Directed by James Whale   Written by John L. Balderston   Mary Shelley   Peggy Webling   Garrett Fort   Francis Edward Faragoh   Richard Schayer   Robert Florey   John Russell   Cast Colin Clive ... Henry Frankenstein Mae Clarke ... Elizabeth John Boles ... Victor Moritz Boris Karloff ... The Monster (as Boris Karloff) Edward Van Sloan ... Doctor Waldman Frederick Kerr ... Baron Frankenstein Dwight Frye ... Fritz Lionel Belmore ... The Burgomaster Marilyn Harris ... Little Maria Uncredited Cast Ted Billings ... Villager Mae Bruce ... Screaming Maid Jack Curtis ... Villager Arletta Duncan ... Bridesmaid William Dyer ... Gravedigger Francis Ford ... Hans Mary Gordon ... Mourner Soledad Jiménez ... Mourner Carmencita Johnson ... Little Girl Seessel Anne Johnson ... Little Girl Margaret Mann ... Mourner Michael Mark ... Ludwig Robert Milasch ... Villager Pauline Moore ... Bridesmaid Inez Palange ... Villager Paul Panzer ... Mourner at Gravesite Cecilia Parker ... Maid Rose Plumer ... Villager Cecil Reynolds ... Waldman's Secretary Ellinor Vanderveer ... Medical Student Produced by E.M. Asher   Carl Laemmle Jr.   Original Music by Bernhard Kaun

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