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When Universal Pictures tapped stage veteran James Whale to direct a film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein in 1931, he needed to find the perfect monster. The right actor obviously had to look frightening, but that wouldn’t be enough. There needed to be a touch of humanity underneath the walking patchwork of corpses.
Boris Karloff rose to the challenge by playing the unloved creature with both tenderness and menace. A box office smash,
Frankenstein made Karloff a superstar, especially within the horror genre. Here are 13 things you should know about the screen legend.
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