For decades, Frankenstein (1910) was believed lost. Then in 1980, a Wisconsin collector revealed that the only surviving print had been sitting quietly in a private collection the entire time. The image is faded, the storytelling primitive, and cinema itself was only about fifteen years old when the film was made. Yet the importance is undeniable. This is the first Frankenstein movie, the moment Mary Shelley's creature first stepped onto the screen. If you're curious about the origins of both Frankenstein and film itself, it's freely available on YouTube and only takes about fifteen minutes to watch.