The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein
Directed by	Erle C. Kenton
Screenplay by	W. Scott Darling[1]
Story by	Eric Taylor[1]
Produced by	George Waggner[1]
Starring	Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Bellamy Lionel Atwill Bela Lugosi Evelyn Ankers Lon Chaney Jr.
Cinematography	Woody Bredell Milton R. Krasner[1]
Edited by	Ted Kent[1]
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Production company	Universal Pictures Company, Inc.[2]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Release date	13 March 1942 (1942-03-13)
Running time	67 minutes[1]
Country	United States[2]
Language	English

The Ghost of Frankenstein is a 1942 American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton^[2] and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi. It is the fourth film in the Frankenstein series by Universal Pictures, and the follow-up to Son of Frankenstein (1939). The film's plot follows the previous film's plot: Frankenstein's Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) and his companion Ygor (Bela Lugosi) are chased out of town. They go to another small town to encourage the younger son of Henry Frankenstein (Cedric Hardwicke) to continue his father's experiments, so that Ygor can have revenge against his enemies and his brain transplanted into the Monster's skull.

The film was the first in the series with Chaney portraying the monster and was cast one day after the film was announced by Universal. It began production in December 1941 and finished in January 1942. On its release it received praise as being as strong as the previous films from The Hollywood Reporter and The Motion Picture Herald while it received negative reviews from New York Daily News and The New York Times.