FRANKENSTEIN - EDISON FILM - 1910 - pt1


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Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as the Monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor's fiancée.

Shot in three days, it was filmed at the Edison Studios in the Bronx, New York City. Although some sources credit Thomas Edison as the producer, he in fact played no direct part in the activities of the motion picture company that bore his name.
For many years, this film was believed to be a lost film. In 1963, a plot description and stills were discovered published in the March 15, 1910 issue of an old Edison film catalog, The Edison Kinetogram.

In the 1950s, a print of this film was purchased by a Wisconsin film collector, Alois F. Dettlaff, who did not realize its rarity until many years later. Its existence was first revealed in the mid-1970s. Although somewhat deteriorated, the film was in viewable condition, complete with titles and tints as seen in 1910. Detalff had a 35 mm preservation copy made by the George Eastman House in the late 1970s.
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FilmTraum9 (November 9, 2008 at 6:01 pm)
Ein hoch interessanter Film!
EuchridEucrow1 (October 31, 2008 at 7:30 pm)
"Certainly better than the Kenneth Branagh/Robert DeNiro version. "Yeah, well that wouldn't be hard. I wouldn't blame DeNiro for that epic piece of garbage, though.
Crackpot7272 (October 9, 2008 at 6:27 am)
Charles Ogle's make up is fantastic,the photo stills show all the brilliant detail.
jksonny (October 6, 2008 at 9:52 pm)
It's amazing they found this film from 1910 but no one can find the deleted scenes/dialogue from 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man' from the 1940's.The creation sequence was pretty innovative for 1910 - burning the 'Monster' and then playing it backward.

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