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Colin Clive (1900-1937) was a British stage and movie actor. Clive’s most memorable role was Henry Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, in the 1931 film Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 37. His IMDb page shows 18 acting credits between 1930 and 1937. This page will rank Colin Clive movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Clive’s The Stronger Sex (1931) is the only movie not on the tables…but it has a 60% critic and audience rating.
Colin Clive Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1935
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
1931
Frankenstein (1931)
1937
History Is Made At Night (1937)
1937
The Woman I Love (1937)
1935
Clive of India (1935)
1935
Mad Love (1935)
1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
1930
Journey's End (1930)
1934
One More River (1934)
1933
Looking Forward (1933)
1935
The Right to Live (1935)
1933
Christopher Strong (1933)
1935
The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935)
1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
1934
The Key (1934)
1932
Lily Christine (1932)
1934
Jane Eyre (1934)
Colin Clive Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Colin Clive movie received.
- Sort Colin Clive movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | Boris Karloff & Elsa Lanchester |
5.70 | 256.7 | 256.70 | 2 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 2 | Frankenstein (1931) | Boris Karloff & Mae Clarke & John Boles |
5.30 | 273.4 | 273.40 | 3 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 3 | History Is Made At Night (1937) | Charles Boyer & Jean Arthur |
3.10 | 130.5 | 229.40 | 68 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 4 | The Woman I Love (1937) | Paul Muni | 2.20 | 91.7 | 129.90 | 108 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 5 | Clive of India (1935) | Ronald Colman & Loretta Young |
2.00 | 90.7 | 90.70 | 66 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 6 | Mad Love (1935) | Peter Lorre | 0.60 | 29.0 | 46.70 | 175 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 7 | The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) | Ronald Colman & Joan Bennett |
1.50 | 67.6 | 67.60 | 83 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 8 | Journey's End (1930) | David Manners | 1.10 | 61.1 | 61.10 | 107 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 9 | One More River (1934) | Jane Wyatt | 1.00 | 47.1 | 47.10 | 111 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 63.2 | |
| 10 | Looking Forward (1933) | Lionel Barrymore | 0.50 | 25.0 | 25.00 | 165 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 11 | The Right to Live (1935) | George Brent | 0.60 | 27.1 | 43.90 | 182 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 12 | Christopher Strong (1933) | Katharine Hepburn | 0.80 | 36.1 | 36.10 | 138 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 13 | The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935) | Bette Davis | 0.90 | 41.3 | 54.90 | 141 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 14 | The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935) | Dolores del Rio | 0.70 | 30.3 | 30.30 | 170 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | |
| 15 | The Key (1934) | William Powell & Donald Crisp |
0.80 | 36.0 | 51.70 | 138 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 16 | Lily Christine (1932) | Corinne Griffith | 0.30 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 179 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 22.4 | |
| 17 | Jane Eyre (1934) | Virginia Bruce | 0.30 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 191 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 |
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I have seen 8 Colin Clive movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Bride of Frankenstein.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is History is Made at Night.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Key.
Favourite Colin Clive movies I have seen:
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Clive of India
Other Colin Clive movies I have seen:
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Looking Forward
Christopher Strong
The Girl From 10th Avenue
The Key
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA:
1/After his early success Colin became a member of the “English Community” in Hollywood but sadly became a chronic alcoholic and as Bruce chronicles above died at just 37 years of age.
2/Historically Colin’s ‘masterpieces’ as an actor are probably the Frankenstein movies but today they are remembered for Karloff; and indeed even by the early 1950s we young boys were largely oblivious to Colin and we thought Frankenstein [or “Frankie” as we affectionaly nicknamed him] was actually Karloff as The Monster and not Colin’s character and we were fully aware of Boris as a movie star.
3/A glance at the posters and cast lists on both Wikipedia and IMDB will reveal that in 1931’s Frankenstein Colin was billed 1st and the largely unknown Karloff 4th. However by the time of 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein Boris had become a massive horror star and got top billing with 2nd billed Clive’s name appearing in much smaller letters on the posters. “And the first one now will later be last. Cause the time they are a changing.” – Bob Dylan.
Nevertheless despite its mayfly existence Colin’s career is a big part of Hollywood’s legendary Frankenstein cult. Not even Al Leach Brando or Bruce Willis’ ex-wife can lay claim to THAT! So Colin has his historical niche in movies and therefore this new page should be of intertest to the keen movie buff – so “Voted Up!” Well chosen Work Horse – more time in future please in profiling actors like Colin and less time digging up more grosses for The Thin Woman!
I have seen only two Colin Clive movies – unsurprisingly Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. However I had HEARD of these others:
Journey’s End**
Christopher Strong
One More River**
Clive of India
The Man who Broke the Bank——-
History is Made at Night.
**These two movies were directed by James Whale who directed the two Frankenstein movies. Whale was brilliantly played by Sir Ian McKellen in the 1998 movie Gods and Monsters; and actor Matt Mckenzie played Colin Clive in that movie.
Two years previous to the movie’s release Colin appeared in a stage version of Journey’s End and in that production he in fact replaced the great Olivier in the lead role of Captain Stanhope which was Colin’s role in the movie version too.
Whale directed the stage version as well as the movie and Olivier was just 21 and barely known when he appeared in the play. Journey’s End is of course a recognised classic play written by R G Sherriff.
Amazing with hindsight how much movie/stage history there is connected with just one stage production: clearly if Olivier had stuck with the play and/or Colin and Whale hadn’t hit it off with the stage production there might have been no Frankenstein movies for Colin.
Good UMR page
Thanks Mike.
Hii Mr. Cogerson,
Your welcome
I am doing the year 1931 currently for review.
I have about 25 more movies to send you.
Let me know how you want to handle this going forward.
Please review and advise.
Mike
Funny, I thought this was Clive Owen. Not aware of Colin Clive as well. Frankenstein is a good movie to have in a legacy.
Hey Taylor…funny indeed….there is a huge difference between Clive Owen and Colin Clive. Though both are in movies I really like….Children of Men and Frankenstein. Good feedback.