| Frankenstein | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Frankenstein_(1910)_poster.jpg) Cover of a 1910 The Edison Kinetogram film catalog, featuring the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. | |
| Directed by | J. Searle Dawley |
| Written by | J. Searle Dawley |
| Based on | Frankenstein (1818 novel) by Mary Shelley |
| Produced by | Thomas Edison |
| Starring | Augustus Phillips Charles Ogle Mary Fuller |
| Cinematography | James White[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 16 minutes[2] (1 reel, 975 feet)[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Frankenstein is a 1910 American short silent horror film produced by Edison Studios. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley, who also wrote the one-reeler's screenplay, broadly basing his "scenario" on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.[4] This short motion picture is generally recognized by film historians as the first screen adaptation of Shelley's work. The small cast, who are not credited in the surviving 1910 print of the film, includes Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as Frankenstein's monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor's fiancée.[5]
- ^ "Frankenstein", Film, Video Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ Kinnard, Roy (1995). Horror in Silent Films. McFarland and Company Inc. p. 35. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6.
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- ^ Picart, Caroline Joan; Smoot, Frank; Blodgett, Jayne (2001). The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-313-31350-9.