Frankenstein

WORK

id: w_555099

refid: 7778

source: Vickie O'Riordan's Film Collection

agent

Display: James Whale (English, 1889-1957), director; Herman Ross (American, 1887-1965), set designer; Carl Laemmle (American, 1908-1979), producer; Arthur Edeson (English, 1891-1970), cinematographer; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (English, 1797-1851), author

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agent:

name: Whale, James (I)

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dates:

type: life

earliestDate: 1889
latestDate: 1957

culture: English

role: Motion picture producers and directors

vocab: LCSH

agent:

name: Ross,Herman

vocab: LCNAF

refid: 89009365

dates:

type: life

earliestDate: 1887
latestDate: 1965

culture: American

role: Set designers

vocab: LCSH

agent:

name: Shelley, Mary Wollsonecraft

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dates:

type: life

earliestDate: 1797
latestDate: 1851

culture: English

role: Authors

vocab: LCSH

agent:

name: Laemmle, Carl

vocab: LCNAF

refid: 89009365

dates:

type: life

earliestDate: 1908
latestDate: 1979

culture: American

role: Motion picture producers and directors

vocab: LCSH

agent:

name: Edeson, Arthur

vocab: LCNAF

refid: 85201927

dates:

type: life

earliestDate: 1891
latestDate: 1970

culture: English

role: Cinematographers

vocab: LCSH

date

Display: 1931

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date:

type: creation

earliestDate: 1931

latestDate: 1931

description

Display: black and white, sound mix, mono; Based on the novel "Frankenstein, or The modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and the composition of John L. Balderston from the play "Frankenstein" by Peggy Webling, produced in England in 1927. Presented by Carl Laemmle ; producer, Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; director, James Whale ; screenplay, Garrett Fort and Francis Edwards Faragoh ; scenario edited by Richard Schayer; contributor to treatment, Robert Florey ; contributor to screenplay construction, John Russell.

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description: black and white, sound mix, mono

source: IMDB

description: Based on the novel "Frankenstein, or The modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and the composition of John L. Balderston from the play "Frankenstein" by Peggy Webling, produced in England in 1927. Presented by Carl Laemmle ; producer, Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; director, James Whale ; screenplay, Garrett Fort and Francis Edwards Faragoh ; scenario edited by Richard Schayer; contributor to treatment, Robert Florey ; contributor to screenplay construction, John Russell.

source: AFI catalog, 1931-1940

measurements

Display: Runtime: 71 minutes

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measurements: 71

type: runningTime

unit: min

relation

Index:

relation: Film still showing Frankenstein's Monster entering Elizabeth's bedroom

type: imageIs

relids: i_555077

subject

Display: Motion picture producer directors (England); Horror films; Motion pictures; Monsters in motion pictures

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subject:

term: Motion picture producer directors (England)

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term: Horror films

type: conceptTopic

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term: Motion pictures

type: descriptiveTopic

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term: Monsters in motion pictures

type: descriptiveTopic

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title

Display: Frankenstein

Index:

title: Frankenstein

type: popular

pref: true

worktype

Display: motion picture

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worktype: motion picture

vocab: AAT

refid: 300136900

IMAGE

id: i_555077

refid: 99898

source: Vickie O'Riordan's Film Still Collection

description

Display: Frankenstein's monster, played by Boris Karloff, takes the role of Fuseli's goblin terrorizing the prostrate woman, actress Mae Clarke, in "The Nightmare"

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description: Frankenstein's monster, played by Boris Karloff, takes the role of Fuseli's goblin terrorizing the prostrate woman, actress Mae Clarke, in "The Nightmare"

relation

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relation: Frankenstein

type: imageOf

relids: w_555099

relation: Frankenstein

type: partOf

relids: w_555099

source

Display: Davenport-Hines, R. P. T., Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin, New York: North Point Press, 1999

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source:

name: Davenport-Hines, R. P. T., Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin, New York: North Point Press, 1999

type: book

refid: 086547544X

type: ISBN

subject

Display: actors; Frankenstein (Fictious character); Gothic horror; feature films; Boris Karloff (English, 1887-1969); Mae Clark (American, 1910-1992); Fuseli, Henry

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subject:

term: actors

type: descriptiveTopic

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type: iconographicTopic

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term: Gothic horror

type: conceptTopic

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type: descriptiveTopic

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type: personalName

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title

Display: Film still showing Frankenstein's Monster entering Elizabeth's bedroom

Index:

title: Film still showing Frankenstein's Monster entering Elizabeth's bedroom

type: partialView

worktype

Display: digital image

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worktype: digital image

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