They never found out who killed her.They never even found a motive." The tragic recollection of the unsolved murder case where her aunt was murdered (and her valuable jewels, a gift from the Tsar, were missing - the film""s MacGuffin) is un-nerving o the meek and disconcerted Paula.Many years later, one of director Mel Brooks"" best satires,Young Frankenstein (1974)honored Whale""s original film by parodying some of the scenes and set ofThe Bride of Frankenstein.Meanwhile, Barbossa explained to Elizabeth how the medallion was "Aztec gold, one of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortes himself." She lowered the book, revealing her unusual beauty, and then feigned falling asleep to gain Richard""s awe-struck attention by having her book drop to the floor." They both slip and collapse in a jumble on the floor, and she insults him by regarding his cloddishness as hopeless and unteachable - unfortunately within the hearing of the proprietor Mr.