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  • The Bride Of Frankenstein
  • The Bride Of Frankenstein review by from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5 stars A Big Surpise 3 August 2004
    ...nvented for decades after this film was made. Karloff is simply iconic, and Elsa Lanchester only marginally less so with the Bride's crazy bouffant hairdo. It's not goi...  
  • Witness For The Prosecution
  • Witness For The Prosecution review by A customer from Norfolk, England
    Rated - 5 stars 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...  

Elsa Lanchester - filmography


  • Murder By Death on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Eileen Brennan,  Truman Capote,  Peter Falk
    Director: Robert Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,777 member
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  • The Inspector General on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Danny Kaye,  Walter Slezak,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: Henry Koster
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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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...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 330 members
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  • The Bishop's Wife on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Cary Grant,  David Niven,  Loretta Young
    Director: Henry Koster
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,365 member
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  • Rembrandt on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Charles Laughton,  Gertrude Lawrence,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 68 members
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  • The Bride Of Frankenstein on DVD (1935)
    Starring: Boris Karloff,  Colin Clive,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: James Whale
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
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  • The Ghost Goes West (1935)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Jean Parker,  Eugene Pallette
    Director: Rene Clair
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 20 members
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  • Inspector General to Watch Now (1949)
    Starring: Danny Kaye,  Walter Slezak,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: Henry Koster
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 102 minutes
    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...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6 members
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  • Rembrandt to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Elsa Lanchester,  Gertrude Lawrence,  Charles Laughton
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 85 minutes
    Portraying the tortured Dutch artist, Rembrandt van Rijn. He and his work are most sought-after until tragically his wife and model, Saskia, dies. He is devastated, and when commissioned to paint an important work, creates a dark and brooding piece which his creditors believe is highly inapproriate...read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Ghost Goes West to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Jean Parker,  Eugene Pallette
    Director: Rene Clair,  René Clair
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 82 minutes
    An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.
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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 Bride Of Frankenstein - 3.5 stars
Rembrandt - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Ghost Goes West - 3.5 stars
The Private Life Of Henry VIII - 4.0 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
Walter Slezak - 2 times - show films
Alan Hale - 2 times - show films
Gene Lockhart - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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