MCA DiscoVision - Frankenstein

Catalog Number 23-002

Format Standard Play CAV

Running Time 71 minutes

Mono
Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Retail Price	$9.95
Issued	December 1978

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	33,145	23min 01sec
2	30,921	21min 28sec
3	35,510	24min 40sec
	99,576	69min 09sec
Dead Side	Various

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Pressing Notes

Frankenstein was another of the original DiscoVision titles available at the product launch. The first adaptation of Marry Shelly's novel about Dr. Frankenstein's experiments has become not only a cinematic classic, but a DiscoVision collector's classic as well. The transfer to disc is of highest quality and and was handled very well by MCA video engineers. Frankenstein last appeared in the October 1980 catalog. Side bumpers are presented in full Black & White.

The print has some very noticeable splices throughout and it is obvious there are frames missing. Some cases there appear to be several feet of film missing. However, the audio pops only slightly at the splices and remains smooth for the duration of the film. There is a drop in volume at each reel change in the film which took several seconds for the transfer technician to correct each time. There is mild surface noise from the print, but not more than one could expect from a film so old.

The side 1-2 side break is stupidly placed. DiscoVision could have run side 1 about 3,500 frames longer and placed the side break at a natural fade out/fade in as they did for the side 2-3 break. Breaking in the middle of the creation sequence simply doesn't make any sense.