein strikes an enigmatic pose, head
turned away, her moonlit shroud billowing around her.</div>
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Paris-based artist Nicolas Delort’s superb scratchboard
rendition places the The Bride front and center in a sweeping gothic scene
replete with ominous skies, a distant castle and a dark lake.<br />
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The image is currently
offered as part of a seven print set featuring all the Classic Universal
Monsters. Expect a quick sellout. </div>
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<i>The set, in a number of variant styles, goes on sale October
13 from </i><a href="http://www.darkhallmansion.com/?page_id=48">Dark Hall Mansions</a><i>.</i><br />
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art. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><br />
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By the time BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN came around in 1935, not
quite four years after the original FRANKENSTEIN, The Monster was already a pop
culture icon, recognized worldwide, referenced and often spoofed in musical
shorts or animated cartoons. Reflecting this new, comfortable attitude towards
the very Monster that had once awed or disturbed critics, many reviews of the
new film, almost universally positive, were lighthearted and peppered with
jokes. The Monster was a Romeo, the Bride wore an “<i>asparagus-tip hairdo</i><span style="font-style: normal;">” and a sequel would invariably be “</span><i>Frankenstein’s
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One of the most unusual and whimsical reviews appeared 19
July 1935 in <i>The Newcastle Sun </i><span style="font-style: normal;">of New
South Wales, Australia. It was one of a series of “Rhymed Reviews” penned by
writer and critic Robin Slessor, whose knack for amusing verse was no doubt
triggered by his older brother, Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971), hailed as one of
Australia’s greatest poets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here, to facilitate reading, is a transcript of this unique,
fun, touching, and very special <i>Rhymed Review</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Bride of Frankenstein, by Robin Slessor<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>A year or two ago, in mortal fear I fear, we gripped the
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<i>And trembled at the mere approach of Karloff’s heavy feet<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The monster made us shudder, as around the countryside<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>He blundered, wreaking havoc ‘mid the people far and
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<i>Though striking far more terror than the worst of all
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<i>He tinged our human horror with a modicum of pity,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The sequel to this horror film of man-created life<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Shows Frankenstein, assisting in the moulding of a wife —<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>A mate for his monstrosity — a partner to command,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Who wakes in him a feeling that he cannot
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<i>The film is far more thrilling than the former one, and
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<i>Despite the man’s repulsiveness, one cannot quite forget<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The pathos of the story of this manufactured twosome, — <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The tragic side is curiously mingled with the gruesome. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>All this month, we’ll be celebrating </i></span><span style="font-style: normal;">THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">on its 80<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary year. Lots of information, great images and fun finds coming up in
the days and weeks leading to — and perhaps beyond — Halloween! </span></i></blockquote>
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William Basso’s collage painting of The Bride, like its
subject, is a patchwork of elements, slotted and stitched together to
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In the Nineties, Basso worked as an artist with Stan
Winston’s special effects studio, contributing to such titles as EDWARD
SCISSORHANDS (1990), TERMINATOR 2 (1991) and INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994).
Since 2000, Basso has largely concentrated on his own projects, mixed media and
sculpture, informed by his abiding passion for splendidly creepy Halloween
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Basso’s <i><a href="http://www.basso-art.com/">website</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;"> is
packed with terrific art, a </span><i><a href="http://www.basso-art.com/blog">blog</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;"> and </span><i><a href="http://bassoartstore.bigcartel.com/">prints</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;"> to buy, including the Bride
painting, </span><i>Mate for a Monster</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, and
a superb companion piece, </span><i>Man-Made</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, seen
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<i>William Basso’s </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.basso-art.com/">website</a>.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>An interview with Basso on </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.strangekidsclub.com/2011/11/07/going-beyond-the-veil-of-halloween-interview-w-artist-william-basso/">Strange Kids Club</a>.</span><br />
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Pierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-58476290320791843602015-10-01T21:00:00.000-04:002015-10-01T21:00:00.875-04:00The Great Frankenstein/Wolf Man Presidential Debate<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="309" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/60802729?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="550"></iframe> <br />
With federal elections coming up this month in Canada and the US
presidential contest a year away, North Americans are being bombarded with
attack ads and portentous messages, political posturing and the inevitable
debates. As citizens, we will be called to decide who will lead us but — let us
admit — there is no challenge as monumentally important as the horror-battle
between the two most terrifying creatures of all times, the Titans of Terror:
Frankenstein and the Wolf Man!!! (<i>Hyperbole shamelessly lifted from a 1942
ad for FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN</i><span style="font-style: normal;">).</span><br />
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Here’s Dan Roebuck as Lon Chaney as Larry Talbot as The Wolf
Man going up against Perry Shields as Bela Lugosi as Ygor’s brain in
Frankenstein’s Monster, which altogether makes more sense than anything in the
current, real-life political discourse. </div>
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Roebuck and Shields are professional actors and unreserved
Monster Kids, and they give their all in what proves both a Valentine to the
Universal Monsters, and a genuine Halloween treat.</div>
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Towering 22 inches tall from its big black stomper boots to
the top of its flat head, here’s a Frankenstein Monster with strings attached.<br />
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This unique creation from <i><a href="http://www.czechmarionettes.com/en/detail/477-Frankenstein-Czech-Marionette-Puppet-L-size">Czech Marionettes</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;"> is entirely hand-made from sculpt to paint to sewn
outfit and carefully assembled into a fully functional, high-quality string
puppet. The high price — $590USD — reflects the superior craftsmanship of this
piece. </span></div>
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Click through to the <i><a href="http://www.czechmarionettes.com/en/detail/477-Frankenstein-Czech-Marionette-Puppet-L-size">site</a></i><span style="font-style: normal;"> for more pics of the Frankenstein marionette, a fascinating history of
Czech puppets and tons of beautiful work including a dragon, winged skeletons
and a Nosferatu puppet. </span></div>
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<i>With thanks to Jeffrey Eernisse<o:p></o:p></i><br />
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Argentine-born, Ohio-based author, illustrator and designer
Ralph Cosentino creates dynamic children’s books filled with fun, eye-popping
art and engaging read-along stories. Best sellers included a superhero trilogy tracing
the origins of <i>Superman, Batman </i><span style="font-style: normal;">and </span><i>Wonder
Woman</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> for young readers. </span></div>
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Now, Cosentino has turned to crowd funding to help launch
his own publishing company, with <i>I am the Frankenstein Monster</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> as its first offering. Books about Dracula and The
Werewolf are in the pipeline. </span></div>
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Cosentino’s <i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125691559/i-am-the-frankenstein-monster">Kickstarter</a> </i><span style="font-style: normal;">page carries lots of preliminary and finished art from the Frankenstein
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<i>I am the Frankenstein Monster </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125691559/i-am-the-frankenstein-monster">Kickstarter</a> </span><i>page. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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