TCM Fest: “Frankenstein’s gonna bite me and kill me,” said five-year-old Mel Brooks

14 April 2012

TCM Fest: “Frankenstein’s gonna bite me and kill me,” said five-year-old Mel Brooks

Category: Film | Tags: frankenstein, gene wilder, hollywood history, james whale, mel brooks, tcm, tcm classic film festival, tcm fest, tcm fest 2012, tom brown

Mel Brooks remembers his first encounter with the Frankenstein movie as a kid. [...]

24 April 2011

Sara Karloff, daughter of Frankenstein

Category: Film | Tags: boris karloff, frankenstein, jack pierce, james whale, larry edmunds bookshop, sara karloff

The only child of Boris Karloff, Sara Karloff, who lives in San Diego, remembers her father rapturously at at book signing at Larry Edmunds Bookshop. She shared home movies from her own collection. [...]

13 April 2011

Doing the monster mash at Malibou Lake

Category: Fashion, Film | Tags: boris karloff, frankenstein, hollywood history, james whale, karie bible, malibou lake, marc wanamaker

Locations Malibou Lake Frankenstein 1931 475

An edgy, even freaky, scene between Boris Karloff as the sensitive monster Frankenstein and a cute little girl was filmed at a place called Malibou Lake, north of Los Angeles. [...]