- Geboren am
- Verstorben29. Mai 1957 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA (Selbstmord durch Ertrinken)
- Spitzname
- Jimmy
- Größe1,83 m
- James Whale wurde am 22 Juli 1889 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK geboren. Er war Regisseur und künstlerischer Leiter, bekannt für Frankensteins Braut (1935), Der Unsichtbare (1933) und Frankenstein (1931). Er starb am 29 Mai 1957 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Darkly comic sense of humor
- Life partner David Lewis found him dead in Whale's Santa Monica swimming pool; he didn't disclose the suicide note until close to his own death in 1987, leaving Whale's death - up to that time - a mystery.
- Personally responsible for selecting Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster.
- The painful last years of his life in Hollywood, where he was one of the few celebrities to live openly acknowledging his homosexuality, were depicted by Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters (1998).
- Because Whale's status as a director at Universal under the Carl Laemmle regime grew until he was given total control over his films, many of his films carry the credit "A James Whale Production", even though Whale never actually produced his films; the producing chores were always handled by someone else.
- Four of his films were nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills: Frankenstein (1931), Der Unsichtbare (1933), Frankensteins Braut (1935) and Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske (1939). "Frankenstein" made the list at #56.
- A director must be pretty bad if he can't get a thrill out of war, murder, robbery.
- [on Boris Karloff] His face fascinated me. I made drawings of his head, adding sharp bony ridges where I imagined the skull might have joined.
- [to Paul Robeson, upon hearing and seeing the "Ol' Man River" sequence in Whale's 1936 film Show Boat (1936)] The spine-chilling effect of that one song was something I shall never forget.
- [on Frankenstein (1931)] That queer, penetrating personality of [Boris Karloff]'s was more important than his shape, which could be easily altered.
- Frankensteins Braut (1935) - $2,500 per week
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