Trivia / The Ghost of Frankenstein

• The Other Darrin:
  • Boris Karloff was invited to reprise his role as the Monster, but declined, so Lon Chaney Jr. took over. Back in the day this was considered as big a deal as when another actor replaced Sean Connery as James Bond. Ironically, this film technically depicts the death of his version of the Monster, given that it ends with a new brain being used.
  • Cedric Hardwicke, who plays Ludwig, also appears as Henry Frankenstein, due to the original actor, Colin Clive, having died five years earlier.
• What Could Have Been:
  • First draft of the script featured Ygor forming a band of rejects and Wolf von Frankenstein returning.
• You Look Familiar:
  • The actors who played Lang and Neumüller in the previous film appear in almost same roles (their previous characters being dead and all) in the townhall of Frankenstein. Dwight Frye (Fritz, Karl) is also among the populace there.
  • Lionel Atwill, who was Krogh in the previous film, is the ambitious Dr. Bohmer.

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