Editing Gods and Monsters (film) (section)

==Real life basis==
James Whale had several men (and women) pose nude for him, and some of these are shown in the making-of featurette. Several of his paintings were bought by a collector and loaned to the studio for the making of this film.

Whale suffered from strokes towards the end of his life, which affected his mental abilities, and he was found dead in his pool.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Whale&nbsp;— Directing "Horror" With Style |url=http://www.pictureshowman.com/articles_personalities_whale.cfm |publisher=The Picture Showman |access-date=March 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310035935/http://www.pictureshowman.com/articles_personalities_whale.cfm |archive-date=March 10, 2009 }}</ref> There were rumours that this was a homicide, but the evidence only pointed at suicide.<ref>{{cite web |title= James Whale |url= http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/whale.html |publisher= Eric B Olsen |access-date= March 7, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090211174422/http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/whale.html |archive-date= February 11, 2009 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

In the documentary included on the DVD and in interviews, novelist Christopher Bram explains that the character of Clayton Boone is completely fictitious.<ref>{{cite web|title=Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram|date=18 May 2005|url=http://oldmolekboo.blogspot.com/2005/05/father-of-frankenstein-by-_112749753689355857.html|publisher=KBOO FM|access-date=March 7, 2009|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708055418/http://oldmolekboo.blogspot.com/2005/05/father-of-frankenstein-by-_112749753689355857.html|url-status=live}}</ref>