A fairly gruesome, but entirely appropriate, ending to the movie was discarded during shooting, and Halliwell commented:

‘…when Henry demands a fresh female brain, the hunchback was to have brought him that of his captive wife instead of the streetwalker whose end we now witness. This would have given real ironic meaning to the title, making the female creature both Henry’s bride and the monster’s.’

The acting of both Ernest Thesiger and E. E. Clive in the scene clearly implies that this was the original intention.

Boris Karloff didn’t like the idea of the Monster talking, as he felt it diminished its sinister presence.

Universal recently released a splendid box-set of five Frankenstein movies, comprising the original, The Bride of, Son of, Ghost of, and House of.  The quality of the transfers is superb; the extras are well worth watching, and every movie-lover should own it this instant.