WHAT HATH FRANKENSTEIN
wrought? The success of Whale’s film
led to a horror-movie boom. Many of
these films featured Karloff, who soon
found himself typecast in the genre.
Though he eventually cut ties withUniversal after performing in a film that
he called “a monster clambake,” he
remained grateful for the role that had
brought him such success. “God bless
the old boy,” he once said. “Without
him, I would have been nowhere.”59CO
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