Bride of Frankenstein
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The monster's jailer here,
who gives EE Clive some lip,

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is Charlie Murphy, curator
of the Universal zoo in the early '30s

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and a frequent bit player in action
pictures for Universal and Republic.

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Thanks to Breen, much
of the monster's rampage was cut -

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actually improving the picture.
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The fatter film contained
a vignette in the morgue,

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followed by an inquest sequence
where Minnie and others

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admit not actually witnessing
any murders.

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The pompous burgomaster
is insisting there is no monster

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when the creature plucks him through
a window and cuffs him about the head.

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Just as Minnie was spared
at the ruined mill,

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the burgomaster is a fool figure,
the voice of the audience -

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he can be humbled,
but he must not be killed.

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Fleeing in the crowd,
we then met Auntie and Uncle Glutz,

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played by Tempe Pigott
and Gunnis Davis,

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and their nephew, played by Dwight Frye
in his amalgamated state.

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At their house, nephew killed
his uncle and stole his hoard,

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blaming it on the monster.
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The scene closed as nephew pondered
the convenience of a scapegoat

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and mused that the monster
might soon visit auntie.

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The communion girl who speaks
is Helen Parrish,

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sister of film director Robert Parrish.
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Helen grew up to become a leading lady
in Three Smart Girls Grow Up

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and was Boris Karloff's ingénue
in You'll Find Out in 1940.

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A shot of Frieda's mother
carrying the body was cut by the censor.

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Gossiping with Una O'Connor
is David Lewis's mother, Fanny Levy,

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earning her seven and a half dollars
a day extra-player's pay.

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Poor old Newman has been hacked
to death by the monster.

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That's Walter Brennan
handling the murder weapon.


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