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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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