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Trivia: We see character actor John Carradine as one of the hunters who arrives at the blind man's hut, seeking a way out of the woods, as he and his pal are lost. Carradine would be seen in Grapes of Wrath and Carradine would play Dracula, in House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula.

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Trivia: The film was originally approx. 90 minutes. After editing the final run time is 75 minutes. Edits included a shortened prologue with Mary, Percy, and Byron. Also cut was a subplot with Karl committing several murders and blame being placed on the monster.

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Trivia: Billy Barty, best known as a Munchkin in Wizard of Oz, can be seen as a baby in a high chair, in a shot from behind Praetorius, as he displays his experiments in the glass jars. Dialog about the baby was deleted.

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Trivia: Una O'Connor, who plays the part of Minnie, can be seen in the opening prologue, she has a number of Russian wolf hounds on leases and exits the room from right to left.

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Trivia: Originally planned to be filmed in color but that was dropped. Some say it was because of the high costs of color film and cameras. Others say that the Karloff monster makeup, grey-green greasepaint worked for black and white lighting and filming, but looked ridiculous in color. There are surviving home movies made during the filming of Son, showing Karloff in his makeup and vest. You can decide if the right decision was made.

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Trivia: Praetorius shows Henry his experiments: Henry VIII was a nod to Elsa Lanchester's husband, Charles Laughton, who starred in the Private Lives of Henry VIII. The mermaid was an Olympic swimmer, who also doubled for Maureen O'Sullivan during the nude swimming scene in Tarzan and His Mate. Praetorius remarks that the Devil bears a resemblance to him. An inside joke is that the actor, Peter Shaw, was Ernest Thesiger's double in the film.

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Audio problem: As Krogh fires his revolver at the monster, the sound is out of sync.

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