1930 Florey/Lugosi Frankenstein

[jerod]

A post at CHFB inspired me to make this collage of the famous (but premature) Lugosi Frankenstein poster :

Link: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/47265/Did-Lugosi-really-turn-down-Frankenstein


   

[Mike Scott]

Love the trade ads, especially the "movies that could have been" ads! I'm glad we got the FRANKENSTEIN we did, but it sure would be nice to see a script, or some trial make-up photos, if any ever existed, from the Florey never made version.

I did a series of posts on trade ads, including several "never made movies", on my old blog.
http://monstermagazines.blogspot.com/search/label/Trade%20Publications

[Unknown Primate]

Love seeing stuff like this!

[jerod]

I did a series of posts on trade ads, including several "never made movies", on my old blog.

The artwork of these is outstanding. Favorite is Cagliostro in terms of graphics. Dracula's Daughter looks allot better than what we got.

Love seeing stuff like this!

Thanks!

[Count_Zirock]

I remember seeing a series of sketches of proposed monster make-ups for Florey's "Frankenstein," including one that resembled a metal robot head. Lugosi's test make-up was reportedly similar to the silent film monster "Der Golem," yet Jack Pierce once said it was "similar" to what he'd created for Karloff.

[RedKing]

I also love these trade ads, but I have to say -if Murders in the Rue Morgue is any indication, Florey's Frankenstein would have been terrible!

[Count_Zirock]

I also love these trade ads, but I have to say -if Murders in the Rue Morgue is any indication, Florey's Frankenstein would have been terrible!

It was a very different script. The Monster was a mindless, killing-machine. Once Whale and Karloff realized The Monster's potential as a frightened man-child, and that Henry Frankenstein was more of a monster (albeit mostly through his blind ambition to "be God"), they had a much more dramatically layered story. Florey's casting of Leslie Howard as Henry Frankenstein was interesting, though.