Want to make it a four-some?John: Nothin"" doin"", Bert! I""m studying nights!Bert: Aw, come on! These babies have got what ain""t in books!John: Well, I""ll try anything once.The impressive musical score was composed by Franz Waxman.As in the original film, the screenplay (by John L.Balderston and William Hurlbut) was adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley""s 1816 novel.In the opening (and closing) credits, ""The Monster""s Mate"" is identified with only a question mark, although Elsa Lanchester is credited for playing Mary Shelley in the film""s prologue.(1924), with Kathryn McGuireThe Navigator (1924), with Kathryn McGuireSeven Chances (1925), with Ruth DwyerGo West (1925), with Kathleen MyersThe General (1927), with Marion MackCollege (1927), with Ann CornwallSteamboat Bill, Jr.It has been generally claimed that this mostly-uncensored film (considered objectionable by some) and West""s other 1933 picture,I""m No Angel (1933), both helped to spur the coming of stricter enforcement by the Hays Production Code one year later (with the Motion Picture Production Code (MPPC)), and the development of the Catholic Legion of Decency.[This allows time for Holly to remain in Vienna for a week o conduct hisowninvestigation into the truth of Lime""s death.