Yesterday, so it is one day belated....

On September 28, and on the 29th, in 1931, director James Whale and his crew, with actors Boris Karloff, Michael Mark, and 7-year old Marilyn Harris, shot the controversial "Maria the flower girl" drowning scene from...

FRANKENSTEIN

...at Malibou Lake, about 30 miles west of Universal studios.

It was the longest number of consecutive hours that Boris Karloff ever spent in the make-up.

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--Sid Terror
Horror Drunx: Hollywood Chapter Leader