Dwight Frye
Oyuncu · 1899 – 1943 · Salina, Kansas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Frye was born in Salina, Kansas. Nicknamed "The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare," and "The Man of a Thousand Deaths," he specialized in the portrayal of mentally unbalanced characters, including his signature role, the madman Renfield in Tod Browning's 1931 version of Dracula. Later that same year he also played the hunchbacked assistant in the film Frankenstein. (This character, named Fritz, is often mistakenly referred to as Ygor, a character originated by Béla Lugosi in the later film Son of Frankenstein.) Frye had a prominent role in the 1933 horror film The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas, and Fay Wray, in which he played Herman, a half-wit suspected of being a killer. He also had a memorable role in the classic Bride of Frankenstein, in which he played Karl. The part of Karl was originally much longer and many extra scenes of Frye were shot as a sub plot but were edited out of the final version to shorten the running time as well as to appease the censor boards. The most memorable of these "cut scenes" was that of Karl killing the Burgomaster portrayed by E. E. Clive. No known prints of these scenes survive today, but photographs of the scene were used to illustrate the scene's synopsis and are included in the recent Universal DVD release of the film. During the early 1940s, Frye alternated between film roles and appearing on stage in a variety of productions ranging from comedies to musicals, as well as appearing in a stage version of Dracula. In 1924 he played the Son in a translation of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author.[1] There was a Dwight Frye Fan Club at one time,[2] but it is currently dormant. He also made a contribution to the war effort by working nights as a tool designer for Lockheed Aircraft. Frye's strong resemblance to former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker helped land him what would have been a substantial role in the biographical film Wilson, based on the life of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, but he died of a heart attack while riding on a bus in Hollywood a few days before filming was to have begun. Frye was interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwight Frye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Film7.2KorkuJohn Harker, gizemli ve kolay kolay ele geçmeyen Kont Drakula'yla bir emlâk anlaşması yapmak için Transilvanya'ya gönderilir. Ama ev sahibi bir vampir, insanların kanıyla beslenen bir hortlaktır ve taşınma fikri ona pek de cazip gelmemektedir. Yüzlerce yıllık cehennemi, hayaletlere özgü bir varoluşun ardından, tek istediği huzura ermektir. Yine de, John'ın genç eşi Mina'nın fotoğrafını görüp heyecanlanınca, gemiyle batıya doğru yolculuğa çıkar.
Film7.5KorkuBilim KurguYüzü bandajlarla kaplı, siyah gözlükler takmış gizemli bir adam, İngiltere'nin küçük bir köyündeki bir hana yerleşir. Aslında bu kişi görünmez olmanın formülünü bulmuş ve kendi üzerinde denemiş bir bilim insanıdır. Ancak o artık Görünmez Adam'dır zira ilacın etkisi geri çevrilememektedir. Esrarlı adam kaldığı han odasında gizlice deneyler yaparak bir çözüm arar. Ne var ki onu görünmez yapan ilaç aynı zamanda kurbanını yavaş yavaş delirtmektedir de. Bu durum Görünmez Adam'a korkunç suçlar işletecektir.
Film7.5KorkuBilim Kurguİki köylüyü öldürdükten sonra ormanda dolaşan canavar, yakalanıp hapse atılır. Zincirlerini kırarak kaçar ve kör bir keşişle (O.P. Heggie) karşılaşır. Keşiş, keman çalarak canavarı sakinleştirir ve konuşmayı öğretir. Ancak iki avcının keşişin kulübesine gelmesiyle canavar mezarlığa kaçar. Burada, eksantrik bilim insanı Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) ile karşılaşır. Pretorius, canavara bir eş yaratmak için Dr. Henry Frankenstein'ı (Colin Clive) ikna etmeye çalışır. Frankenstein başta reddetse de, canavarın eşi Elizabeth'i (Valerie Hobson) kaçırmasıyla fikrini değiştirir. Yaratılan eş (Elsa Lanchester), kabarık saçlı grotesk bir güzelliktir, ancak canavarı görünce çığlık atarak reddeder. Canavar, laboratuvarı yok ederek kendini, eşini ve Pretorius'u öldürürken, Frankenstein'ların kaçmasına izin verir. Elsa Lanchester, hem canavarın eşini hem de romanın yazarı Mary Shelley'yi canlandırıyor.
Film7.5DramKorkuGenç bilim adamı Henry Frankenstein gözlerden uzak şatosunda gizli bir deney üzerinde çalışmaktadır Amacı elektrik akımını kullanarak ölü bir bedene hayat vermektir Ancak yardımcısı, bu deney için normal bir insanın değil de bir suçlunun beynini getirince ortaya tuhaf bir canavar çıkar ve kaos başlar...
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · 179 votes
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The Man Who Found Himself
1937 · 2 votes
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · 40 votes
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1943 · 144 votes
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1940 · 13 votes
Film6.2FantastikKorkuThe nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
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1940 · 6 votes
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Dracula in the Movies
1992 · 1 votes
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2000 · 2 votes
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1938 · 1 votes
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1937 · 20 votes
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Film6.6DramA lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
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1932 · 5 votes
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1941 · 4 votes
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1938 · 2 votes
- Film6.2BelgeselBilim Kurgu
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
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1991 · 4 votes
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The Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935 · 14 votes
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1930 · 25 votes
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The Vampire Bat
1933 · 77 votes