Frankenstein / Carl Laemmle presents ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; screenplay by Garrett Fort and Francis Edwards Faragoh ; directed by James Whale.

Uniform title
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Εdition
75th anniversary edition.
Published/​Created
  • Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2006]
  • ©2006
Description
  • 2 videodiscs (approximately 71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • DVD-Video discs

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    Subject(s)
    Film producer
    Screenwriter
    Film director
    Actor
    Cinematographer
    Film editor
    Art director
    Adapter
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Series
    Universal legacy series [More in this series]
    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in black and white.
    Summary note
    Tampering with life and death, Dr. Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to create a human monster.
    Notes
    • Title from container.
    • Adapted by John L. Balderston, from a play by Peggy Webling. Based on the story by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
    • Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
    • Special features: Disc 1: "Karloff: the gentle monster": a tribute to the film career of Boris Karloff; "Monster tracks": interesting interactive pop-up facts about the making of 'Frankenstein'; Feature commentary with Rudy Behlmer; Feature commentary with historian Sir Christopher Frayling ; Disc 2: "The 'Frankenstein' files": how Hollywood made a monster; "Frankenstein archives": original posters and photo galleries; "Universal horror": documentary, narrated by Kenneth Branagh; "Boo!": a short film.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Cinematograper, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Clarence Kolster ; art director, Charles D. Hall.
    Target audience
    Not rated.
    System details
    DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, dual-layer, NTSC.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Marilyn Harris.
    Language note
    English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; Enlgish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
    Contents
    • Disc 1. [Feature film]
    • Disc 2. [Special features].
    ISBN
    • 1417021446
    • 9781417021444
    Publisher no.
    31021
    OCLC
    1322015194
    Universal Product Code
    • 025193102126
    • 025192249570 (1 disc : 2014)
    Other standard number
    • g2009:378709
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