A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
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Mae Clarke
- Elizabeth (edited from "Frankenstein")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
- Crosby (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Raymond Hackett
- Paul (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
- Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
- Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Max Schreck
- Count Orlok (edited from 'Nosferatu')
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Helen Twelvetrees
- Annabelle West (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
- Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Gustav von Wangenheim
- Hutter (edited from "Nosferatu")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Albert DeMond(uncredited)
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaSince The Cat Creeps (1930) is a lost film, the footage used in "Boo" is the only material from it known to exist.
- Quotes
Narrator: With times as tough as they are we present our formula for the cheapest form of amusement: nightmares. First you eat a real lobster, not the kind they send to congress.
- Crazy creditsCarl Laemmle presents A Universal Brevity
- ConnectionsEdited from Nosferatu (1922)
Featured review
What nightmares are made of.
This nice and unusual little vintage Universal comedy short goes out of its way to throw in footage of the golden b/w horror films; "Nosferatu", "Frankenstein" and "The Cat Creeps". The clips ranging from these three films are strung along by a mockery-laced narration. There's no harm here, even if it can be lame and downright pointless, but its hard not get a cackle from some of the noteworthy scenes and rapturously smarting remarks. It only goes for about 10 minutes, so it pretty much breezes by with well-etch editing and the likable humour gladly doesn't overstay its welcome. Corny maybe, but that's just due to the times. This is definitely an interesting and enjoyable supplement, which is provided on Universal's Frankenstein DVD.
helpful•10
- lost-in-limbo
- Mar 14, 2007
Details
- Runtime10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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