The Bride of Frankenstein Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs

Elsa Lanchester | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy International
• ASIN: B000002NRR
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,194 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Elsa Lanchester Lite, January 29, 2001

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Brian Colbath Watson (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bride of Frankenstein Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs (Audio CD)

This album was originally released on vinyl as "Elsa Lanchester Sings Songs For A Shuttered Parlor." That album had introductions by her husband, Charles Laughton. I don't know why the Laughton intros have been deleted for this. They could have been kept as separate tracks to be included in the playback or not as the listener wished. An opportunity missed.

This album title is misleading. This is not an album of Cockney songs. There is also an annoying identifier here: "The Bride of Frankenstein" with a helpful photo for those, I suppose, unfamiliar with the name Elsa Lanchester. That and the extremely skimpy information on this cheap looking CD presentation diminish an otherwise worthy offering. I'm grateful that this was transferred to disc, but wish for more.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic British Music Hall Style, June 12, 1998

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This review is from: The Bride of Frankenstein Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs (Audio CD)

This is a delightful album. The songs are full or wit and puns and Miss Lanchester, who cannot sing, some how manages to do so admirably with these amusing sougs. A classic of the genre.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Source of the Songs, June 7, 2007

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Jim Jr (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bride of Frankenstein Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs (Audio CD)

The title is misleading as the songs are not Cockney songs at all. Almost all of the material was written for her by Forman Brown and originally performed at the Turnabout Theatre in Los Angeles. This was the theatre that had marionette musical shows at one end of the theatre and at intermission the streetcar seats were flipped back and a live review was performed on the second stage. Miss Lancaster stared in the live reviews for a number of years using these songs.