Frankenstein (1931 film) the deliberately farcical "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). Though it is unrelated to the Universal series, the later "Frankenstein 1970" has the scientist Frankenstein, here played by Karloff, animate the Monster using a nuclear reactor. Although Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant is often referred to as "Igor" in descriptions of the films, he is not so called in the earliest films. In both "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein", Frankenstein has an assistant who is played both times by Dwight Frye who is crippled. In the original 1931 film the character is named "Fritz" who is hunchbacked and walks with the aid
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (franchise) composed by Alan Menken. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (franchise) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a Disney media franchise, commencing in 1996 with the release of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is one of the few Disney films of their Renaissance era of animation (along with "The Rescuers Down Under", "The Lion King", "Hercules", and "Tarzan") to not have a female protagonist featured in the Disney Princess franchise that was created in the early 2000s, due to its female protagonist Esmeralda not being classified as a princess. This has resulted in the franchise having