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  • The first film adaptation of the often filmed Mary Shelley story. This film was originally released on March 18 1910.
    Originally released
    18 March 1910
    Thomas A Edison, Inc.
    Written and Directed by
    J Searle Dawley
    From the novel by
    Mary Shelley
    CAST
    Augustus Phillips
    FRANKENSTEIN
    Mary Fuller
    FRANKENSTEIN'S BRIDE
    Charles Ogle
    THE CREATURE
    Make-up designed by
    Charles Ogle
    Produced in New York by
    Thomas A Edison
    Remastering and New inter-titles
    © 2012 The Video Cellar
    Australia
    MUSIC
    "Danse Macabre" (Saint-Seans)
    Recorded by Kevin Macleod

КОМЕНТАРІ • 638

  • @trishoconnor2169
    @trishoconnor2169 7 років тому +655

    Imagine how striking the creation of the creature must have been to audiences that had seen little in the way of "special effects." Just burning a puppet and playing the film backwards was cutting-edge cinematography.

    • @kamulecPL12
      @kamulecPL12 6 років тому +22

      Well, the puppet was ractually there, TYPE O NEGATIVE, so yes, it is much more realistic :v

    • @sabrinak5870
      @sabrinak5870 3 роки тому +7

      My thoughts exactly!

    • @MaisAnimado
      @MaisAnimado 3 роки тому +14

      Really. It is creative for the time due to the lack of technology.

    • @1earflapping
      @1earflapping 3 роки тому +13

      Actually, in Paris there was the Grand Guignol, which used makeup and special effects to create horrifying tableaus. But maybe you are right for U.S. audience reactions.

    • @robsemail
      @robsemail 2 роки тому +7

      @@1earflapping yes, I was about to say just that. I’d also mention that HUGE advancements in stage special effects were made in the 19th century, with theater companies going to great lengths to out-do one another in that regard. Everything from Broadway to community theaters to river showboats and circuses was affected by the trend which I believe was called realism. Any list of famous examples would include the several popular stage adaptations of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. The stage-plays invariably called for very elaborate renderings of certain scenes, such as Eliza’s escape across the frozen Ohio River.
      When this film was released, many in the audiences would have seen very elaborate Grand Guignol stage productions of ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’ with state-of-the-art (for the time) special effects. So, many of the folks watching this film would have had at least some basis, however flawed, for judging its special effects.

  • @cheemsandbeans7952
    @cheemsandbeans7952 5 років тому +136

    Who else finds it incredible that this movie is 108 years old! Wow!

    • @banditverse63289
      @banditverse63289 Рік тому +10

      Me it's so good to know about historical masterpiece movies 😊❤ and also now it's 112 years old 😊

  • @brackets0029
    @brackets0029 7 років тому +795

    Frankenstein leaves for college.
    Two years later Frankenstein has discovered the secret of life.
    God I love this thing.

    • @pinballpsycho
      @pinballpsycho 6 років тому +59

      You could learn a lot in college in those days.

    • @soists2558
      @soists2558 6 років тому +17

      Well, why not? After all, the novel is set in good ol' Germany. ;-) Göttingen, Heidelberg, Breslau etc. Universities, though.

    • @asmoth360
      @asmoth360 6 років тому +6

      Nope it's set in Switzerland :)

    •  6 років тому +8

      asmoth360 Frankenstein was born in Switzerland but studied in Germany.

    • @corfan99
      @corfan99 6 років тому +13

      Education was better back then.

  • @Starmage444
    @Starmage444 6 років тому +163

    This is one of those films that was thought to be lost for decades, until a film collector purchased a print in the early 1950's. He didn't realize it's value until several years later. It was revealed to the public in the mid 70's.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(1910_film)#Rediscovery_and_preservation

  • @gspendlove
    @gspendlove 2 роки тому +71

    *Victor:* "Life! Life, do you hear?! I have created.... LIFE!!!"
    *Skeleton:* Just chillin'

  • @stuffedmannequin
    @stuffedmannequin 4 роки тому +318

    The novel was nearly 100 years old by the time this way made. Really puts it in prospective how far head Shelley was when she wrote it.

    • @CoopyKat
      @CoopyKat 2 роки тому +18

      I'm amazed too that Shelley wrote a story like that in 1818..........incredible!

    • @bobbonj1171
      @bobbonj1171 2 роки тому +9

      She was 21 when the book was published!

    • @shadowbear66
      @shadowbear66 2 роки тому +2

      Did you mean was made and ahead and perspective? Just wondering.

    • @FiveSigma72
      @FiveSigma72 2 роки тому +9

      She wrote amazingly well, parts of her book still feel incredibly modern. Compared to say, Dracula, which is mostly a bunch of men pissing about in drawing rooms, circle-jerking with courteous language, whilst big D is literally in the room next door fang-shagging the woman they are supposed to be protecting. The difference in the level of craft is amazing.

    • @manlyman1393
      @manlyman1393 2 роки тому +8

      Even dracula wasn't written untila nother 80 years later.

  • @Perlinator67
    @Perlinator67 10 років тому +207

    "Danse Macabre" was an excellent choice for the theme music and score. The music fits the film as if it was composed especially for it!

    • @megaswenson
      @megaswenson 2 роки тому +10

      And its being played on a theatre organ added immeasurably to the effect.

  • @jamessimms3449
    @jamessimms3449 4 роки тому +105

    Barely fifteen minutes long, and it's still a masterpiece. The world's first film adaptation of my favorite book, the movie is more accurate than it needed to be. The makeup is effective and the usage of Danse Macabre (no a doubt modern choice) is downright creepy. But the absolute scariest part of the film is the insinuation that the Monster is a reflection of Frankenstein; that we all have a hideous creature within us. And that, my friends, is scary. All this from a fifteen minute movie.

  • @javd1980
    @javd1980 6 років тому +201

    It's interesting that a 13 minute silent film is more acurate to the novel than the 1931 Universal flim.

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 5 років тому +16

      The book was goreier and he used lightning too but it was a little boring so I understand adding action sequences and a creepy hunchback. Not saying they should have done it.

    • @chicken4090
      @chicken4090 3 роки тому +19

      universal is still better

    • @yogibear9142
      @yogibear9142 3 роки тому +17

      Yeah like the part in the book where the monster is trapped inside of a mirror and then disappears into thin air

    • @b.d6642
      @b.d6642 3 роки тому +26

      I like the monster better in the book, his journey is much more tragic.
      His creator abandons him and is terrified by him, he scares everyone he sees and he can't find a place in the world

    • @MuciusSkaevola
      @MuciusSkaevola 3 роки тому +18

      1931 has its very special own charm, remember it is based on a theatre play so it explains all the theatrical vibe it emitts as well as its many noticable differences with the book.

  • @vindobonaification
    @vindobonaification 7 років тому +217

    The creation of the monster is way more creapy than most of the "Horror movies" you see today in cinemas. And we are talking here about a simple rewind of a scene showing a burning life size doll.

    • @michaelflores9220
      @michaelflores9220 5 років тому +9

      I don't even know how they rewound footage in mid-film back then!

    • @chao8415
      @chao8415 4 роки тому +8

      @@michaelflores9220 they got the tape of the footage and put it in the movie player thing in reverse

    • @ricardoaguirre6126
      @ricardoaguirre6126 4 роки тому +2

      I thought it was stop motion.

    • @mattmoves5920
      @mattmoves5920 2 роки тому +4

      @@michaelflores9220 Maybe they cut every single frame and glued It back

    • @morganalabeille5004
      @morganalabeille5004 2 роки тому +1

      You should check out Hellraiser. There’s a really similar scene accomplished in a similar way.

  • @tommythehospitalfish5572
    @tommythehospitalfish5572 4 роки тому +80

    Just imagine it’s 1910 and this comes out
    No Great War has even happened yet so many people aren’t used to disaster or horror such as this
    I wish horror was still as simple as it once was

    • @MrSeb81
      @MrSeb81 3 роки тому +1

      World War U Mean

    • @Pebphiz
      @Pebphiz 3 роки тому +17

      @@MrSeb81 Back then they called it the Great War most commonly, or even "The War to End All Wars." And then it got a sequel lol.

    • @burpburp710
      @burpburp710 2 роки тому +3

      Horror and disaster didn't start with World War I, Tommy.

  • @moondoor9031
    @moondoor9031 6 років тому +66

    200 years of Frankentein in 2018! Thank you so much Mary Shelley!

    • @R_candy
      @R_candy 5 років тому +1

      Moon Door math please

    • @carolinalopes8048
      @carolinalopes8048 5 років тому +11

      @@R_candy it is 200 years bc of the book. culture pls

    • @patriciomartinotti5694
      @patriciomartinotti5694 4 роки тому

      @DeprecatingMemes not always

    • @b.d6642
      @b.d6642 3 роки тому +3

      Yet it's too bad that with more and more adaptations Hollywood starts to forget the whole point of Frankenstein, it's now a souless icon, just remade again and again, it's kinda funny how just like in the book, man turns out to be the real soulless creature.

    • @exhaustguy
      @exhaustguy 3 роки тому +1

      @@b.d6642 Get that same feeling about turning Kong into just another kaiju. They lost the heart of the story.

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 2 роки тому +26

    The evolution of movies is as always amazing to me. From early silent movies that were seemingly just a series of establishing shots with a fixed camera to late teens where movies toyed with the notion of visual narrative to the bursting epics of the 20s- and the sound snapback of the early 30s that because of technical limitations sent filmmaking back decades but only for a few years.

  • @political-social
    @political-social 6 років тому +97

    What a masterpiece! This has got to be one of the earliest depictions of frankenstein on film. Wonderful to see.

    • @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772
      @maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772 5 років тому +42

      Not just ONE of the earliest. It is in fact the earliest.

    • @TheOldsbfan
      @TheOldsbfan 2 роки тому +5

      When you say depictions do you mean adaptations? It sounds like you may be referring to the monster, but as everyone should know, Frankenstein is the scientist not the monster who had no name.

    • @metalmark9276
      @metalmark9276 2 роки тому +3

      Adam

    • @michaelwertzy9808
      @michaelwertzy9808 2 роки тому +1

      @@metalmark9276, the earliest poem I can recall is 'Fleas'- Adam had'm. !

    • @ikaiju-eu9wn
      @ikaiju-eu9wn 2 роки тому

      @@TheOldsbfan frankenstein is the last name of both victor frankenstain and his monster adam frankenstein

  • @4thtroika
    @4thtroika 9 років тому +109

    105 years old today! Respect!

  • @IntrepidSkin
    @IntrepidSkin 7 років тому +150

    The cooking scene was pretty creepy. I was impressed by that mirror scene.

  • @MegaHorror2
    @MegaHorror2 9 років тому +130

    I still remember being obsessed with classic horror movies in 3rd grade, seeing a picture of the monster from this movie in a book, and wanting to see it so badly yet I could never find a copy. I'm glad I can watch it now.

    • @sullivanr.9038
      @sullivanr.9038 6 років тому +6

      Your parents our messed up for letting you watch these at 3rd grade my mom wouldn't let me watch stuff like this until I was at least eleven

    • @skandhgupta676
      @skandhgupta676 5 років тому +1

      Same here

    • @stevebirks2186
      @stevebirks2186 5 років тому +4

      I too remember reading about this in a horror magazine from the U.S. mid 70's -I was around 13/14 loved the classics got the kits - posters in fact my bedroom was like the kids on the cover of creepshow dvd ! - And I turned out OK ...

    • @stevebirks2186
      @stevebirks2186 5 років тому +2

      ...Apart from howling at the moon now and agan !!!

    • @ashercornelius7063
      @ashercornelius7063 5 років тому

      @@sullivanr.9038 try seventeen

  • @bottlerocket3218
    @bottlerocket3218 Рік тому +4

    Fun fact: Frankenstein (1910) is one of the rarest movies ever made, only one actual copy of it survives, the rest have been lost.

  • @theresaholguin699
    @theresaholguin699 4 роки тому +6

    For its time this movie is absolutely amazing with the special effects. Very good movie

  • @BatMite19
    @BatMite19 2 роки тому +21

    Given its 14-minute run time, this is actually a pretty faithful adaptation. It is set in the 18th century (unlike many film adaptations that modernize the setting), the monster's creation does not fall into the trap of having been stitched together (nowhere in Shelley's book does it say that Victor stitched the creature together from body parts of different people -- that is a Hollywood invention), the creature largely fits his description (except that he is not eight feet tall), ... but the ending was just plain NUTS!

    • @Cat_is_dead888
      @Cat_is_dead888 2 роки тому +8

      didn't the book say he literally went to the church yard to dig up body parts or something? i might've made that part up because of Hollywood influence but i do remember something along those lines.

    • @BatMite19
      @BatMite19 2 роки тому +6

      @@Cat_is_dead888 Yes, but for"raw materials." It never says that he stitched parts together. In fact, it says he made the creature to be oversized so that it would be easier to work. Obviously, if all he did was stitch parts together, then he must have had several 8-foot tall corpses to work with.

    • @Cat_is_dead888
      @Cat_is_dead888 2 роки тому +3

      @@BatMite19 i see, well i went back to read that part and since it doesn't say how he connected the materials, i do understand why the best option comes to mind is stitching, since that's how you connect raw flesh after surgeries and all. it would be interesting to think of other options, but i doubt there are many practical ones.
      I can think of maybe 3; (don't read if you're uncomfortable by gore and details)
      glueing- which idk what kind of glue they had in 1818, or welding it with fire, but that could damage the materials. last option but coolest one is that he found base materials, and made kind of a "rebirth" process, like in this movie, or in a glass tank, to somehow make them connect organically, grow taller and grow it's own hair and what's not. i think that'd be more monstrous, other than zombified, and explains better his utter ugliness and distortion. otherwise he'd just look more like a huge corpse, or a zombie. which is ugly, but not as monstrous as a zombie that went through a rebirth process in a jar.

    • @BatMite19
      @BatMite19 2 роки тому +9

      @@Cat_is_dead888 Since Shelley spent so few words on the process, I think she wanted it to be vague and mysterious. Remember, Victor dabbled not only in science but also alchemy. Anyway, the more she would have tried to describe it, the less plausible it would have seemed.

    • @Cat_is_dead888
      @Cat_is_dead888 2 роки тому +7

      @@BatMite19 i totally agree, she even adresses the matter by Victor saying he will bury the secret with him. but since the biggest mystery in the book is meant to be unsolvable, attempting to solve it is part of the fun in my opinion. she left it to our own imagination, so we should use our imagination. that's the key to original ideas in movie adaptations (:
      even though,, i think the stitches are iconic for a reason haha

  • @AJAXKID123
    @AJAXKID123 9 років тому +34

    The Frankenstein monster always scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. It didn't matter who was playing him or what movie it was. Scared me shitless but I loved my monster movies!
    Anyway, I don't remember how I saw this original monster (in some movie book, I guess) and, after I got over my confusion ("where's his flat head?"), I was positively freaked out!
    That was 40 years ago, and I still think that thing is scary!

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 7 років тому +6

      AJAXKID123 I too saw a photograph of the monster from this film in a book like you did. I believe it was called "Movie Villains," or at least words to that effect.
      I noticed that this version of the Frankenstein story takes some artistic liberties with the original tale. For example, in the film, Frankenstein creates the creature by mixing a formula in a large pot over a fire; in the book by Mary Shelley, he puts his creation together from bits and pieces of corpses that he steals from graves and morgues and the like. At the end of the movie, the monster disappears after seeing himself in a mirror, thus allowing his creator to live happily ever after with his bride. In the book, the monster kills Mrs. Frankenstein as well as other friends and relatives of his inventor. Victor Frankenstein (his first name is never mentioned in this film, and neither is that of his new wife, Elizabeth) then vows to find the creature and destroy him. For months, he trails him practically all over the world, finally tracing him to the Artic, where he is picked up by the crew of a ship. By this time, however, he is too exhausted to go on with the chase and he dies. Incredibly enough, the monster appears on the ship; he speaks to his dead master, almost with pity in his voice. He then tells the captain of the ship that since there's no place in the world for such as he, his only option is to destroy himself by building a funeral pyre and throwing himself on it. He then leaves the ship for that purpose and, as the last words of the book says, he is "soon borne away by the sea and lost in darkness and distance."

  • @theblacktopsymphonyofficia1564
    @theblacktopsymphonyofficia1564 5 років тому +18

    This was good! The scene with the birth of the monster creeped me out, and the ending with the mirror reflection is great in a symbolic way. Thanks for uploading!

  • @TheTechCguy
    @TheTechCguy 2 роки тому +1

    100 years later, for all the world to enjoy and see how life was like in this time. Before even our grandparents' time and their time before that! Lol! Me, born in the 1990s, acknowledges....

  • @antonioortiz4544
    @antonioortiz4544 8 років тому +135

    The monster looks like Gene Simmons from KISS.

  • @freedomisntfree2089
    @freedomisntfree2089 2 роки тому +7

    Historical, almost 112 years ago, it's incredible, and it's actually interesting and good, I enjoy it thanks!

  • @johnyted9619
    @johnyted9619 7 років тому +17

    Wow! The beginnings of cinema! I think that cinema films is the only art that has the duty to evolve technically, and has evolved a lot in the last 100 years. Only the smell in the scenes. :)

  • @jonsey3645
    @jonsey3645 2 роки тому +16

    Excellent remastering on what HAS to have been a challenging piece of film, good job and thanks.
    I have never seen a treatment like this one, very creative, very interesting and quite good.
    We have to wonder what motion pictures would be like today if the Edison company had invested more time and money at this early stage of the game.
    I think this was outstanding!

  • @GAndreiev
    @GAndreiev 12 років тому +20

    I'm impressed by the opulent production and costumes. Money, time and imagination were put into it. Ogle's monster seems to look like Elsa Lanchester's Bride after a really tiring party. Still, I see a resemblance with David Prouse's monster in "Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell." The Freudian ending portends "Forbidden Planet." This film is more than just a historical oddity. It's a good film all to itself.

  • @eightcoins4401
    @eightcoins4401 3 роки тому +8

    Man the way Frankenstein is slowly formed in this is cool and I didnt exspect that from 1910 at all

    • @TheOldsbfan
      @TheOldsbfan 2 роки тому +2

      Frankenstein is the scientist not the monster!

    • @morganalabeille5004
      @morganalabeille5004 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheOldsbfan it’s a surname so technically they’re both named Frankenstein

  • @sayuncleordie
    @sayuncleordie 5 років тому +7

    These old films are so fascinating.

  • @YMPictures
    @YMPictures 3 роки тому +9

    I like how closely it sticks to the book until the end where the monster just goes into the mirror dimension for some reason.

  • @vidimur1977
    @vidimur1977 8 років тому +23

    Magnificent! Excellent effects and make up. Great acting by Charles Ogle.

  • @dkupke
    @dkupke 7 років тому +42

    To imagine how audiences must have reacted when they saw this in theaters

    • @megaswenson
      @megaswenson 2 роки тому +7

      If I'd been a kid watching this in 1910, I'd have been TERRIFIED.

  • @rayogaro503
    @rayogaro503 2 роки тому +1

    This movie is brilliant for a 112 year old movie, I pass it with flying colours, superb. 🎼🎧🎹🎬😎👍

  • @krisr1885
    @krisr1885 4 роки тому +195

    It's so cool that Thomas Edison produced the first Frankenstein movie ever.

    • @Magnetron33
      @Magnetron33 4 роки тому +29

      Yeah ! Too bad he screwed people over!

    • @Crockyy
      @Crockyy 4 роки тому +2

      Noname Nolast no

    • @thecloaker7962
      @thecloaker7962 3 роки тому +12

      *Knowing Edison stole credit for so many other things:* _X to doubt_

    • @Frozo-nt2ky
      @Frozo-nt2ky 3 роки тому

      @@thecloaker7962 what did he steal?

    • @eecc2577
      @eecc2577 3 роки тому +3

      @@Frozo-nt2ky many light bulbs were invented before him

  • @williamschultz8470
    @williamschultz8470 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for saving this part of History. I've been looking for this clip for 15 years p. Thank you for your hard work

  • @mechazoic
    @mechazoic 3 роки тому +26

    It could just be me reading too much into it but this actually seems to be a mashup of both _Frankenstein_ and _The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde_
    Most of the story is obviously taken from Frankenstein but the idea of the monster being created through a chemical mixture, rather than assembling corpse body parts and being influenced by the evil in it’s creators mind seems to be more in tune with the Jekyll/Hyde story.
    Either way it is a remarkable piece of cinema for its day.

    • @olwens1368
      @olwens1368 2 роки тому +8

      I thought that too. The ending is actually quite interesting from that point of view. Does Frankenstein see his own evil reflected in the mirror of his creation and so destroy it.

    • @allangoncalves1453
      @allangoncalves1453 Рік тому +1

      Victor study alchemy, this can be a hint for that

    • @NiB-Productions
      @NiB-Productions 18 днів тому

      I think this version of The Monster was like a physical manifestation of Victor's hate and jealously for... well, everything really. And after he got married with Elizabeth, he managed to discover true love and put his evil aside, consequentially erasing The Monster from existence.

  • @geoforn
    @geoforn 4 роки тому +3

    This movie was shot closer in time to the publishing of the novel than to the year I am watching this.

  • @jtcob8486
    @jtcob8486 4 роки тому +8

    Who would know the most faithful design of Frankenstein's monster to the book would be the first cinematic adaptation of the novel.

  • @MrPGC137
    @MrPGC137 2 роки тому +14

    It's really remarkable that this piece of film was recovered, as it was believed to be lost for many years.

  • @lueb0435
    @lueb0435 2 роки тому +2

    It's interesting how the director expands the scene using a mirror, instead of moving the camera, simplificating the filming through witty resources

  • @juliaross5268
    @juliaross5268 3 роки тому +5

    WoW! This was as startling to me as when I actually read the book!

  • @stevebirks2186
    @stevebirks2186 5 років тому +6

    Just watched the Roger Corman version before finding this amazing short movie -
    I rememeber reading about this when I was around 14 in one of those horror books inported from the U.S. - Yes I was one of those young horrible horror fans - kits and all ! -And fogotton all about it until stumbling on it here !!! Thanks for sharing

  • @Matthew-Anthony
    @Matthew-Anthony 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for uploading this. I did not know that high definition existed in 1910.

  • @raysnostalagiachannelallth5962
    @raysnostalagiachannelallth5962 7 років тому +20

    And we all thought the one from 31 with Boris Karloff was a classic ! Now this is cinematic history at it's best! (Just for the history itself because it's so damn old and actually made).

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 8 років тому +154

    One has to wonder if Edison himself actually handled this print, or viewed it. Still if this film survived for 106 years then there's hope that London After Midnight might still be out there

    • @TheEpic22
      @TheEpic22 7 років тому +3

      snakes3425
      I think they found that.

    • @cesareonthemidway
      @cesareonthemidway 7 років тому +10

      Nope, just a rumor. They found a few frames cut out of the trailer.

    • @picmajik
      @picmajik 7 років тому +12

      Edison sent contact prints of his negatives to the Library of Congress to copyright his works. Those paper copies have been scanned and survived as many nitrate film prints didn't.

    • @m.j.c.6969
      @m.j.c.6969 7 років тому +6

      They? You mean I found them. Search my name and "London After Midnight" if you think I'm fibbing! :)

    • @m.j.c.6969
      @m.j.c.6969 7 років тому +8

      You got that all wrong! Alois Detlaff came into possession of a nitrate print in the 1950's and being a retired projectionist, he knew how to care for the print which is the source for the video above. I'm not sure what you are talking about, but he didn't send prints of every film frame! Perhaps I'm misunderstanding.

  • @TheMeredithk
    @TheMeredithk 11 років тому +6

    love it! thank you for this wonderful collection..I will always love the oldies..silents and all...It takes me to a place I want to go and always have...Somewhere else....:) another time. Ever since I was a kid....Thanks again!

  • @micahcareyfilms
    @micahcareyfilms 10 років тому +8

    What's with the idiotic copyright notice? The film was made in 1910. It's fully in the public domain!

    • @TheReverendStrange
      @TheReverendStrange 9 років тому +5

      micahcareyfilms The copyright notice is on all of the title cards throughout the film indicating that they are what is copyrighted. The film is in public domain, but if someone else used this copy of Frankenstein including the inserts then that person would be using The Video Cellar's work which isn't in the public domain. The same thing with music, this being a silent production no music is included so any music you hear has been added on by someone else and could fall under the domain of copyrighted material. In this case, the music used is royalty-free from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com.

  • @TANKTREAD
    @TANKTREAD 2 роки тому +21

    "creates a monster.." Apparently, in very large "easy bake oven". Ah regardless, still a great story and a cinematic treasure.

  • @beastofedelwood1473
    @beastofedelwood1473 4 роки тому +6

    Never getting over the fact that love made a flesh and bone creature vanish into thin air

  • @xxoxia
    @xxoxia 6 років тому +7

    Man, film has come a really long way.

  • @jmch6359
    @jmch6359 5 років тому +2

    Monster created by burning a marionette then running film backwards; monster disappears, his image lingers in mirror - this is good stuff! And pretty advanced for its time. I hope a properly restored copy is made someday soon. It could surely be made to look much better.

  • @rameyzamora1018
    @rameyzamora1018 6 років тому +12

    Wishing the dialogue cards had been included - would have added another 20 minutes to the movie and also given some insight into the writers' thoughts. Good to see this, though.

  • @paulmoore7064
    @paulmoore7064 2 роки тому +9

    I was interested in the way they solved the problem of filming opposite ends of a room with a fixed camera by using a mirror. When sound came along they had a similar problem with the microphone, and often gathered the actors into a tight grouping for delivering dialogue.

  • @tenhirankei
    @tenhirankei 11 років тому +6

    That destroyed the monster's physical body, but Frankenstein had to confront the evil that created it. The love he now has erased that spirit of evil.

  • @SMGrawks
    @SMGrawks 9 років тому +31

    Now Frankenstein's monster is in the mirror world where he is infinitely more powerful!

    • @zanestracner
      @zanestracner 5 років тому +2

      pffft come on polnareff. theres no such thing as a mirror world.

  • @Tomken8d2
    @Tomken8d2 2 роки тому +27

    The creature was an innocent newborn, superior in intellect and physicality to humans but hideous in appearance. Frankenstein cowardly ran from it and it wandered off. Encounters with humans formed it into a monster. Shelly's novel was about human nature. I read it.

    • @AJAXKID123
      @AJAXKID123 2 роки тому +2

      Man, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I tried so many times to read it yet I couldn’t get past a few pages. I was bored. Sigh, I think I’ll try again.

    • @Tomken8d2
      @Tomken8d2 2 роки тому +2

      @@AJAXKID123 She wrote it in the 1700's so the language is difficult but not impossible. If you want a better challenge read Ridley Walker.

    • @zarfdragon
      @zarfdragon Рік тому +3

      @@AJAXKID123 There's no shame in that; it's totally possible to love the story but find the language a bit boring - I'm the same with Dracula. It's probably best not to force yourself to read the book if you aren't enjoying it, it'll just spoil the experience. Maybe given more time your taste will change a bit and you'll enjoy it more, who knows, but at least we have these amazing film adaptations either way

  • @piplup2009
    @piplup2009 6 років тому +241

    That's the weirdest Frankenstein I've seen, audiences must've shit themselves when this was first shown 107 years ago

    • @arjunsurana8386
      @arjunsurana8386 5 років тому +16

      piplup2009 people fainted when they first saw the phantom of the opera later than this so yeah they probably did shit themselves 😂

    • @rescuerex7031
      @rescuerex7031 5 років тому +8

      Yeah it was actually deemed to Scary and banned for a while , but like TBH the prop of when Frankenstein's Monster was being born was kinda spoopy it was like a melty Skeleton

    • @popo0129
      @popo0129 5 років тому +10

      @@arjunsurana8386 I remember watching the first full motion video made in our movie's class and hearing how everyone ran away from the screen since it was pretty much a recording of a train moving towards the camera but I think the camera was a bit to the right of the train. Find it hilarious how this was realistic for people while now we have VR technology and video games which can get scary to a point where you just quit after half an hour and make little progress.

    • @rescuerex7031
      @rescuerex7031 5 років тому +8

      @Leandro Aude To be fair because of how realistic CGI is it's much more noticable when it's off

    • @bigcrackrock
      @bigcrackrock 5 років тому +4

      They didn't shit but they pissed a little bit.

  • @parker-boy98
    @parker-boy98 4 роки тому +12

    The creation scene has a lot less lightning than I'm used to

  • @Mr_x_19922
    @Mr_x_19922 7 років тому +108

    first frankenstein movie? so old that it's actually creepy

    • @JohnSmith-fq7hj
      @JohnSmith-fq7hj 4 роки тому +15

      i dont know why but when I watch old movies like this i always think how every single person that had anything to do with it is long since dead, kinda creepy lol

    • @trevthekidd
      @trevthekidd 3 роки тому +1

      @@JohnSmith-fq7hj I don't see that bugging me considering there's a lot of people that are dead lol, we're all a lil weird tho.

    • @marvingonzalez8586
      @marvingonzalez8586 3 роки тому +1

      @@JohnSmith-fq7hj bro that's literally me too, if it's an old horror movie it makes it even more creepy for me since everyone who made it is dead

    • @mehermusic2154
      @mehermusic2154 3 роки тому

      Literally.

    • @JohnSmith-fq7hj
      @JohnSmith-fq7hj 3 роки тому

      @@trevthekidd it dont bug me its just kinda strange and slightly creepy lol I really get that way with ww1 videos

  • @stefshiddles
    @stefshiddles 2 роки тому

    For me, it’s magical that we are seeing something from more than 110 years ago

  • @Ratfink820
    @Ratfink820 8 років тому +73

    He is scarier than the 1931 Boris Karloff Frankenstein. The makeup is better and to be completely honest I feel kinda uneasy watching this, it's funny how this is one of the more scarier things I've seen in a while.

    • @GClephMusique
      @GClephMusique 8 років тому +8

      +Ratfink820 Well there was less constriction and censoring back then-- in fact I'm willing to bet none, since this was a new medium.
      The costume really reminds me of Nosferatu. As a special effects enthusiast, the fire scene her was just as good as the disappearing Nosferatu.

    • @Docthewrench
      @Docthewrench 7 років тому +3

      I find it not scary or any movie for that fact, just interesting...movies cant scare you they are NOT real.

    • @IncubusOfDeath
      @IncubusOfDeath 5 років тому +2

      Yeah, scary in a very creepy way.....

    • @ancermet6734
      @ancermet6734 4 роки тому +2

      The makeup looks better because this was recorded on a potato.

    • @robynhowell9781
      @robynhowell9781 4 роки тому +5

      What makes it creepy is the old film with no sound or inflection of the actors dialogue. It creates something unpredictable and dark.

  • @NandkumarKamatGoa
    @NandkumarKamatGoa 4 місяці тому +2

    Watching world's first horror film in 2024, where the world of cinematography has reached today !! Without these innovators it would have been impossible. This is not just a silent movie. It's mankind's heritage in visual anthropology. Silent movies have their own charm. 1910 was exciting for Halley's comet too and slowly technology was taking off...cars, flights, ships

    • @GaryHarrison-wo1yc
      @GaryHarrison-wo1yc Місяць тому

      Did you know for a long time this footage was actually lost

    • @YouthSalad
      @YouthSalad 21 день тому

      Idk man George MIileis may have beat this film to "first horror film". Infernal Cauldron maybe??

  • @irem.k.s.e
    @irem.k.s.e 2 роки тому +2

    Thomas Edison’u araştırırken karşıma Frankenstein 1910 çıktı bu filmi bu sekilde izlemek çok güzel ve özel teşekkürler

  • @lucattsur
    @lucattsur 2 роки тому +1

    Better than any Netflix original movie or series.

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee Рік тому +3

    the monster creation was eerily scary - truly a mess of a creature. 7:35 but what was really impressive was this scene where you see most of the action through the mirror. 9:10 incredibly innovative, interesting, and entertaining film. wonder who really produced and directed this? 🎶〰️〰️
    thank you so very much for all these wonderful very first films !! 🎦

  • @gypsylily2949
    @gypsylily2949 4 роки тому +8

    I see where the inspiration for the look of Edward Scissor hands came from

  • @rangerfanboy1710
    @rangerfanboy1710 2 роки тому +1

    I heard somewhere that Charles Ogle's makeup in this film helped inspire David Prowse's makeup in the Hammerstein film Frankenstein Monster from Hell

  • @mickeythebull9842
    @mickeythebull9842 3 роки тому +8

    Love the ending.
    Frankenstein: "Honey! Everything's fine now. Turns out that was me the whole time!"
    Elizabeth: " Yeah. Not helping. Get the f**k out."

    • @wandanemer2630
      @wandanemer2630 3 роки тому +1

      She seriously should have reacted like that, really.

  • @costrio
    @costrio 2 роки тому +1

    Surprisingly good visual effects for 1910, IMO.

  • @jeremiahdansereau2950
    @jeremiahdansereau2950 2 роки тому +1

    That Moment you realize this is over 100 years old!

  • @toressm
    @toressm 2 роки тому +1

    Thank-you. I finally got too see it. Wonderful film.

  • @surilovit
    @surilovit 6 років тому +3

    Thank you for this public domain very old movie of Frankenstein =)

  • @anthonycrnkovich5241
    @anthonycrnkovich5241 7 років тому +10

    I don't understand why Kino didn't include this in their extensive Edison set. It's all over UA-cam and yet has never been released officially on DVD.

    • @bgp001
      @bgp001 7 років тому +2

      It's been released on DVD, back in 2003 as a matter of fact. www.silentera.com/video/frankensteinHV.html

    • @BunnyMaester
      @BunnyMaester 5 років тому +1

      Every copy of Fred weibel's book on Edison's Frankenstein comes with a free DVD copy in the back sleeve.

  • @hadassah179
    @hadassah179 2 роки тому +3

    This one and the version in "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell" 1973 stand out most for me as being the most unique representations of him. In this 1910 version you see him as this thing that carries a partial human quality left in him who with limitations develops animalistic behavior to adapt. In Monster from Hell even though he was once a man, he appears more apeish in his physicality but has the raw emotion and consciousness of a human. Other versions just seem too green or lean towards The Mummy. I think Gene Wilder's Frankenstein was the only one who got the closest in being able to teach him to speak.

  • @Frozo-nt2ky
    @Frozo-nt2ky 4 роки тому +2

    its kind of eerie looking at the old films

  • @comradeweedity1648
    @comradeweedity1648 10 років тому +53

    Honestly this Frankenstein monster is probably the scariest looking...

  • @stephanienewbern769
    @stephanienewbern769 3 роки тому

    Thank you for posting! This is great to see.

  • @greyedgerton2890
    @greyedgerton2890 5 років тому +10

    Amazing quality for as old as it is.
    I am curious however of the filters
    which were used.

  • @timkeller9415
    @timkeller9415 7 років тому +33

    the best movie of all time. friday night-popcorn and coca cola. YEAAAH Love this shit. every friday i watch this.

    • @weegee7676
      @weegee7676 4 роки тому +2

      Why

    • @aik4165
      @aik4165 4 роки тому +2

      @@weegee7676 What do mean "why?" , you love it, you watch it, that's it

    • @MrSeb81
      @MrSeb81 3 роки тому

      Must Be Scary As Hell

    • @MrSeb81
      @MrSeb81 3 роки тому

      @@aleisterlowenstein9526 :(

  • @gomezgomez9665
    @gomezgomez9665 2 роки тому

    Best Frankenstein Monster I've seen yet!

  • @urania3652
    @urania3652 3 роки тому +3

    Everyone was obsessed with cauldrons in early film years (1890s-1910s).

  • @vilentman111
    @vilentman111 3 роки тому +1

    The look of Charles Ogle in this is fucking terrifying

  • @moralecomicsanimated2273
    @moralecomicsanimated2273 5 років тому +2

    Wow cant wait for this to come out

  • @smokedaddy3d_
    @smokedaddy3d_ 5 років тому +1

    Crazy to think that back in 1910, this monster scared so many people, now we have movies like A Quiet Place, Don't Breathe, Halloween, Resident Evil, and so many more horror movies, that scare a lot of people. I mean, can you honestly tell me that the scene in A Quiet Place, the birth scene, didn't make you sweat and chew your nails? This made people do exactly that, now we watch in awe what entertainment looked like back then.

  • @blucassredbay-b.6174
    @blucassredbay-b.6174 11 років тому +8

    Starting at 3:56: the original Thriller dance.

  • @toysvilltvstudios7576
    @toysvilltvstudios7576 5 років тому +2

    Neat little piece of Movie History! :D

  • @RMGCBG
    @RMGCBG 2 роки тому +1

    I love in the old movies that when the going got tough, they fainted on a bed!

  • @darriskinggamez4831
    @darriskinggamez4831 5 років тому +8

    This is probably the most important pieces of film in history.....

  • @andrewspecht6360
    @andrewspecht6360 8 років тому +1

    My god , I finally found a proper tinted *not* cropped ("wide screened") version !!!!

  • @country383
    @country383 2 роки тому +1

    I've always thought the doctor was the true monster but that's just me.

  • @corfan99
    @corfan99 6 років тому +5

    I wonder if they had to have doctors or ambulances ready for the faint of heart at the Nickleodeons showing this one!

  • @DragonGirl2000
    @DragonGirl2000 4 роки тому +1

    This Frankenstein's monster is way creepier then the Boris Karloff one.

  • @rubewaddell1704
    @rubewaddell1704 Рік тому

    Danse Macabre on the soundtrack. Excellent.

  • @williampalenik7306
    @williampalenik7306 2 роки тому

    Very cool I never knew there was a silent film made of the book only 1930's on up

  • @tenhirankei
    @tenhirankei 11 років тому +8

    I understand. "Nosferatu" is more than 5x as long as this movie. But then they may not have been able to make silent movies even 30 minutes long back in 1910. The silent movies were more 'morality tales' than anything. The monster was a product of the evil of Frankenstein's mind (genius). When Elizabeth's love for him won out, the monster was faced with its own ugliness.

  • @phil2u48
    @phil2u48 4 роки тому +5

    He looks 30 years old; it’s about time he goes to college.

    • @mickeythebull9842
      @mickeythebull9842 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, but in 1910 people looked like that at 14.

    • @olwens1368
      @olwens1368 2 роки тому

      @@mickeythebull9842 True actually- they did look more grown up younger. Perhaps they had to be. Also it was considered good to be adult- not like now when 60 year olds try to look like kids.

  • @trewqpoiutl9774
    @trewqpoiutl9774 5 років тому +2

    I remember watching this when it was first released.

  • @nrqed
    @nrqed 2 роки тому +1

    Am I the only one thinking that the monster looks a lot like the clown of IT, in some frames?
    In any case, it is amazing to be able to see this. The monster looks more frightening than in anything filmed later. It's like the vampire in Nosferatu, creepier than in most later movies.

  • @alricmetalheart4125
    @alricmetalheart4125 Рік тому +1

    The same procedure of creating the monster was later used in the 1992 version featuring Patrick Bergin as Frankenstein. The monster was created in some sort of breeding/incubation chamber through alchemy instead of stitching up deceased body parts and reviving them through electricity.