Life Without Soul (1915) is a horror film, directed by Joseph W. Smiley and written by Jesse J. Goldburg. This film is an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel Frankenstein. The film is about a doctor who creates a soulless man. In the end, it turns out that a young man has dreamed the events of the film after falling asleep reading Mary Shelley's novel.
This version is considered a lost film and the second film version of Frankenstein. The first version was the Edison Company's 10-minute short film Frankenstein (1910).
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