8mm Forum: Frankenstein (1910)

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Posted by Dave Ruth (Member # 4596) on April 06, 2017, 11:20 AM:

Hello all.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but was a print ever struck of the original Edison Frankenstein for the 8mm of Super 8 format? (Or even 16?) I was reading up on the film and it appears that people didn't even know this film existed until the 1970s!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on April 06, 2017, 12:17 PM:

I've never heard of it being on super 8 or standard 8mm. You might want to ask the collectors of 9.5MM if it was ever released in that format.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on April 06, 2017, 01:20 PM:

Found print in Montana (2010), of this long-"lost" film - 16mm no doubt

Posted by William Olson (Member # 2083) on April 07, 2017, 09:09 AM:

I seem to recall that it was offered by Blackhawk Films. In what formats, I can't recall.

Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on April 07, 2017, 07:52 PM:

As you'd expect, there are several postings of this film on YouTube. This a link to a HD version with music if you want to see what it was like. Silent films were rarely shown without music provided by a pianist, a band, an orchestra or a cinema organist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4

Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on April 08, 2017, 10:09 AM:

From what I've read, the film was in the possession of a man with the last name of Detlaf. He was described as being a rather strange man who for years tantalized film scholars and collectors by releasing clips of the film and not the entire movie. I believe that it was after Detlafs demise his estate allowed a video company(the name escapes me) to release the film in it's entirety. If BlackHawk ever did release the film on Super 8, it was probably a clip from the film, not the entire movie .

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