Frankenstein director James Whale has long been ready for the biopic treatment. He grew up in a Midlands slum, was openly gay and responsible for creating one of cinema's most enduring images: that of the flat-headed, bolt-necked Monster portrayed by Boris Karloff. But, instead of taking a straightforward Ed Wood-type approach to his subject, helmer Bill Condon (Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh) has chosen to adapt a fictional account of the last months of Whale's life based on the novel Father Of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram.
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