Peter Boyle comedy "Young Frankenstein", in which, in an homage to "King Kong", the monster is placed onstage in top hat and tails, grunt-singing and dancing to the song "Puttin' on the Ritz". Boyle said at the time, "The Frankenstein monster I play is a baby. He's big and ugly and scary, but he's just been born, remember, and it's been traumatic, and to him the whole world is a brand new alien environment. That's how I'm playing it". Boyle met his wife, Loraine Alterman, on the set of "Young Frankenstein" while she was there as a reporter for "Rolling Stone". He
Son of Frankenstein feature. The impressive box office results led to similarly successful revivals nationwide. Universal soon decided to make a big-budget "Frankenstein" sequel. As director James Whale was similarly in a slump and did not wish to make any more horror films, Universal selected Rowland V. Lee to direct "Son of Frankenstein". Lee's film explores dramatic themes: family, security, isolation, responsibility and father-son relationships. "Son of Frankenstein" marks changes in the Monster's character from "Bride of Frankenstein". The Monster is duller and no longer speaks, explained by being injured by a lightning strike. The monster also wore a giant fur vest, not