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Frankenstein is a 1931 horror film directed by James Whale based on the 1818 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
The film stars Boris Karloff as the monster, in make-up devised by specialist Jack Pierce, which has defined the creature in popular culture ever since.
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