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Frankenstein in popular culture lists many ways the
novel Frankenstein, and Frankenstein's monster, have
influenced film, TV, games and popular culture in
general and the many derivative works it has inspired.
Silent Era
The first film adaptation of the tale, Frankenstein,
was done by Edison Studios in 1910, written and directed
by J. Searle Dawley, with Augustus Phillips as
Frankenstein, Mary Fuller as Elizabeth, and Charles Ogle
as the Monster.
The brief (16 min.) story has
Frankenstein chemically create his creature in a vat.
The monster haunts the scientist until Frankenstein's
wedding night, when true love causes the creature to
vanish.
For many years this film was believed lost until
a collector announced in 1980 that he had acquired a
print in the 1950s and had been unaware of its rarity.
Frankenstein in popular culture - Silent
Era - Life Without Soul
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