Thomas Edison Made the First Frankenstein Movie #frankenstein #halloween #silentfilm #shorts

The very first Frankenstein movie came from Thomas Edison's film company in 1910. The monster is a burning dummy run backwards, it kills nobody, and the film was lost for decades until one copy turned up in Wisconsin. Happy Halloween!

Sources: The Edison Kinetogram (15 March and 15 April 1910); W. Stephen Bush, The Moving Picture World (1910); Library of Congress, "The First Film Version of Frankenstein, Newly Restored!" (2018). Film: Frankenstein (Edison, 1910), Library of Congress restoration; A Day with Thomas A. Edison (1922). Both public domain.

Credits: David Wilson, "Cudahy, Wisconsin" (CC BY 2.0). Public domain photographs: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, MOHAI, Wikimedia Commons. Music made with Google Lyria.

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