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Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
Great Movie!
I loved this movie when it first came out as a TV mini-series in 1973. The cast was excellent as well as the plot and the camera work. I truly hope that it comes out soon on DVD and that it is uncut. I loved the entire movie and my favorite scene is near the very end when the creature (Michael Sarrazin) says: "Bravo Victor". Some of the other Frankenstein movies that have come out over the years have Dr. Frankenstein's first name as "Henry" (as in the 1931 classic with Colin Clive). The full title of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's book is: "Frankenstein - or the Modern Prometheus".
And of course everyone knows she was married to the Percy Bysshe Shelley (who was still married). And according to Mary the novel came about from a nightmare she had.
Britannia Mews (1949)
Corrections
Dana Andrews first character in the movie was as 'Henry Lambert' not 'Herbert Lambert' and he didn't fall out a window - he fell down the stairs. I watched this movie today on Fox and I liked it - I didn't think that I would at first. This movie was also titled: "Affairs of Adelaide" and "The Forbidden Street". The story was a from a book by Margery Sharp entitled: "Britannia Mews". She also wrote the books from which the animated features "The Rescuers" (1977) and "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990) were drawn. I would buy this movie (The Forbidden Street/Britannia Mews/Affairs of Adelaide) if it were to come out on DVD. This is the first time I have commented on a movie in such a way.