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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed artificial life experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.
Shelley had travelled the region in which the story takes place, and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. The actual storyline was taken from a dream. Shelley was talking with three writer-colleagues, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori, and they decided they would have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. Then Frankenstein was written.
Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story, because unlike in previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results.[1] The story is partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experiments on dead and (sometimes) living animals and was also a warning against the expansion of modern humans in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in its subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. It has had a considerable influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films.
The name "Frankenstein" – actually the novel's human protagonist – is often incorrectly used to refer to the monster itself. In the novel, the monster is identified via words such as "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it"; The monster refers to himself speaking to Dr. Frankenstein as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead your "fallen angel."
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The reshaping of Mary Shelley's story began almost from the moment it first appeared. The 1931 Universal Studios production of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, capped more than a century of variant tellings of the original story. Compared to Shelley's sensitive, articulate creature, Universal's was crude and unformed. But the sheer power of Hollywood image-making gave him an impact as great or greater than Shelley's, and made him into an icon of popular culture.
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World’s Most Valuable Movie Poster?
Metropolis Collectibles co-owners Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo appeared in the fourth episode of SyFy’s new series Hollywood Treasure during which auctioneer and show star Joe Maddalena pursued his quest to find the most valuable movie poster in the world.
In addition to dealing with different consignments related to the 1933 RKO Pictures original King Kong, the episode “Joe Goes Ape” also showcased Fishler’s original and apparently one-of-a-kind Frankenstein six-sheet, which Maddalena appraised as the world’s most valuable movie poster.
The massive, evocative piece was tagged between $2 million and $3 million.
The company is slated to appear in the new program’s ninth episode in early December as well. The entire fourth episode can be viewed online.
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Rare Bride of Frankenstein Could Top $700,000
Heritage Auction Galleries could establish another record price, this one for a one-sheet movie poster when they auction the only known copy of The Bride of Frankenstein teaser Style E at their Beverly Hills location on November 12, 2010. The specimen is estimated to bring more than $700,000.
The poster from the 1935 Universal horror classic comes from the collection of Todd Feiertag and is currently on display at Heritage Beverly Hills, 9478 West Olympic Boulevard, where it can be seen on a walk-in basis.
“Early Universal horror movie posters are the blue chips of the collecting hobby,” said Grey Smith, Director of Movie Poster Auctions at Heritage, “and this incredible Universal horror one sheet from The Bride is easily the most dramatic poster I’ve ever seen, from any genre. It’s reasonable to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This is the only example of this poster to ever surface and, after all these years, it’s very likely there will never be another. It represents the rarest of the rare for a most desirable movie title and pop-culture icon.”
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This Lobby Card for “The Bride of Frankenstein” sold for $46,000.
This Bride of Frankenstein sold for $334,600
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