Retired Richard "Rick" O""Connell (Brendan Fraser) was struggling to learn fly fishing in Oxfordshire, where he lived in an extravagant manor with author/wife Evelyn (Maria Bello).J.Searle Dawley, 16 minute silent, Edison CompanyLife Without a Soul (1915), d.Joseph W.Smiley, the first feature-length Frankenstein adaptation, a lost silent film, Ocean Film Corp.Frankenstein (1931), d.James Whale, UniversalThe Bride of Frankenstein (1935), d.James Whale, UniversalSon of Frankenstein (1939), d.Rowland V.Lee, UniversalThe Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), d.Erle C.Kenton, UniversalFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), d.Roy William Neill, UniversalHouse of Frankenstein (1944), d.Erle C.Kenton, UniversalThe Curse of Frankenstein (1957, UK), d.Terence Fisher, Hammer FilmsThe Revenge of Frankenstein (1958, UK),d.Terence Fisher, Hammer FilmsThe Evil of Frankenstein (1964, UK), d.Freddie Francis, Hammer FilmsFrankenstein Created Woman (1967, UK) (aka Frankenstein Made Woman), d.Terence Fisher, Hammer FilmsFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969, UK), d.Terence Fisher, Hammer FilmsThe Horror of Frankenstein (1970, UK), d.Jimmy Sangster, Hammer FilmsFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974, UK), d.Terence Fisher, Hammer FilmsFrankenstein Unbound (1990), d.Roger Corman, 20th Century FoxFrankenstein (1993), d.David Wickes, made for TV, Turner PicturesMary Shelley""s Frankenstein (1994), d.Kenneth Branagh, producer Francis Ford Coppola, TriStarVan Helsing (2004), d.Stephen Sommers, opens with a slightly modified (revisionist) creation scene and the ending burning windmill scene from the original film (in black and white!) as a springboard for the filmOriginally, the famedDraculaactor Bela Lugosi was cast as the Monster, and French director Robert Florey was assigned o direct.Jack: I don""t believe they did.Ullman: Well, uh, my predecessor in this job, hired a man named Charles Grady as the winter caretaker." When Ryan arrived, disgruntled Clark apprehended him, but he was soon convinced of Ryan""s honesty and intentions: "I came to help you get those guys out.Why is all this stuff still here?"Meanwhile, Jim (with Donna) opened up a large, round rap door on the basement floor with a massive key, revealing a ladder down to a crumbling, underground room.