Frankenstein (1931 film) Quotes

Frankenstein (1931 film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Frankenstein completed its run in 1970.

It features Carl Laemmle Jr. as producer, Bernhard Kaun in charge of musical score, and Arthur Edeson as head of cinematography.

Frankenstein (1931 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Frankenstein (1931 film) is 71 minutes long. Frankenstein (1931 film) is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, John Boles as Victor Moritz, Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein, Frederick Kerr as Baron Frankenstein, Marilyn Harris as Little Maria, Colin Clive as Hans, and Mae Clarke as Elizabeth.

Frankenstein (1931 film) Quotes

Frederick Kerr as Baron Frankenstein

• (Frederick Kerr) "Here's to health, a son to the house of Frankenstein -- Here's to jolly good health to young Frankenstein."

• (Frederick Kerr) "It's extraordinary, how friendly you can make a lot of people on a couple of bottles of beer. Tomorrow. Tomorrow they'll all be fighting."

• (Frederick Kerr) "What's the matter with my son? What's he doing?"
• (Mae Clarke) "He's completing his experiments. That's all."
• (Frederick Kerr) "Why does he go messing around in an old ruined windmill; when he has a decent house, a bath, good food and drink, and a darn pretty girl to come back to. Huh, will you tell me that?"
• (Mae Clarke) "Baron, you don't understand."
• (Frederick Kerr) "I understand perfectly well. There's another woman and you're afraid to tell me. Pretty sorted experiment these must be. Huh."
• (Mae Clarke) "Oh, but Baron, you're wrong."

• (Maid) "If you please, Herr Baron, the Burgomaster."
• (Frederick Kerr) "Well, tell him to go away."
• (Maid) "But, he says its important."
• (Frederick Kerr) "Nothing the Burgomaster can say, can be of the slightest importance."

• (Frederick Kerr) "Well, as I said before, here I say again, Here's -- Here's to a son -- to the House of Frankenstein."
• (Maid) "Indeed, Sir. You too, Sir."

Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein

• (Colin Clive) "Down. Down, you fool."

• (Colin Clive) "Maria she's drowned."
• (The Burgomaster) "My poor man why do you bring her here."
• (Colin Clive) "She was MURDERED."

• (Colin Clive) "I've got to experiment further. He's only a few days old, remember. So far he's been kept in complete darkness. Wait till I bring him into the light."

• (Colin Clive) "Help. Help."
• (Unnamed) "Listen, it's Frankenstein."
• (Unnamed) "That way."

• (Colin Clive) "You're quite sure you want to come in? -- Very well."
• (Colin Clive) "Forgive me, but I'm forced to take unusual precautions."

• (Colin Clive) "The brain you stole, Fritz. Think of it. The brain of a dead man waiting to live again in a body I made with my own hands. With my own hands."

• (Colin Clive) "It's Elizabeth."

• (Colin Clive) "He's just resting. Waiting for a new life to come."

• (Doctor Waldman) "You really believe you can bring life to the dead?"
• (Colin Clive) "That body is not dead. It has never lived. I created it. I made it with my own hands, from the bodies I took from graves, from the gallows, anywhere. Go and see for yourself."

• (Colin Clive) "The neck's broken. The brain is useless. We must find another brain."

• (Colin Clive) "Dangerous? Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have your never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy."

• (Colin Clive) "Quite a good scene, isn't it? One man, crazy; three very sane spectators."

Marilyn Harris as Little Maria

• (Marilyn Harris) "Who are you? I'm Maria. Will you play with me?"

• (Marilyn Harris) "Would you like one of my flowers? You have those and I'll have these. I can make a boat."
• (Marilyn Harris) "See how mine float."
• (Marilyn Harris) "No, you're hurting me. No."

Mae Clarke as Elizabeth

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John Boles as Victor Moritz

• (John Boles) "You're crazy."
• (Colin Clive) "Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not."

• (John Boles) "Henry."
• (Doctor Waldman) "Frankenstein."
• (John Boles) "Henry."
• (Doctor Waldman) "Frankenstein."
• (John Boles) "Henry."
• (Mae Clarke) "Open the door."
• (John Boles) "Let us in."

• (Doctor Waldman) "He left the University to work unhampered. He found what he needed elsewhere."
• (John Boles) "Oh, the bodies of animals. Well, what are the lives of a few rabbits and dogs?"
• (Doctor Waldman) "You do not quite get what I mean. Herr Frankenstein was interested only in human life. First, to destroy it; then, recreate it. There you have his; mad dream."

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