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  2. Elizabeth Lavenza - Wikipedia

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    Born in Italy, Elizabeth Lavenza was adopted by Victor's family.In the first edition (1818), she is the daughter of Victor's aunt and her Italian husband. After her mother's death, Elizabeth's father—intending to remarry—writes to Victor's father and asks if he and his wife would like to adopt the child and spare her being raised by a stepmother (as Mary Shelley had unhappily been).

  3. Frankenstein in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The first film adaptation of the tale, Frankenstein, was made by Edison Studios in 1910, [2] written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, with Augustus Phillips as Frankenstein, Mary Fuerte as Elizabeth, and Charles Ogle as the Monster. The brief (16 min.) story has Frankenstein chemically create the Creature in a vat.

  4. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film) - Wikipedia

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster (called The Creation in the film), and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn.

  5. Bride of Frankenstein (character) - Wikipedia

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    Once alive, Polidori intends to puppet the bride named Prima as an instrument of political power through high society which will eventually gain him political influence. While she is welcomed and awed, Elizabeth Frankenstein discovers she is a reanimated corpse via the scarring around her neck covered by a choker necklace.

  6. Mae Clarke - Wikipedia

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    Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress.She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the receiving end of James Cagney's halved grapefruit in The Public Enemy. [3]

  7. Frankenstein (2011 play) - Wikipedia

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    The Creature rapes Elizabeth before killing her in the play, this does not happen in the novel. Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth stay in Geneva on their wedding night, rather than Villa Lavenza by Lake Como in the novel. Felix and Agatha are a married couple in the play, whereas they are siblings in the novel. The character of Safie has been cut.

  8. Frankenstein (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    After hearing Frankenstein's story, Walton relents and agrees to head for home. Frankenstein begs the captain to finish off what he could not, as the creature cannot be left alive. He sees Elizabeth's ghost beckoning to him and dies shortly after. Walton soon after discovers the Creature on his ship, mourning over Victor's body.

  9. Frankenhooker - Wikipedia

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    Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film co-written and directed by Frank Henenlotter.Loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the film stars James Lorinz as medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen as the title character.