classicfilmblr: Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein inFRANKENSTEIN (1931) dir. James WhaleHave you nev
classicfilmblr: Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein inFRANKENSTEIN (1931) dir. James WhaleHave you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn’t care if they did think I was crazy. — Henry FrankensteinIn a 1985 interview, Mae Clarke, the actress who played Elizabeth in Frankenstein (1931), said, “Colin Clive was the dearest, kindest—in the real meaning of the word “kind”—man, who gave you importance. He was so wonderful, so clever. When he started acting in a scene, I wanted to stop and just watch. I’d think, “Here I am, playing scenes with this marvelous actor!” Mr. Whale would say, “Colin’s voice is like a pipe organ. I just pull out the stops, and he produces the music.” Colin was electric. I was mesmerized by him—so much so that I hoped it didn’t show! When he looked at me, I’d flush. He had a wife back in England, and I had my young man. In fact, I was glad my fiancé was at the premiere that night—to be my good anchor against my stormy waves of fancy for Colin. He was the handsomest man I ever saw—and also the saddest. Colin’s sadness was elusive; the sadness you see if you contemplate many of the master painters’ and sculptors’ conceptions of the face of Christ—the ultimate source in my view of all sadness.” -- source link
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