Ernest Thesiger
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Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
A charcoal drawing of Thesiger by John Singer Sargent, c. 1911
Portrait of Thesiger by William Ranken, Manchester City Galleries
Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Thesiger in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale
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James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), all considered classics. Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical Show Boat.
Whale on the set of Bride of Frankenstein, 1935
"From early morn to dewy eve": watercolour cartoon by Whale of prisoners in Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp, 1918
Colin Clive in Whale's 1929 stage production of Journey's End
Whale directed Boris Karloff in the iconic horror film Bride of Frankenstein (1935).