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HOLLYWOOD'S HAPPIEST MONSTER THE STORY OF BORIS KARLOFF AND HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH MONSTERS waist on the operating table staring at the special effect men who were busy touching red hot arcs together creating flashes of “lightning.” Karloff quivered inter¬ nally hoping the whole time none of the hot carbon would fall on his chest — fortunately none did. Made at a cost of $250,000 by Universal, “Franken¬ stein grossed $12,000,000 for its owners. It is still taken out of the film vaults, dusted off and flashed on screens around the globe. Considered a classic by movie critics, it makes the audiences flesh creep whenever it is shown. Probably the only mistake Universal made in the whole production of “Frankenstein” was showing the hapless monster being burned “alive” in an old mill at the end of the film. When the picture began breaking box office records a hasty script conference was called to “save” “Frankenstein” and studio profits. Rushing a second version before the cameras, Whale brought Karloff back to the screen with the “Bride of Frankenstein.” This picture picked up where “Frankenstein” had been left off - in a burning mill. This time he was shown falling into a mill pond which kept the monster from being turned into a monsterous hot dog. Next Karloff donned the togs of Dr. Frankenstein’s stepchild in “Son of Frankenstein.” This was to be the actors last bout in front of the cameras as “Franken¬ stein.” Others picked up where Karloff left and the se¬ ries continued on and off for a few years more. For once in his life Karloff found himself rich, fa¬ mous and in great demand by the studios. He was de¬ lighted to find worse and worse scripts pressed into his eager hands by directors and producers. Turning the Karloff in his role as the butler in “The Old Dark House.”