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James Whale: Quick Facts

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Born July 22, 1889 • Dudley • England
Died May 29, 1957 (aged 67) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Bride of Frankenstein” • “Frankenstein” • “The Invisible Man” • “The Old Dark House”

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Poster for the 1931 film Frankenstein featuring Boris Karloff as the monster, with dramatic portraits of Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, and John Boles, and the tagline The Man Who Made a Monster.
Colin Clive holding a torch faces Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster on a rocky landscape in a dramatic scene from the 1931 film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale.
Colin Clive and Dwight Frye operate laboratory equipment beside the bandaged monster, played by Boris Karloff, lying on a table in a scene from Frankenstein (1931).
Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster kneels beside Marilyn Harris as a young girl by a lakeshore, surrounded by flowers, in the 1931 film Frankenstein.
Elsa Lanchester as the Bride and Boris Karloff as the Monster sit together in a laboratory scene from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein.
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