WEST ORANGE — Frankenstein's monster is shown here as he was portrayed in a 1910 film titled "His Frankenstein" made by Thomas Edison's studio in West Orange. Costumes and props for the 16-minute film, which was loosely based on Mary Shelley's novel, were prepared in the Essex County studio. The film was believed to have been lost until, according to...
WEST ORANGE -- Frankenstein's monster is shown here as he was portrayed in a 1910 film titled "His Frankenstein" made by Thomas Edison's studio in West Orange.
Costumes and props for the 16-minute film, which was loosely based on Mary Shelley's novel, were prepared in the Essex County studio.
The film was believed to have been lost until, according to Alt Film Guide, film collector Alois Dettlaff found the only remaining 35-mm print among his grandmother's possessions in Milwaukee in the mid-1970s.
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