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Bride of Frankenstein (1935) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: 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. See also the trivia entry for this film.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Elizabeth is talking to Henry on the telephone, you can see her hand slip out of the ropes that have her tied up, then slip back inside the ropes again.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When the monster is being chased by the mob, (before they can catch him), he rolls a heavy boulder off a cliff, on them. The boulder is bumped by one of the villagers, and moves easily, showing it to be probably nothing more than a large ball of papier-mâché.
  
  

• Continuity: The film is a direct continuation of Frankenstein (1931), yet in that first film, Maria's father is named Ludwig. In this film he is named Hans and is played by a different actor. (This wouldn't be an issue if the actor who played Ludwig wasn't clearly shown in the recap of the first film.)
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Lord Byron recaps the events of the first film as if they were part of Mary Shelley's novel, when in fact very little of what is described was actually written by Mary. However, this may have a creative decision by James Whale, who wanted to make a reference to Frankenstein literary roots.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: The bride has far too much hair to fit under the bandages shown before her unveiling.
  
  
• Continuity: While the Monster is trying to keep the shepherd girl from screaming, his hand is alternately on/off her mouth between shots.
  
  
• Continuity: After the monster throws Karl off the tower parapet, the camera pans away to a long shot of the Cosmic Diffusor, yet the Monster is nowhere in sight.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Karl and the monster are climbing up on the parapet, the background can clearly be seen through their figures.
  
  
• Continuity: As the blind man prays over the monster, he clutches the monster's hand in his own and holds it to his heart. In the wide shots, the tangle of hands is near the top of the man's chest, right under his chin. In the close-ups of the man praying, there are no hands visible.
  
  
• Continuity: When the two hunters discover the Creature in the hut of the blind hermit, one of them attempts to cock a rifle, but a split-second later when the Creature strikes him the rifle has disappeared.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Pretorius states, "Nothing that is, except what He demands" as he approaches Frankenstein after warning everyone to say nothing, his mouth does not move.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Of course, as is well known, the title is itself a goof because the bride is made for the Monster not for Frankenstein. Unfortunately even Dr Pretorius refers to her as "a bride for Frankenstein". A confusion he surely would not make.
  
  
• Anachronisms: Modern inventions, such as the telephone, are mixed with pre-modern scene settings. According to DVD commentary for this film, director James Whale intended this film to take place in an "alternate universe" and therefore freely mixed 19th Century and 1930s technology, hair fashions, etc." This argument explains some anachronisms, but it does not work for the anachronism between modern inventions and the movie's prologue. The prologue depicts a dialog between Mary Shelley, the author of the Frankenstein story, and Lord Byron in early 19th century England. This scene does not take place in an "alternate universe", since it involves real historic persona. We learn in the prologue that the rest of the movie is a story invented by Shelley. It is therefore anachronistic that the story contains inventions, that did not exist in her lifetime. Mary Shelley died in 1851, and the first telephones appeared in the 1870s.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When the Monster kneels down at the pond to get a drink of water, he bumps a rock with his hand. The rock moves, and is clearly a prop.
  
  
• Continuity: When Henry and Dr. Pretorius exit the carriage, Henry is carrying a walking stick. A moment later, as they climb the outside stairs, the walking stick is gone.
  
  

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