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Boris's monster in the first film
looked like triage at an auto wreck,
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his face and torso swathed in bandages,
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naked legs truncating
in size 16, triple-E foot splints.
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The script called for the mate
to give the effect of an Egyptian mummy,
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and this was realised exactly,
including leg bindings.
1:07:11
Will the bride be beautiful or ghastly?
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Whale fools us with quick, progressively
closer cuts, deliberately non-matching,
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alternating from diffuse to crisp.
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He even has the actress' mouth
stuffed with wadding
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to distort and swell her features
for one flash cut.
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Dr Pretorius, bridesmaid to the bride.
Franz Waxman provides wedding bells.
1:07:39
The script described Elsa's 'do'
as "curled close to her head,
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hanging straight and dark on either side."
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Keeping to the mummy idea,
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Whale and Jack Pierce memorably
designed this Nefertiti number.
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Lanchester's own hair is marcelled
and swept back on a wire cage.