The Universal horror that comes closest to noir, both in story and sensibility, however, is The Invisible Man ( 1933 ), directed by Englishman James Whale and photographed by American Arthur Edeson.

Frankenstein was the first in a series which lasted for many years, although Karloff only featured as the monster in Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), again directed by Whale, and Son of Frankenstein ( 1939 ).

Whale directed over a dozen films in other genres, including what is considered the definitive film version of the musical Show Boat ( 1936 ).

Including Journey's End ( 1930 ), Whale directed a dozen films for Universal Studios between 1930 and 1936, developing a style characterized by the influence of German Expressionism and a highly mobile camera.

At the height of his popularity as a director, Whale directed The Road Back, a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, in 1937.

Whale also directed this version, which premiered at Henry Miller's Theatre on 22 March 1929.

Also in 1933 Whale directed the romantic comedy By Candlelight which got good reviews and was a modest box office hit.

Whale directed his final film in 1950, a short subject based on the William Saroyan one-act play Hello Out There.

* Port of Seven Seas ( 1938 ; written by Preston Sturges and directed by James Whale ) with Maureen O ' Sullivan

* A film made in 1937, a comedy called The Great Garrick directed by James Whale is a fictional story revolving around Garrick's acting skills and his ego which inspires the Académie française to teach him a lesson.

Witi Ihimaera wrote the novel that became the critically acclaimed movie Whale Rider, directed by Nikki Caro.

Among her other films are Laughter ( 1930 ), Paramount on Parade ( 1930 ), Hot Saturday ( 1932 ) with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, The Kiss Before the Mirror ( 1933 ) directed by James Whale, and Broken Lullaby aka The Man I Killed ( 1932 ) directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

That year, she re-created her role as Magnolia in what is considered the classic film version of the famous musical Show Boat, directed by James Whale.

* 1939: The Man in the Iron Mask-American black-and-white film directed by James Whale, starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William and Alan Hale ( as " Porthos ")

* 1937, The Road Back-motion picture directed by James Whale and starring among others, Noah Beery, Jr. and Richard Cromwell.

Produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, it depicts the early events of the manga up to Gon's ocean voyage from Whale Island.

Mozart and the Whale ( released as Crazy in Love in some parts of Europe ) is a 2005 romantic-drama film starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell, and directed by Petter Næss.

Clive first worked with James Whale in the Savoy Theatre production of Journey's End and subsequently joined the British community in Hollywood in the 1930s, repeating his stage role in the 1930 film version of Journey's End, which was directed by Whale.

Clive's first screen role, in Journey's End, was incidentally directed by James Whale.

His very first film, directed by Whale, was unfortunately destroyed before having been released, but with his second movie, Journey's End ( 1930 ), The New York Times and Variety officially bestowed their imprimatur upon the fledgling film actor.

At the Young Vic he directed A Servant To Two Masters ( national & international tour & West End ), As I Lay Dying, Twelfth Night, Blood Wedding, The Jungle Book, Grimm Tales (& international tour ), More Grimm Tales (& Broadway ), The Slab Boys Trilogy, Oedipus ; for the National Theatre: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Billy Liar ( national tour ), Accidental Death of an Anarchist ( national tour ), Whale, Romeo and Juliet, The Villains Opera ; for the RSC: Midnight ’ s Children ( Barbican, national tour & Apollo Theatre, New York ), Love in a Wood, Tales from Ovid ( Young Vic ), The Comedy of Errors ( national / international tour & Young Vic ), Spring Awakening: for Kenneth Branagh ’ s Renaissance Theatre Company: Coriolanus ( with Branagh, Judi Dench, Richard Briers and Iain Glenn ) and Traveling Tales.

Category: Films directed by James Whale

Whale had long resisted doing a sequel to Frankenstein as he feared being pigeonholed as a horror director.

With the success of Bride Laemmle was eager to put Whale to work on Dracula's Daughter, the sequel to Universal's first big horror hit.

Whale, wary of doing two horror films in a row and concerned that directing Dracula's Daughter could interfere with his plans for the remake of Show Boat, instead convinced Laemmle to buy the rights to a novel called The Hangover Murders.

In 1993, Rockman created Still Life, a still life depiction of a pile of fish and marine specimens, evoking reference to 1935 horror James Whale film Bride of Frankenstein and films by Luis Buñuel.

Orca ( Aka: Orca: The Killer Whale ) is a 1977 horror film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, and Will Sampson.

The Old Dark House ( 1932 ) is an American comedy horror film directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, produced just one year after their success with Frankenstein, also released by Universal Studios.

Time Out London praised the film stating that " Whale manages to parody the conventions of the dark house horror genre as he creates them, in which respect the film remains entirely modern.

James Whale ( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957 ) was an English film director, theatre director and actor.

A string of commercial failures followed and, while Whale would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was over.

The success of the various productions of Journey's End brought Whale to the attention of film producers.

Whale completed work on the film in 15 days and his contract was allowed to expire.

Whale next went to work for independent film producer and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, who planned to turn the previously silent Hughes production Hell's Angels ( 1930 ) into a talkie.

On both sides of the Atlantic the film was a tremendous critical and commercial success and placed Whale at the top of the British film industry.

Whale was furious, and the altered film was banned in Germany anyway.

Whale only made one additional successful feature film, The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1939 ), before retiring from the film industry in 1941.

With his film career behind him, Whale found himself at loose ends.

With the outbreak of World War II, Whale volunteered his services to make a training film for the United States Army.

Whale shot the film, called Personnel Placement in the Army, in February 1942.

Influential film critic Andrew Sarris, in his 1968 ranking of directors, lists Whale as " lightly likable ".

Father of Frankenstein served as the basis of the 1998 film Gods and Monsters with Ian McKellen as Whale and Brendan Fraser as Boone.

* May 29 – James Whale, English film director ( b. 1889 )

His novel Benighted ( 1927 ) was adapted into the James Whale film The Old Dark House ( 1932 ); the novel has been published under the film's name in the United States.

* The Whale Rider — a book ( by Witi Ihimaera ) and film inspired in part by the story of Paikea and Ruatapu.

Massey and Karloff had appeared together in the 1932 James Whale suspense film The Old Dark House.

Owen also appeared in the 2005 film, The Squid and the Whale.