Frankenstein (1931)

Edward Van Sloan: Doctor Waldman

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• [first lines] 

  [prologue] 

  Edward Van Sloan : How do you do? Mr. Carl Laemmle feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning. We're about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation: life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to, uh... well, we've warned you!

• Doctor Waldman : You have created a monster, and it will destroy you!

• Doctor Waldman : You really believe you can bring life to the dead?

  Henry Frankenstein : That body is not dead. It has never lived. I created it. I made it with my own hands, from the bodies I took from graves, from the gallows, anywhere! Go and see for yourself.

• Doctor Waldman : The brain which was stolen from my laboratory... was a *criminal* brain.

• Doctor Waldman : He left the University to work unhampered. He found what he needed elsewhere.

  Victor Moritz : Oh, the bodies of animals. Well, what are the lives of a few rabbits and dogs?

  Doctor Waldman : You do not quite get what I mean. Herr Frankenstein was interested only in human life. First, to destroy it; then, recreate it. There you have his - mad dream.

• Doctor Waldman : Whose life was one of brutality, violence, and murder.

• Victor Moritz : Henry!

  Doctor Waldman : Frankenstein!

  Victor Moritz : Henry!

  Doctor Waldman : Frankenstein!

  Victor Moritz : Henry!

  Elizabeth : Open the door!

  Victor Moritz : Let us in!