Bride of Frankenstein
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Greg Mank asked Valerie Hobson
late in her life

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if she could pinpoint why Bride of
Frankenstein remained so popular.

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She replied "Karloff is so moving, like one
of the great clowns who make you cry."

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"I think this was the secret
of its enduring success."

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Franz Waxman asked for Clifford Vaughan
as his orchestrator

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specifically because of Vaughan's
expertise with the organ.

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The instrument is associated
with sacred music,

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evident in this solo rendition
of Schubert's "Ave Maria".

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Oliver Wallace, later a mainstay
of Disney's music department,

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was the session player
on a Wurlitzer-style theatre organ.

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Elsewhere, the organ
is used for profane colour,

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notably in the danse macabre
of the crypt sequence

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and in multiple renditions
of the bride's theme.

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Vaughan also orchestrated
for staff composers Edward Ward

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and Heinz Roemheld in 1934-35.

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