(Additional dialogue was added to the screenplay by novelist James Hilton and Robert Benchley and over a dozen other uncredited scriptwriters." Mary contends that she has told only part of her story, and then explains that Frankenstein""s Monster (Boris Karloff) did not perish, but actually survived the fire that destroyed the blazing old windmill in the first film:Mary: That wasn""t the end at all.That evening, a private catered dinner party (prepared by her chef) was hurriedly set up in Marie""s Wayland Hotel suite, where she planned to graciously entertain the exclusively-invited guests with piano playing (by Mr.It was also the shortest Best Picture winner at 91 minutes.Plot SynopsisThe film depicts thirty-six hours in the life of the main character: 34 year-old, bug-eyed Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine) - an ordinary, burly, heavy-set Bronx butcher.