Josephine Hutchinson credited as playing...
Elsa von Frankenstein
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Inspector, I'm more terrified every minute.
- Inspector Krogh: Madam, I personally guarantee to get you and your son out of here in the morning.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: And Wolf - he's a bundle of, of uncontrollable nerves, and...
- Inspector Krogh: Yes. I'm going in now to... comfort him.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: What a dreadful storm and awful lightning.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: It's magnificent. Nothing in nature is terrifying when one understands it. Darling, my father drew that very lightning from heaven and forced it to his own will to bring life to a being he created with his own hands. Why should we fear anything?
- Inspector Krogh: But I'm curious to know why you chose that place to work.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: It was my father's.
- Inspector Krogh: But without a roof?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Oh, I sealed it up with some heavy canvas.
- Inspector Krogh: Don't the sulphur fumes bother you?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: No, no no, not at all.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Sulphur fumes?
- Inspector Krogh: Oh, uh, forgive me, Baron. Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned that. I thought madam knew.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Tell me.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Well, you see, darling, our family history states that the structure was built by the Romans over a natural sulphur pit, and used by them as mineral baths.
- Inspector Krogh: One of the first health resorts, perhaps.
- [Chuckling]
- Inspector Krogh: Health resort.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Yes, possibly.
- Inspector Krogh: But during the succeeding centuries, the boiling sulphur increased in its intensity, until now, I believe, it is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Exactly.
- Inspector Krogh: And even the stoutest Roman couldn't venture into that today without being parboiled to the bone in just a few moments.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wolf, you do pick the strangest places.
- Inspector Krogh: I'd like to see how you fixed it up.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: I'll have you come there some time... and parboil you.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: [There is a banging noise offscreen] That awful knocker. Fritz, will you see who it is, please? Oh, Wolf, couldn't we install an old-fashioned doorbell? That boom almost makes me jump out of my skin.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Yes, dear. I'll have a bell put in.
- Inspector Krogh: That knocker must have been used in the old days to arouse the entire household. A sort of call to arms in times of danger.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: [Elsa is in bed. Wolf hides a revolver beneath his pillow. He is about to blow out the candle when she speaks] Wolf. What happened to Benson?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: I don't know, really, dear. I've been working him pretty hard lately. Maybe he just wanted to go out and get drunk.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: But Benson doesn't drink.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Oh, well, perhaps he does sometimes. Uh, but he'll be back in the morning bright and early, you'll see. Don't worry about him.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: It's you I'm worried about. You aren't yourself. Are you keeping something from me?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: No, darling. Is this place getting on your nerves?
- Elsa von Frankenstein: I hate it here, Wolf. I'm terribly afraid all the time.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: I'm sorry, dear. I'm going to send you and Peter away in the morning. I want you to take a trip to Brussels and I'll follow you in a few days.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: I've tried so desperately to match your bravery, but...
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Oh, my dear!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: I'll be alright.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: There's a good girl. Where are you going?
- Elsa von Frankenstein: To get Peter. I'll feel better having him in here with me.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Inspector!
- Inspector Krogh: Madam.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: My dear, I assume from the inspector's attitude and pointed implications that I am under arrest.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Arrest?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Yes, it appears that we've returned to the Middle Ages. The villagers have laid siege to the castle and are crying out for blood, blood, blood!
- Inspector Krogh: Madam, I...
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: A man is murdered a mile away, and do you know what killed him? My name. The very name of Frankenstein burst his heart. And now the happy little villagers are clamoring for my blood!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wolf!
- Inspector Krogh: I'm afraid the baron is in a humorous mood this morning. I suppose it has its humorous side, but you're not under arrest, madam. I'm merely here to guarantee you protection against any unprovoked assault.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: "Unprovoked assault"!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wolf! Inspector, you mean it isn't safe for us to leave?
- Inspector Krogh: I'm afraid not, madam. But is there any reason why you shouldn't be perfectly safe here?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: If one simpleminded villager as much as sets foot inside that door, I'l shoot him like a dog! And you can tell them that for me, as long as you won't allow me to tell them myself!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wolf! I've never seen him so violent.
- Inspector Krogh: Madam, last night I missed my dinner, and this morning I've had no breakfast. Now do you think...
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Certainly. I'll order some at once.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Superstitious, blundering idiot! Prying, insinuating, accusing. I'll kick him out of the house! I'll not be heckled by a stupid, intolerable policeman!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wolf, the way you're carrying on, if I were a policeman, I'd be suspicious myself.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: You would?
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Yes, I would! Mysterious things have happened. A murder in the village, our own dear Benson disappears for no reason. They probably think you, like your father, have created another monster, or...
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Why, he's got even you, my own wife, believing that I...
- Elsa von Frankenstein: I believe nothing. I don't care about Krogh. But I'm afraid, for you, for Peter. And only you, Wolf, can restore my confidence.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Oh, please, darling, Elsa, please, please have faith in me! I'm sorry that I lost control of myself. I-I-I've no reason for being nervous like this, but, but I've been working too hard. A terrific experiment - one that I wanted to surprise you with.
- [*He gazes up at the portrait of his father*]
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: One that would establish me and my -
- [Elsa also looks at the painting. Wolf hastily turns her face towards him]
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: - and my work. My work. It's something outstanding in the world of science. But believe me, darling. Believe me, there's nothing to be afraid of.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: I wouldn't be afraid, if I hadn't, for the first time, sensed that you were afraid.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Me? Oh, silly!
- [He embraces her]
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Everything's under control. I'll not lose my temper again, you'll see.
- [They both jump at the sound of the doorknocker]
- Peter von Frankenstein: Here we are.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Peter! Peter! Peter! Peter! Open the door!
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Peter, this is Inspector Krogh.
- Peter von Frankenstein: How do you do?
- Inspector Krogh: How do you do, sir?
- Peter von Frankenstein: You're not supposed to shake hands with our left hands.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Peter!
- Inspector Krogh: I'm sorry. That was very, very rude of me.
- Peter von Frankenstein: You're not supposed to wear gloves in the house, either.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Son!
- Inspector Krogh: Sorry about that too. But you see I only have one real arm. This one isn't mine.
- Peter von Frankenstein: Well, whose is it?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Oh, darling. This is Inspector Krogh of the police.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: [She extends her right hand] How do you do?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: [He uses his left hand to shake hers] Madam.
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: He called to assure us that he's at our service.
- Elsa von Frankenstein: It's very good of you, Inspector. Perhaps you'll honor us one night soon at dinner.
- Inspector Krogh: Madam, I... I shall be honored, madam.
- [He bows and exits]
- Elsa von Frankenstein: Wasn't he odd?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: Yes. He said that if the villagers bothered us, he'd take a hand.
- Peter von Frankenstein: [Pointing to a mounted head] What's that, Daddy?
- Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: That? That's a boar.
- Peter von Frankenstein: Like Aunt Fanny?
- Elsa von Frankenstein: No, Peter, not like Aunt Fanny. A wild boar.
- Peter von Frankenstein: I hope I don't have teeth like that.
- Amelia: Why, darling?
- Peter von Frankenstein: They'd be too hard to clean.