Son of Frankenstein 1939 - 35mm Nitrate - HD

Original 1939 Theatrical Release Trailer

[@Naminski1a]

This theatrical trailer for Son of Frankenstein was completely uncut and very rare.

[@ChelseaRialtoStudios]

Outstanding presentation of the long-unseen original release trailer! Narrated by the great Charles Frederick Lindsley. Thank you for sharing!

[@Naminski1a]

This theatrical trailer for Son of Frankenstein was completely restored and uncut and it's very rare.

[@toddfeiertag3658]

This is just wonderful! I never thought I would ever get to see it. You mention that it's uncut but there do seem to be two small jumps. One at 0:22/0:23 which jumps from "And fear grips the village anew" to "A man tainted...". Then at 1:58/1:59 there's another jump right after Rathbone picks up the rock to a scene with Rathbone and Atwill. All in all, it's a fantastic trailer and it's great to finally see it!! Love the original GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN trailer too!!

[@dbwindhorst1]

I've long wondered when narration became common in trailers. Any thoughts? This is the earliest narrated Universal horror trailer I've seen for what's definitely the first-run release (narration being common by the time trailers were put together for the RealArt re-releases).

[@technoir1323]

2:10 the Trailer is different from the final released movie. - The Inspector still got his arm prosthesis - The monster is shot twice in closeup and not only one time - In the final movie he doesn´t look up.

[@Equinoqs98]

One cowardly villager downvoted this.

[@jamesmarshall8836]

And the cowardly town council changed the name of the village from Frankenstein to Vasaria.

[@anthonybadzhaksizyan5273]

Bela Lugosi was more of a character than Boris Karloff was in this film

[@irened.]

I choose to believe there is still hope to find the allegedly deleted scenes for The Black Cat, as well as its original trailer. Thank you for sharing these.

[@RkivUnderground]

Great stuff. Didn't know this trailer was lost. I'm loving these nitrate scans. Very contrasty.

[@jamesmarshall8836]

The actor who played Basil Rathbone's son is still alive. Someone should interview him about the film before it's too late.

[@smoothrooster74]

Somebody did James! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJy9c32aabqHoq8

[@smoothrooster74]

Around the 39 minute mark..

[@anthonybadzhaksizyan5273]

My favorite Frankenstein film

[@garrettmeadows2273]

They come any better than Basil Rathbone.

[@jesusapolicarpio-delacruz3851]

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...HOME OF THE ORIGINAL HORRORS...I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ACQUIRED 8 FRANKENSTEIN FILMS ON BLU~RAY SOMETIME AGO...NEVER GET TIRED BEING SCARED STIFF!!!

[@abbdabs67]

wow never seen this trailer before great

[@BRENDANGCARROLL]

Thank you so much for posting this rare film. I would love to know where it has been hiding for nearly 80 years!

[@johnsullivan6982]

Great to see this original trailer and not the usual Realart re-release trailers. Original Universal trailers are quite rate, so this is a treat since the recent bluray has additional minutes not seen in prior DVD issues. It is strange to see scenes lifted from 1935 Bride of Frankenstein inserted and the Waxman music score used...guess we will never know why. Hopefully more original trailers can be unearthed.

[@stephend.vankooten5261]

Bums Let us Watch this movie FREE

[@deckofcards87]

Hi, is there anywhere I can download these trailers uncompressed? :)

[@jonathanfroes8189]

I'll check if I have that uploaded to my dropbox

[@GolgothaBlack]

@@jonathanfroes8189 I wouldn't mind that myself.

[@marcdewey3848]

I remember one scene in this movie where the little boy told that a giant (the monster)came into his bedroom and took his story book.

[@octobersun221]

My favourite horror film.

[@MrSteve24fps]

Strange that music from Frankenstein's opening credits and then snatches from Waxman's score from Bride of Frankenstein were used but totally omits the Frank Skinner score for the film it's promoting!

[@johnnyedify]

Also used alternate takes as well. May have been put together in a hurry before score was finalized.

[@genedryer-bivins8314]

Back then trailers for upcoming films were almost always released before the film was completed, including the addition of the new score. Almost every trailer ever made used old music from the studio's library.

[@RasslinRelics]

Skinner,because of the overrun in filming,barely got the score finished in time for the premiere, so they probably went with what they had.

[@tonybensley6246]

Thank you so much for this beautiful upload, Jonathan! That SON OF FRANKENSTEIN lettering looks almost 3-D to my eyes! This is perfect timing for me, as I plan to view the Blu-ray of this very feature soon! CHEERS! Tony

[@zaranyzerak]

What a fantastic find! Thank you so much for transferring and sharing it with us!

[@DeedeeSch1]

Best ever!

[@animateangus]

I've just noticed that the final title card seems to be a test composite shot with an unidentified technician standing in.

[@geraldstephens6612]

Wasn't this movie the last as Boris Karloff playing the Frankenstein monster?

[@daveelstad6935]

Such a great movie. To bad they didn't use Frank Skinner's awesome score from it. I tried to get a little bit of this look into my low budget "Lust of the Dead" (Amazon). The Germans had a huge influence on American horror films of the 30s. Even non-horror films i. e. "The Informer".

[@SlashManEXE]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing

[@francescoromani4539]

Basil Rathbone not villain or Sherlock Holmes in the movie. XD

[@Mrsilenciobackgammon]

Very nice, great job! I for some reason never remember seeing this trailer?

[@genedryer-bivins8314]

It's been lost. The copy this was uploaded from was just rediscovered.

[@jimbackus3172]

Interesting, that explains it.

[@animateangus]

Amazing!

[@mxylpx]

Luv this trailer and still a good print!

[@mxylpx]

Using Franz Waxman's Bride score...

[@greengrassofhome]

It's alive! The Son of Frankenstein! 👍

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

So cool Thank you for the upload

[@NatValCas]

Wow! Thank You, Jonathan, what a treat.

[@toddfeiertag3658]

This is just wonderful! I never thought I would ever get to see it. Someone mentioned that it's uncut but there seems to be two small jumps. One at 0:22/0:23 which jumps from "And fear grips the village anew" to "A man tainted...". Then at 1:58/1:59 there's another jump right after Rathbone picks up the rock to a scene with Rathbone and Atwill. Can you confirm this? All in all, it's a FANTASTIC trailer and it's great to finally see it!! Love the original GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN trailer too!! Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@jonathanfroes8189]

Todd Feiertag it's been a while since I last saw that roll...couldn't really tell you

[@irened.]

Hey, is that *the* Todd F...?? As in... *gulps* O_o Todd doesn't know it yet but I'm gonna marry him! I decided while browsing eBay. Just as soon as I'm done marrying Kirk H, the Metallica guy. Hey, Bela's *original painting* and White Zombie costume PLUS BONUS: Poelzig's pajamas, trumps The Black Cat poster and LC. (And I want that LC soo bad! But I want Kirk's stuff "more bad". Particularly that painting!) I just hope I don't end up with half a painting and half a costume and half an LC! Ok, so I'm glad we had this conversation.

[@MichaelGershbein]

Is there a story behind how this was found?

[@jonathanfroes8189]

not really a big story...just a guy that worked at cbs that passed and this was store inside his house full of tv and film equipment...barely walkable inside. the reel had two more trailers which I didn't bother doing anything with it one being a re-release of king kong and the other gone with the wind fully faded and obviously the son and the ghost of Frankenstein. so that's that!

[@MichaelGershbein]

Decent enough story! Wonder what other treasures might be sitting inside his house.

[@jonathanfroes8189]

Michael Gershbein house sits empty now...but there was some dumont equipment there...tons of brand new parts for ampro projectors and rca. I'll say 95% of everything that was there have probably turned into Prius cars now...sad but everybody has a limit on what they can save

[@HoorayTV21]

@@jonathanfroes8189 Can we get an HD copy of the Kong trailer. Be THE source for that trailer, please.

[@animateangus]

@@HoorayTV21 I second the Kong trailer request! Would be great to see a better quality upgrade.

[@irened.]

So, I finally watched this film (I thought I'd already seen it!) Frankenstein (monster) as a roving maniac who kills everything and everyone in sight! Quite a change from the "innocent" creature of films 1 & 2. Problem? While they penned a beautiful friendship between Lugosi's Ygor & "Frankie's M." we hardly get to see more than 10 secs here and there! Karloff is barely in this film at all! I wonder if he sat in the make up chair 4 hours (one-way!) only to wait around 8 hrs and have nothing to film? The cinematography is good but, regretfully, this is the Rathbone/Atwill show. And boy, are their characters boring, particularly Frankenstein (BR)! Atwill is ok, but there's just way too much of him & his Nazi-like persona & it's just too "talky"! I like that they penned a lot of Lugosi, but with that furry beard and yuck teeth, it was all lost on me! I would have much preferred Bela walking around in a tux! XD What a disappointment this film is! No wonder Karloff never again would be Frankenstein (House of & Owlet wing Route 66 notwithstanding!) If they had billed BR & LA first, then Bela third & Boris last, we wouldn't have expected any more than they gave us. It took me 3 days to get through this one. Mostly it's the British accents without subtitles. (I guess I don't speak English!) Even Bela I had trouble understanding and I understand him much better than American accents or even Karloff's! Sorry for the rant but it's truly a let down. Anyone else felt the same here?? I did read they penned the script daily, as they went along filming, which gave Bela a meaty role. Still, were they drunk? This is as bad as Mark of the Vampire! One doesn't tune in to a Frankenstein film to watch Rathbone (or just flatten his top & bolt his neck already!) nor a MOTV film to hear Lionel Barrymore yap nonstop & not see but 10 secs of vampires here & there. My fellow fans: Films, ruined!

[@francescoromani4539]

Oh my god! Innocent?

[@obywatelcane6775]

This movie was primitive as hell. Last time I have seen it was about 10 years ago but I still remember that interior with only one table. It's a low budget B movie even by the 40's standards. More like a theatrical play than a movie.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Wrong on every count.

[@francescoromani4539]

What's!?!