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Elsa Lanchester - what members say

The Bride Of Frankenstein review by from London

James Whale's Masterpiece 28 August 2004
...p. Whale opens his follow-up with a prologue in which Mary Shelley(played by Elsa Lanchester, who also embodies the Bride); her husband, Percy, and their friend Lord Byron ... Read customer review

Witness For The Prosecution review by A customer from Norfolk, England

Top-notch film 2 March 2007
...e Power in his last completed film, Marlene Dietrich and Mrs Charles Laughton - Elsa Lanchester)provide sterling support as well. There is an excellent twist (which the closin... Read customer review

Elsa Lanchester - filmography

Murder By Death on DVD (1976)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness
Director: Robert Moore
Certificate:
Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), ..read more »

66% from 2,132 members

Rascal on DVD (1969)
Starring: Steve Forrest, Bill Mumy, Pamela Toll
Director: Norman Tokar
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The charming, but heart-rending story of a lonely young boy and a racoon who becomes his constant companion.

53% from 193 members

Blackbeard's Ghost on DVD (1968)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette
Director: Robert Stevenson
Certificate:
Blackbeard has been cursed by his wife so that his spirit constantly lingers between the world of the living and the dead. In an attempt to break the curse, he returns to Earth to enact a good deed, but can he break away from his evil past?

70% from 642 members

Mary Poppins on DVD (1964)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson
Director: Robert Stevenson
Certificate:
Embraced by millions around the world, Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" a household word! Julie Andrews, in her Oscar winning performance, stars as the loveable nanny who soars out of the skies and ..read more »

74% from 17,657 members

Bell, Book And Candle on DVD (1958)
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
Director: Richard Quine
Certificate:
Great cast in supernatural romantic comedy. When urban witch Novak casts a spell on Stewart to lure him away from a snooty former schoolmate, she finds the spell rebounding due to the intercession of a more powerful witch (Gingold). Lemmon and comic genius Kovacs add lots of laughs. Academy Award ..read more »

63% from 1,046 member

Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Director: Billy Wilder
Certificate:
A courtroom drama based on the novel by Agatha Christie. A skilful lawyer takes on a murder case and finds himself entangled in a web of deceit.

77% from 222 members
Currently unavailable

Androcles And The Lion on DVD (1952)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young
Director: Chester Erskine
Certificate:
George Bernard Shaw's breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. And Pascal's final Shaw production ..read more »

53% from 20 members

The Inspector General on DVD (1949)
Starring: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Elsa Lanchester
Director: Henry Koster
Certificate:
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Set in the 1800s an illiterate stooge, from a travelling show, wanders into a strange town in Russia and is mistaken for the dreaded Inspector General. As they are unwilling to admit to tax dodges, they try to get him out of the way by killing him...

59% from 397 members

The Bishop's Wife on DVD (1947)
Starring: Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young
Director: Henry Koster
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David Niven plays preoccupied, harrassed Bishop Henry Brougham whose prayers are answered at Christmas when an angel (played by Cary Grant) is sent from heaven to help him raise money for a new church, enabling him to give his full attention to his neglected wife (Loretta Young) and parishioners. ..read more »

72% from 1,707 member

Rembrandt on DVD (1936)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester
Director: Alexander Korda
Certificate:
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The dramatic story of the life and loves of the Dutch painter, Rembrandt. When his much adored wife dies, his work takes on a dark feel that his patrons dislike. He ends up bankrupt but consoles himself in an affair with his pretty maid, which brings some happiness back into his life.

70% from 123 members

The Bride Of Frankenstein on DVD (1935)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester
Director: James Whale
Certificate:
Director James Whale's definitive Frankenstein's monster movies from the 1930s.FRANKENSTEIN: (1931)This is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked ..read more »

71% from 2,333 members

The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Starring: Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette
Director: Rene Clair
Certificate:
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An American family inherit an old Scottish castle and decide to ship it to Florida. Soon thereafter, it is found that the castle is haunted by a charming 200 year-old ghost. Classic comedy.

72% from 86 members
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The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Robert Donat
Director: Alexander Korda
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Laughton was awarded a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the 16th Century English monarch. The film typifies director Alexander Korda's penchant for historical epics.

66% from 18 members
Not available for rental

Elsa Lanchester facts

5 most recent films

Murder By Death - 3.5 stars
Rascal - 2.5 stars
Blackbeard's Ghost - 3.5 stars
Mary Poppins - 3.5 stars
Bell, Book And Candle - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Witness For The Prosecution - 4.0 stars
Mary Poppins - 3.5 stars
The Bishop's Wife - 3.5 stars
The Ghost Goes West - 3.5 stars
The Bride Of Frankenstein - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Androcles And The Lion - 2.5 stars
The Private Life Of Henry VIII - 3.5 stars
Rascal - 2.5 stars
The Inspector General - 3.0 stars
Bell, Book And Candle - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Charles Laughton - 5 times - show films
Robert Donat - 4 times - show films
Merle Oberon - 2 times - show films
Eugene Pallette - 2 times - show films
Walter Slezak - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alexander Korda - 4 times - show films
Henry Koster - 3 times - show films
Robert Stevenson - 2 times - show films
Rene Clair - 2 times - show films
Norman Tokar - 1 times - show films