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Frankenstein (Original title)
Date: 1910 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: J. Searle Dawley


Releases
Date: 18 March 1910Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 16 mins Length: 975 Feet

Credits (6)
Production Company: Edison, Producer: Thomas A. Edison, Screenplay: J. Searle Dawley, Based on the novel by: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, [Creature Make-up]: Charles Ogle
Cast (3)
Charles Ogle ([the monster]), Augustus Phillips ([Victor Frankenstein]), Mary Fuller ([Elizabeth])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Cinefantastique v35 n5 Oct/Nov 2003  Page: 9
Title: Edison's Frankenstein LivesAuthor: BAKER, Bill Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the publication of "Edison's Frankenstein 1910", an illustrated adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN (1910).

In: Filmfax n93/94 Oct/Nov 2002  Pages: 44-51
Title: Edison's FrankensteinAuthor: WIEBEL, Frederick C., Jr Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The story behind the production of Edison's 1910 FRANKENSTEIN "considered by many to be the first horror film ever made".

In: Film Comment v27 n1 Jan/Feb 1991  Pages: 79-80
Title: Tales from the cryptAuthor: BECKERMAN, Jim Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looks at lost films, includes comments on FRANKENSTEIN.

In: The Edison Kinetogram April 1910  Pages: 3-5
Title: [The Edison Kinetogram - April 1910: no known title]Language: English

In: The Bioscope n186 5 May 1910  Page: Review 21
Title: [The Bioscope - n186 5 May 1910: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Monstrous adaptations: generic and thematic mutations in horror film
Author: HAND, Richard J.  Pages: xii, 260 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: DVDColour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-1399762
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(1)
Description: DVDColour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-1399762
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access