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Frankenstein

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Frankenstein (1910)
  • Short
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée b... Read allFrankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster. A fight ensues but the monster, seei... Read allFrankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster. A fight ensues but the monster, seeing himself in a mirror, is horrified and runs away. He later returns, entering the new bri... Read all
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  • Director
    • J. Searle Dawley
  • Writers
    • Mary Shelley(novel "Frankenstein")
    • J. Searle Dawley
  • Stars
    • Mary Fuller(uncredited)
    • Charles Ogle(uncredited)
    • Augustus Phillips(uncredited)
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  • Director
    • J. Searle Dawley
  • Writers
    • Mary Shelley(novel "Frankenstein")
    • J. Searle Dawley
  • Stars
    • Mary Fuller(uncredited)
    • Charles Ogle(uncredited)
    • Augustus Phillips(uncredited)
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    Mary Fuller
    Mary Fuller
    • Elizabethas Elizabeth
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Ogle
    Charles Ogle
    • The Monsteras The Monster
    • (uncredited)
    Augustus Phillips
    Augustus Phillips
    • Frankensteinas Frankenstein
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • J. Searle Dawley
    • Writers
      • Mary Shelley(novel "Frankenstein")
      • J. Searle Dawley
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    • Trivia
      Since its original release, the film had been listed as missing; no copies of it were known to exist. An original nitrate print finally turned up in Wisconsin in the mid-1970s.
    • Connections
      Edited into I Am Your Father (2015)

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    Before there was Karloff and Lugosi.....
    This short film version of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, made in 1910 always appeared in monster magazines, especially with the picture of actor Charles Ogle as the monster. He appears like an overweight court jester. I became lucky enough to get a copy of the film on videotape. This is like most films made before World War I, resembling filmed stage performances, with an unmoving camera. First we see the monster's creation, which takes palce in a vat, where his flesh fuses onto his bones like cotton candy on a paper cone. Next we see the monster claw at his creator, and frighten the creator's bride. No, it won't scare you (If it does frighten you, please seek therapy) but this is a unique chance to catch the actual birth of the horror film.
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    • Feb 26, 2001

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1910 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Frankenstein the First
    • Production company
      • Edison Manufacturing Company
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    • Runtime
      16 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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