When filming the scene where the monster emerges from the burnt windmill, Boris Karloff slipped and fell into the water filled well. Upon being helped out, he realized he had broken a leg in the fall. The metal struts used to stiffen his legs (for the famous "monster lurch") helped keep the bones in place 'til they could be properly set.

Plot:
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed.
Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist,
Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature,
a woman, to be the companion of the monster.

More Trivia:
Not long before filming began, Colin Clive broke a leg in a horse riding accident. Consequently, most of Dr. Frankenstein's scenes were shot with him sitting.

The musical soundtrack for this film proved so popular, it was used again in the Flash Gordon
serials starring Buster Crabbe.

Bloopers:
When the castle is self-destructing, the Doctor can be seen against the far wall. Yet he is next seen outside in the arms of his beloved, watching the explosions. There were two endings originally: the first had Doctor Frankenstein dying within the castle and this was filmed.
But the producers judged this a bit harsh and wanted a happy ending, so they shot the extra
footage (too expensive to shoot the explosion scenes again).

Cast:
Boris Karloff .... The Monster
Colin Clive .... Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson .... Elizabeth Frankenstein
Ernest Thesiger .... Dr. Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester .... Mary Shelley/The Monster's Bride
Gavin Gordon .... Lord Byron
Douglas Walton .... Percy Shelley
Una O'Connor .... Minnie
E.E. Clive .... Burgermeister
Lucien Prival .... Albert the Butler
O.P. Heggie .... Hermit
Dwight Frye .... Karl
Reginald Barlow .... Hans
Mary Gordon .... Hans' Wife
Anne Darling .... Shepherdess

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