Directed by James Whale Written by Mary Shelley   William Hurlbut   John L. Balderston   Josef Berne   Lawrence G. Blochman   Robert Florey   Philip MacDonald   Tom Reed   R.C. Sherriff   Edmund Pearson   Morton Covan   Cast Boris Karloff ... The Monster (as Karloff) Colin Clive ... Henry Frankenstein Valerie Hobson ... Elizabeth Ernest Thesiger ... Doctor Pretorius Elsa Lanchester ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate Gavin Gordon ... Lord Byron Douglas Walton ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Una O'Connor ... Minnie E.E. Clive ... Burgomaster Lucien Prival ... Butler - Albert O.P. Heggie ... Hermit Dwight Frye ... Karl Glutz Reginald Barlow ... Hans Mary Gordon ... Hans' Wife Anne Darling ... Shepherdess (as Ann Darling) Ted Billings ... Ludwig Uncredited Cast Robert Adair ... Hunter in Woods Norman Ainsley ... Archbishop Billy Barty ... Baby Frank Benson ... Villager Maurice Black ... Gypsy Walter Brennan ... Neighbor with Ax Mae Bruce ... Villager A.S. 'Pop' Byron ... King John Carradine ... Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage D'Arcy Corrigan ... Procession Leader Grace Cunard ... Villager Jack Curtis ... Hunter J. Gunnis Davis ... Uncle Glutz Marie DeForrest ... Ballerina Elspeth Dudgeon ... Gypsy's Mother Helen Jerome Eddy ... Gypsy's Wife Neil Fitzgerald ... Rudy Brenda Fowler ... Mother John George ... Villager Helen Gibson ... Villager Marilyn Harris ... Girl Carmencita Johnson ... Friend of murdered girl Rollo Lloyd ... Neighbor Murdock MacQuarrie ... Sympathetic villager Josephine McKim ... Little Mermaid Torben Meyer ... Victim in Flashback Edwin Mordant ... Coroner Charles Murphy ... Guard Joseph North ... Servant Helen Parrish ... Communion girl Edward Peil Sr. ... Villager Tempe Pigott ... Auntie Glutz Sarah Schwartz ... Marta Peter Shaw ... Devil Mary Stewart ... Neighbor Frank Terry ... Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage Anders Van Haden ... Villager Dorothy Vernon ... Maid Lucio Villegas ... Priest Joan Woodbury ... Queen Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.   Original Music by Franz Waxman

Additional Info Premiere: April 22, 1935 DVD Release: October 19, 1999 Blu-ray Release: September 17, 2013 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (A James Whale Production) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1935) (USA) (theatrical) Film Classics   (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Realart Pictures   (1953) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Screen Gems   (1958) (USA) (TV) (syndication) (as Son of Shock) MCA Home Video   (1984) (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1999) (USA) (DVD) MCA/Universal Home Video   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2004) (USA) (DVD) Fathom Events   (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating 6.6 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.6 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,363 / 20,902 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,359 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) #2,360 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) #2,361 RoboCop 3 (1993) #2,362 Fear (1996) #2,363 Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) #2,364 The Witches (1990) #2,365 Madame Web (2024) #2,366 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) #2,367 Sharknado (2013)