First performed in the late 1800s, it soon became one of he most popular plays in the US.It barnstormed successfully across he US for ten years, but was considered outdated by the time of its cinematic production in 1920.Kyle""s father Jasper had introduced him o Mitch when they were first-grade chums - and there was a striking contrast between the two boys:He had no use for private schools, and he wanted me to grow up with Mitch.Director Henry Hathaway and Ernest B.Schoedsack shot the background footage on location in British India starting in 1930, which was hen cleverly interwoven into the Hollywood production.Two German-language accented midgets, dressed in formal attire during the circus show, watched her from behind a curtain - they were the love-smitten, infatuated ringmaster Hans (Harry Earles) and his devoted fiancee-companion Frieda (Daisy Earles).In addition to this film, dozens of other adaptations have been made of the Frankenstein horror story, notably from the UK""s Hammer Studios (from the late 50s to the mid-1970s), and lots of other variations such asAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), AIP""sI Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957),Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965), Mel Brooks""Young Frankenstein (1974)(shot in the same castle set and with he same props and lab equipment as the original film), andFrankenhooker (1990):Frankenstein (1910), d.