Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (lost Bela Lugosi monster dialogue of Universal horror film; 1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is the fifth film in Universal's Frankenstein horror film series, as well as a sequel to 1941's The Wolf Man. The film is notable for being Universal's first "Monster Mash", in addition to introducing the iconic "Frankenstein Walk". However most people do not know the reason for the film's odd portrayal of the Frankenstein Monster. Originally this was not the case as the Monster had dialogue which was cut from the film.
The History
Lugosi had previously portrayed Ygor in 1939's Son of Frankenstein and 1942's Ghost of Frankenstein. He had also been cast as the Monster in the first movie and later backed out. Regretting his decision, Lugosi was glad to be playing the Monster in this film. However at the climax of Ghost of Frankenstein, Ygor gets his brain transplanted in the Monster's body and ends up losing his eyesight. This would cause a change in the next film.
The Dialogue
The dialogue for the Monster in the film would be different than the previous dialogue from the other films. Reportedly the Monster would have a split personality switching from the Monster and Ygor. Lines included "Frankenstein gave me life and his son gave me a brain". The dialogue was a big part of the story explaining that the Monster was blind which when cut, ended up creating the iconic "Frankenstein Walk".
Cut From The Film
After the footage was shot the test audiences found the Monster speaking with Lugosi's natural Hungarian accent quote "unintentionally funny". This was what is generally assumed to be the reason that the dialogue was cut. This caused a few inconsistencies such as when the Monster is brought to "full power" his eyes flutter open and he can be seen smiling (this was meant to signify that he had regained his sight and strength, the blindness as well as the weakness which was to be explained previously). The dialogue has been lost and is assumed to be destroyed by Universal.
Note
There is a YouTube user by the name of Cynthia Levin who after removing some background music, found that a small snippet of dialogue that was left in. Said dialogue cannot be heard during normal viewings of the film. The dialogue in question features the Monster saying "It's all here!".