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Bride of the Monster (1955)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1954
Running Times: 68 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Rolling M. Productions
Executive Producer: Donald E. McCoy
Producer: Edward D. Wood Jr
Associate Producer: Tony McCoy

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Alex Gordon, Edward D. Wood Jr

DIRECTION
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr
Assistant Directors: Bob Farfan, William Nolte

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: William C. Thompson, Ted Allan
Camera Operator: Bert Shipham
Electrician: Louis Kriger
Key Grip: Thomas J. Connolly
Film Processing: Consolidated Film Industries

EDITING
Editor: Mike Adams

MUSIC
Music: Frank Worth

SOUND
Sound Recordits: Dale Knight, Lyle Willey
Sound Effects: Ray Erlenborn, Mike Pollock

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Louis J. Haszillo, Maurice Seiderman

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Pat Dinga

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Property Master: George Bahr

MISCELLANEOUS
Technical Supervisor: Igo Kantor

LOCATIONS
Locations: Palm Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA; Ted Allen Studios, Hollywood, California, USA; Centaur Studios, Hollywood, California, USA

CAST
Bela Lugosi (Dr Eric Vornoff)
Tor Johnson (Lobo)
Tony McCoy (Lt Dick Craig)
Loretta King (Janet Lawton)
Harvey B. Dunn (Captain Tom Robbins)
George Becwar (Professor Vladimir Strowski)
Don Nagel (Detective Marty Martin)
Bud Osborne (Mac)
John Warren (Jake)
Ann Wilner (Tillie)
Dolores Fuller (Margie)
William Benedict (newsboy)
Ben Frommer (drunk)
Paul Marco (Officer Kelton)
Conrad Brooks (policeman / suspect)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: The Horror Channel

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Banner Pictures Inc
Video Distributor: Admit One; Movies Unlimited; Sinister Cinema; LS Video

TIMELINE

1954
October

26: Shooting begins

1955
May

11: USA - theatrical premiere

1956
February

Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

2005
December

8: UK - television broadcast (on The Horror Channel)

POSTER TAGS

More horrifying than "Dracula" - "Frankenstein"

It'll make your skin crawl!

The screen's master of the weird... in his newest and most daring shocker!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bride of the Atom
The Monster of the Marshes
- working title
Die Rache des Würgers - German title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Devil Bat (1940)
Dracula (1931)
Ed Wood (1994)
Frankenstein (1931)
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
Plan 10 from Outer Space (1994)
Plan Nine from Outer Space (1958)
The Sinister Urge (1961)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Unearthly (1957)
White Zombie (1932)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Ed Wood: Look Back In Angora (1994)
Horrible Horror (1986)
It Came from Hollywood (1982)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Scarlet Street no.16 p.53 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.56
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films II p.45
credits

Illustrated Dinosaur Movie Guide p.47
review, credits

Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide p.129
credits, review

Nightmare of Ecstasy p.201
credits

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.48
review

KEYWORDS

giantism, mad scientists, octopii, supermen

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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