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*Frankenstein*
Frankenstein
Genre	Horror
Based on	Frankenstein; by Mary Shelley
Written by	Sam Hall; Dan Curtis
Screenplay by	Richard H. Landau
Directed by	Glenn Jordan
Starring	Robert Foxworth; Susan Strasberg; Bo Svenson
Music by	Robert Cobert
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Dan Curtis
Cinematography	Ben Colman
Editor	Dennis Virkler
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	Dan Curtis Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 16, 1973

Frankenstein is a 1973 American television movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus adapted by Sam Hall and Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis, with Robert Foxworth in the title role and Bo Svenson as the Monster.

Plot summary

Cast

Robert Foxworth as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Susan Strasberg as Elizabeth Lavenza
Bo Svenson as The Monster
Robert Gentry as Dr. Henry Clerval
Heidi Vaughn as Agatha DeLacey
Philip Bourneuf as Alphonse Frankenstein
Robert Gentry as Henri Clerval
Jon Lormer as Charles DeLacey
William Hansen as Professor Waldman
John Karlen as Otto Roget
Willie Aames as William Frankenstein

Production

The Robert Cobert score was not original to this film. Cobert used musical cues from Dark Shadows and Dan Curtis' adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.^[1]

The film was shown over two nights on ABC's Wide World of Mystery.^[2] Part 1 of the film was shown on the same night, and on the same network, as another of Curtis' productions, The Night Strangler.^[3] The film was quickly overshadowed by the more lavishly budgeted Frankenstein: The True Story which premiered later that same year.^[4]^[3]

Reception

At the time of its release, the film garnered praise. Variety called the film "extraordinary entertainment."^[4] The Los Angeles Times said it was "quite a handsome show, with huge, foreboding sets and a splendid array of special effects."^[4] Radu Florescu's In Search of Frankenstein declared it "probably the most faithful rendering the screen has yet seen."^[4]

References

^ Thompson 2009, p. 96.
^ Deal 2014, p. 69.
^ ^a ^b Deal 2014, p. 71.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thompson 2009, p. 97.

Sources

Allard, Jeff (November 5, 2007), Dan Curtis' Frankenstein, Comingsoon.net, retrieved March 23, 2017
Deal, David (2014), Television Fright Films of the 1970s, McFarland & Company, ISBN 9780786455140
Thompson, Jeff (2009), The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966-2006, McFarland & Company, ISBN 9780786453375
Van Dreason, Jeff (January 8, 2008), DVD Review: Dan Curtis' Frankenstein, CHUD.com, retrieved March 23, 2017