The First Film Version of Frankenstein, Newly Restored!
Posted by: Mike Mashon
Rarely has the arrival of a film at the Packard Campus occasioned as much anticipation as the day in April 2015 when the sole surviving nitrate print of the first cinematic adaptation of Frankenstein (Edison Manufacturing Company, 1910) was accessioned into our collection. It’s not because the film is all that revelatory—it’s most decidedly not—or …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center