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Frankenstein’s first appearance is ALIVE! On a gloriously restored DVD. (WITH VIDEO)

Posted by Vuk Radic

Frankenstein is coming to DVD. This wouldn't be remarkable at all if it wasn't  the 1910, Thomas Edison produced, version of Frankenstein and in a supposedly glorious new transfer. This kind of news just cheers me up every time.

March 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Frankenstein appearance on film. The 12 minute silent film was shot in the Bronx in Edison’s studio. And while Edison might have been a crook and a bastard, but aren’t these qualities of a great Hollywood producer nowadays? And Thomas Edison was surely a great producer. Cheating his competitors out of a profit while bringin up his team of filmmakers.