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held that the fresh heart for the bride was
at one time intended to be Elizabeth's.
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A still of Dwight Frye hovering
near Valerie Hobson with a knife,
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and the bride's instantaneous attraction
to Henry, have been cited as proofs.
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At no time was this ever considered.
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More's the pity that it wasn't -
it's in tune with the story,
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and Elizabeth died anyway in the final
cataclysm - at least, until the preview.
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The monster's recitation of the work ethic
to Henry is also courtesy of Balderston.
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Cinematographer John Mescall
had first worked for Whale
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on The Invisible Man before filming By
Candlelight, The Kiss Before the Mirror,
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Bride of Frankenstein and Show Boat
for the director.
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Mescall was an alcoholic.
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On the set he was efficient
and produced luminous work -
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provided that he made it to the set, which
the studio ensured by sending a car daily.
:58:31
Despite a good rapport, Whale finally
sacked Mescall for drunkenness
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on the set of the much-troubled
The Road Back.
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By the late '50s, he was working for Roger
Corman, and ended his days on skid row.
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His work on Bride ranks it as one of the
most exquisitely photographed films ever.
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In a 1935 interview with Movie Makers,
magazine of the Amateur Cinema League,
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Mescall spoke of his use
of Rembrandt lighting
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and asserted that, despite
the greasepaint Jack Pierce applied,
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the monster was never intended
to be a jolly green giant,