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Frankenstein (1910) Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1910
Running Times: 16 mins
Length: 297.18 metres
Format: black and white (tinted)
Ratio:
Sound: silent CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Company: Edison Company
Producer: Thomas A. Edison SCRIPT
Script: J. Searle Dawley
Novel: Mary Shelley DIRECTION
Directors: J. Searle Dawley CAST
Charles Ogle (The Monster)
Augustus Phillips (Frankenstein)
Mary Fuller (Elizabeth) SUMMARY Medical student Frankenstein becomes obsessed with creating a perfect human being through alchemy. He's only partially successful however, ending up with a misshapen monstrosity. Frankenstein is so mortified by what he's done that he falls ill and the monster flees. But on Frankenstein's wedding night, the monster returns... TIMELINE 1910
January
13: USA - production begins
19: USA - production ends March
18: USA - theatrical release LINKS SEE ALSO
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) REMAKES
Life Without Soul (1915)
Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920)
Frankenstein (1931)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Frankenstein (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Frankenstein (1984)
Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Frankenstein (1993)
Frankenstein (1994) REFERENCES MAGAZINES MonsterScene no.4 (March 1995) pp.6-7
article (Silent Screams by MJ Simpson) BOOKS Universal Filmscripts Series, Classic Horror Films Vol.1 - Frankenstein pp.18-21 (USA: MagicImage, ed. Philip J Riley (1989))
facsimile of 'Dramatic Synopsis' and 'Dramatic Assembly' KEYWORDS
book into film; frankenstein; monsters; scientists; wedding
nights; alchemy
CONTRIBUTORS
Kevin Lyons; MJ Simpson
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