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Tango01 | 17 Nov 2018 4:34 p.m. PST |
"This year is the bicentennial of the publication of Mary Shelley's groundbreaking masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. It is a fitting celebration of the momentous anniversary that the Library of Congress has restored the first motion picture production of Frankenstein and uploaded it to the web for our viewing enjoyment this Halloween. The first cinematic adaptation of Frankenstein was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company in 1910. It was directed by James Searle Dawley, former apprentice of Edwin S. Porter, pioneering director of 1903's The Great Train Robbery, and starred actors from Edison's stock company — Augustus Phillips as Victor Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as the Monster and Mary Fuller as Victor's fiancée Elizabeth. Unlike his mentor Porter, Dawley took a static approach, filming staged wide shots straight-on like the audience was viewing a play. Edison's title calls it a "liberal adaptation" of the novel, and he wasn't kidding. Crammed into less than 14 total minutes, the story eschews the now-classic horror elements of Shelley's story. The creature is not the work of a surgical student who has made liberal use of graveyard materiel. He is created from a sort of alchemical experiment, a witch's brew of ingredients tossed into a cauldron that produces a crusty carbuncle turned flaming skeleton turned Einstein-haired weirdo…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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