She's Alive!!!
“She’s Alive!!!” James Whale’s 1935 science-fiction horror masterpiece — starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester — comes to life with Franz Waxman’s fantastic symphonic score. “Some movies age; others ripen. Seen today, Whale’s masterpiece is more surprising than when it was made because today’s audiences don’t have to deconstruct it to enjoy it; it’s satirical, exciting, funny, and an influential masterpiece of art direction.” Roger Ebert
Program Information
Film Credits
Cast
Boris Karloff — The Monster
Colin Clive — Baron Henry von Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson — Elizabeth von Frankenstein
Ernest Thesiger — Dr. Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester — Mary Shelley / The Monster’s Mate
Gavin Gordon — Lord Byron
Douglas Walton — Percy Shelley
Una O’Connor — Minnie the Housekeeper
Screenplay by
William Hurlbut
From the novel ” Frankenstein”
by Mary Shelley
Directed by
James Whale
Produced by
Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Music by
Franz Waxman
A Universal Picture
Production Credits
Producer: John Goberman
Technical Supervisor: Pat McGillen
Music Preparation: Larry Spivack
Live Orchestra Adaptation: Patrick Russ
Running Time: 75 minutes
The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations).
A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.
Orchestration
Flute 1
Flute 2/Piccolo
Flute 3/Piccolo
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
English Horn
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2/Bass Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Contrabassoon
4 Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani
3 Percussion
Harp
Piano/Celeste
Synthesizer
Strings
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