Frankenstein (1910)

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The first ever adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel. Only 13 minutes long, this silent horror displays a more compressed version of Shelley's novel while still giving us the novel's main points. The scene in which the monster is created is by far more superior to the novel than with it's future incarnations. Victor whips up a simple batch of ingredients, tosses it into a cauldron and si... read more

Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. This 16-minute short film 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.