Boris Karloff is the iconic monster in this Universal Classic, Frankenstein! Starring Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. The signature monster makeup was provided by Jack Pierce. Directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. MONSTER TRAILERS