00:15We now present George Edwards in Frankenstein.
00:28The good ship Voyager had been on a journey of exploration towards the North Pole.
00:33She was homeward bound, but unfortunately, the icy grip of the northern winter closed
00:39in, and the Voyager was surrounded by great blocks of solid ice.
00:44Her captain and crew were prepared for a weary wake before the fall set in.
00:48And they could continue their journey home.
00:52Shortly after noon, Captain Walton and his first mate, Mr. Boyd, were standing on the deck
00:58of the Voyager.
00:59They looked out across the icy wake.
01:14Well, Mr. Boyd, I think we will be here for quite a considerable time yet.
01:19There's no time as a fall setting in.
01:21Yes, the trouble is to keep the crew occupied, Captain, and they're beginning to grumble
01:25a good deal already.
01:27Well, give them as much work as you can.
01:29After all, we were prepared for something like this.
01:32We have ample supplies and provisions.
01:34I will take all responsibility for my men.
01:37And I can promise you that they will all return safely doing good.
01:42Captain, my eyes are clean.
01:46What ails you, Mr. Boyd?
01:47Look there.
01:49Coming across the ice.
01:52A man.
01:55Are all the crew accounted for, Mr. Boyd?
01:57No, I have left there for that.
02:00They're approaching the title of it.
02:03Ahoy there!
02:05Mr. Boyd.
02:07A ship here?
02:10No, I must be dreaming.
02:13This is another feature of my target wing.
02:16I can assure you this is a ship.
02:19The board of the Mr. Spankers will be helped aboard, Mr. Boyd.
02:21Aye, aye, sir.
02:23What ship is this?
02:25Whither are you bound?
02:26My men are coming to help you aboard now, sir.
02:30Bring him up that rope ladder.
02:33Stay there!
02:34Thank you, sir.
02:35Speak good English.
02:36Yes?
02:37I wonder where he came from.
02:39I can't understand.
02:41A man wandering about all alone out here.
02:44The wind and the snow is howling about.
02:46They're bringing him aboard now, sir.
02:50Who is the captain of this statue?
02:53I am the captain.
02:55My name is Walt.
02:56And whether is the special bound?
02:59We have been on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole.
03:03We commenced our journey homeward.
03:06The ice closed in on us.
03:08We are staying here until the shore sets in.
03:12May I crave your hospitality and shelter?
03:15Most certainly, sir.
03:16May I ask your name?
03:19Victor Baron Frankenstein.
03:21I am ill and weak.
03:24Careful.
03:24I will be involved.
03:24All right, sir.
03:25I have him.
03:26I must express my sorrow for the trouble I am causing you, captain.
03:31But I am seeking shelter.
03:34Then my quest must go on.
03:36I must always go on.
03:39I cannot die till I find that evil, that demon,
03:44which I unloosed upon the world.
03:47You speak strange words, sir?
03:51Forgive me.
03:53If I can what crave your kindness some food,
03:56then I will...
03:57Mr. Boyd,
03:59take Baron Frankenstein below to my cabin.
04:01See that he is made comfortable there.
04:03Give him food and drink.
04:04Let the ship's sergeant attend to him.
04:05You are giving him your cabin, sir?
04:07Why not?
04:07You have my orders.
04:09Have a hammock slung for me in the cabin.
04:11Aye, aye, sir.
04:23Well, Mr. Boyd,
04:25how does the stranger progress?
04:26We put him to bed, sir.
04:27He slept for quite a long time.
04:29He seems better now,
04:30but I think his mind is rambling.
04:33Why do you say that?
04:34Well, ever in the norm,
04:35he speaks of some demon,
04:37some fearful monster.
04:38He peers through the porthole.
04:40Well, we had to use force on one occasion
04:42to persuade him to return to his bed.
04:45Strange.
04:48Perhaps his wanderings have deranged his mind.
04:51Do you think it is safe to leave him without a guard?
04:53Do you think we should take the precaution
04:54of locking your door, sir?
04:57He appears to be a gentleman.
05:00I doubt he has a strange story to tell.
05:04Has he mentioned anything which might supply a key to this mystery?
05:09Or why he was wandering about here in these icy wastes?
05:14He said that he was searching for an evil spirit,
05:16for a destroyer,
05:17a taker of human life.
05:19There's something about the man which makes me afraid, sir.
05:22Oh, boy, the man can do you no harm.
05:26I will go down and speak with him myself.
05:28Do you wish me to accompany you, Captain?
05:30No.
05:31I will go alone.
05:32But should he become violent?
05:33Oh, the man is weak in him.
05:34How can he become violent?
05:36He struggled with us
05:37when we dragged him away from the porthole.
05:39He said he must be watching.
05:41Forever watching.
05:43Poor devil.
05:45I will try to persuade him to tell me his story.
05:48Wait here on deck, Boyd.
05:49I will send for you if I need you.
06:02Oh, pardon my intrusion, Baron Frankenstein.
06:06I came to inquire after your help.
06:08Why was I locked in this cabin?
06:10Why are you keeping me a prisoner?
06:13I am considering your own safety.
06:15Considering my own safety?
06:17I tell you, sir,
06:18my life means nothing to me.
06:21I wish to repair the great wrong which I have done.
06:24My friends, my family,
06:26they have all been murdered.
06:28And I am the murderer.
06:30You know not what you say.
06:33Look on me, Captain.
06:35You are looking on a man
06:37who unleashed a horror on this world.
06:39A man who was responsible
06:41for the murder of his beloved wife,
06:43his best friend,
06:44for the murder of little children.
06:46Are you a fugitive from justice?
06:48I am not a fugitive.
06:50I have been punished
06:52because I tried to usurp the rights of God.
06:55Now I seek to repair the wrong which I did.
06:58I do not understand you.
07:01Bid your sailors keep a close watch.
07:03Somewhere in these white wastes,
07:06somewhere near here,
07:08there is a monster,
07:10a creature who delights in taking human life.
07:13None of you is safe.
07:14Your wandering and your hardships
07:16have caused you to imagine these things.
07:18No, I swear, it is the truth.
07:21Near this vessel,
07:22I saw a giant footprint in the snow.
07:25It must have been the footstep of the monster.
07:28The monster which I created.
07:30Would you like to tell me something of your story?
07:34Captain Vulcan,
07:35I do not know if you will believe my story
07:38when I tell it to you.
07:40Perhaps you may have proof.
07:43Perhaps someday you will look upon this monster.
07:47Oh,
07:49and may heaven grant that you do not.
07:52If it will help you to tell me about it,
07:54Baron Frankenstein,
07:55I assure you I will make a ready listener.
07:58Be seated, Captain.
08:01I have told you
08:03that my name is Baron Victor Frankenstein.
08:06I was born in Geneva,
08:08and my family is one of the most distinguished
08:11in that republic.
08:13My father had filled several public situations
08:16with honor and reputation.
08:19He was respected by all who knew him
08:22for his integrity.
08:24So you can see, sir,
08:26that I grew up in the most ideal surroundings.
08:29When I was 17,
08:32my parents sent me
08:34to the University of Ingolstadt,
08:37and there I became interested in science.
08:41During my attendance at the university,
08:44my beloved mother died.
08:46I returned home for a brief while,
08:49and whilst at home,
08:50I fell deeply in love with my cousin Elizabeth,
08:53and I determined to marry her
08:55as soon as my course at the university
08:57had been completed.
08:59I returned to Ingolstadt
09:01and continued with my studies.
09:04I read deeply and gradually
09:06a most dreadful thought occurred to me
09:08from my readings and my studies.
09:11I realized that it would be possible
09:14for man to create man.
09:18I became aware
09:19of the tremendous power of electricity.
09:23I was caught once
09:24in a terrific thunderstorm.
09:26I observed how the lightning
09:29had split an oak tree in half,
09:31and the knowledge came to me
09:33that just as electricity can destroy life,
09:36so can it create.
09:39Then and there,
09:41my horrible resolve was born.
09:44I vowed that I would not rest
09:46until I had created a man.
09:49This seems incredible,
09:51Battlefrax.
09:52Oh, it may seem incredible
09:54to one who is not acquainted with science,
09:55but I studied and experimented,
09:58and when I retired from the university,
10:00I begged my father
10:01to build me a laboratory
10:02near our old home.
10:04He agreed to do this,
10:05and then I took into my confidence
10:07an old family servant
10:09called Julio.
10:10The man was crippled,
10:11but he had a keen and agile brain,
10:13and he was interested
10:14in my experiment.
10:16For months we worked.
10:17I intended to create a creature
10:19who would be both strong,
10:21good to look upon,
10:22and noble.
10:23Are you speaking the truth,
10:24Baron Frankenstein?
10:25I swear that I speak the truth.
10:26Did you succeed
10:27with this monstrous project?
10:29I swear a holy oath
10:30that I succeeded.
10:32I created a man.
10:34I usurped the rights of God.
10:37Did I say I created a man?
10:40That is not the truth.
10:42I created a monster.
10:43A monster?
10:44Why, you might well shudder,
10:47Captain Walton.
10:48I will tell you the story
10:49of the creation of this monster.
10:51I will tell you why
10:52you found me wandering
10:53about the white waste.
10:54How did you get here?
10:55I chartered a ship.
10:56I paid a crew.
10:57We were wrecked upon an iceberg
10:59and all perished
11:00save one person.
11:01I was the miserable person
11:03who lived on
11:03because I had to live.
11:05I cannot die
11:06until I have destroyed
11:07that which I have created.
11:08But if you created
11:09this monster in Geneva,
11:11what is it doing
11:12here and out
11:12in the white waste
11:13of the north?
11:14Oh, I am tired,
11:15my friend.
11:16The story is too dreadful
11:17and horrible.
11:19Let me regain my strength
11:21so that I may complete
11:23my work.
11:24What I have created
11:25must be destroyed.
11:28My poor fellow,
11:29I assure you
11:30that we will give you
11:30every care and attention
11:32till you do not believe me.
11:39what was that?
11:40The monster,
11:41it is here
11:42aboard the desert.
11:43That was the most
11:44gossipy laugh
11:44I have ever heard.
11:45Open that door.
11:47Let me complete
11:48my work now.
11:52Did you hear that?
11:54Stand aside.
11:54No, we shall not
11:55open this door.
11:56Mr. Boyd,
11:57Mr. Boyd,
11:58come by once
11:59and bring a picture
12:00with you.
12:04THE END
