:04:01
This time it was
the director who objected.
:04:04
James Whale didn't want to do
a sequel to Frankenstein.
:04:08
He seemed to be trying to
squirm out of it, as it were,
:04:10
avoid it, bypass it.
Do something else instead.
:04:14
He said he'd gotten everything out of
the first one, that he'd "wrung it dry".
:04:18
Maybe that was the phrase.
:04:20
You have to remember that Frankenstein
was the Jaws or Star Wars of its day.
:04:24
It was such a big hit.
:04:25
The studio had so much invested in it
that finally he agreed to do it.
:04:30
But again I love the fact that
he only did it on his terms.
:04:35
Meantime, Universal again teamed Whale
and Karloff for The Old Dark House,
:04:41
a sardonic thriller that introduced
Whale's mischievous sense of humour.
:04:46
The Invisible Man, with Claude Rains,
mixed laughs and chills,
:04:50
and showcased state-of-the-art
special effects.
:04:52
The effects in The Invisible Man
are just extraordinary.
:04:56
You still watch them
and wonder how some were done.
:04:59
You're crazy to know who I am,
aren't you?
:05:03
All right/ I'll show you.
:05:06
There's a souvenir for you.
:05:09
And one for you.
:05:12
I'll show you who I am and what I am.
:05:18
How do you like that, eh?
:05:25
Whale directed some stylish non-horror
films for Universal in the early '30s,
:05:29
including By Candlelight
in the manner of Lubitsch,
:05:31
an adaptation of Galsworthy's
One More River,
:05:34
and a screwball comedy mystery
Remember Last Night?
:05:37
He always had very mixed feelings
about his horror films.
:05:41
He liked them, but he wanted
to be an A-list director.
:05:44
He wanted to make
the big-money projects,
:05:47
like John Stahl at Universal did.
:05:51
And, curiously enough,
who remembers who John Stahl was?
:05:55
But we all remember the movies
made by James Whale.
:05:58
Junior Laemmle, who was
the general manager at Universal,