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Gavin Gordon has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Bride of Frankenstein.
The Brides of Dracula
1960
Horror
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Dir. James Whale · With Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Lionel Atwill, Glenda Farrell, Allen Vincent
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
Dir. Crane Wilbur · With Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Dir. Frank Capra · With Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori
