"Bride Of Frankenstein" Dir. James Whale 1935 Universal / **I.V.
Caption: "Bride Of Frankenstein" Dir. James Whale 1935 Universal / **I.V.
Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer
Born: July 22, 1889
Star sign: Cancer
Known for: Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Invisible Man (1933), The Old Dark House (1932)
Source: IMDB
James Whale, who grew up poor in an English mining town, learned to put on plays in a World War I German POW camp. Postwar theatre work took him to the London stage, then Broadway, then a contract with Paramount, as dialog director for Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930). He began his contribution to the horror film genre with his move to ...