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a stone angel in the cemetery -
literally a fallen angel.
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Hurlbut's shooting script had the monster
come upon a crucified Nazarene,
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etched against a glowering sky.
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Seeing it as a living figure, tortured as he
has been, the monster toppled the effigy
:43:17
and attempted to free it from the cross.
:43:21
The Breen office told Whale
in no uncertain terms
:43:23
to find another monument.
:43:25
Whale salvaged the ghost of the intention
:43:28
by including the unmolested
Christ icon in the margin.
:43:31
Censor cuts in Frankenstein perverted
the poignant encounter with a little girl
:43:35
into an act of paedophilic depravity.
:43:37
As if Pretorius, the burgomaster
and Minnie
:43:40
jointly ran the Production
Code Administration,
:43:42
the most resonant Christian image
was twisted into an act of godlessness.
:44:19
Casting sheets show that Dwight Frye
was originally cast
:44:22
for his part here as Ghoul Number One.
:44:25
A screenplay anachronism
retained Fritz,
:44:27
the hunchback assistant
who had been killed in the first film.
:44:31
Dwight Frye Jr recalls that Whale
helped his father by creating roles,
:44:35
and Frye's Karl is an amalgam
of four characters in the Hurlbut script -
:44:39
Pretorius's servant, first Ghoul,
Nephew Glutz and Fritz.
:44:43
This is why Frye
has two different partners.
:44:46
Neil Fitzgerald, here in the crypt,
is Rudy, aka Ghoul Number Two.
:44:50
Ted Billings, as Ludwig,
will help to fly the kites at the climax.