While it's a decent print, the watermark is exceptionally annoying and potentially problematic. Watermarking exists to assert a claim on the property, and the property does not belong to the group doing the watermarking.

Any suggestion of ownership, for the property or the copy of the property, should be refused to the platform as this is open-source only.

The watermark possibly exists for reasons of pride, which is - at best - in poor taste, especially as we're all here to see James Whale's beautiful film, not a pedestrian rubber stamp, forever embedded on the corner of the print. People with AI skills hopefully can remove this without any further damage to the vision of the film.

Still people who don't get it or are confused about the scientist and the monster. Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the creature.

This is marked as Public Domain License 1. As far as I know the original novel of the 19 century is. This Frankenstein movie from 1931 its supposed to be copyrighted. Please let me know if it is possible to use the movie, writting the credits of course, with the license its displayed and if it is correct, or is it indeed still a copyright movie, and the license is other than Public Domain License 1

1. MinimalisT ChanneL accepts the criticism regarding the watermark. However, this is the channel policy and will not change.
2. All movies are optimized (color balance, sharpness, contrast balance) and resized for image quality by the MinimalisT ChanneL. That’s the reason for the lower resolution movies not filling up the screen.

FRANKENSTEIN, a photoplay in eight reels
by Universal Pictures Corp.
(c) 16Nov31; LP2631. Universal Pictures
Co., Inc. (PWH); 12Oct59; R243591.

I would like to end this review on a positive note, so I'll start off by talking about the possible downside of viewing/downloading this particular print* or any of the other prints that the OP has been kind enough to post.

(Disclaimer: if you are not a philm snob, easily distracted, or an anal-retentive type, you can probably stop reading here. If, however, you are like me, and strongly prefer your films in an untampered-with state, please read on.)

Here is the deal: the OP has taken the liberty of watermarking the film with a small logo in the upper right-hand corner and two lines of text on the left-hand side of the image. You can get an idea of how it looks by viewing this thumbnail:

https://archive.org/services/img/frankenstein-1931-restored-movie-720p-hd

The end of the world? Probably not. If, however, you are like me, and prefer your films to look the way they did when they were first released, this could be enough of a nuisance to make you think twice before taking the time to view or download it.

Having said that...

I am, nonetheless, grateful that the OP has taken the time and trouble to upload this philm. It is obvious that he (she?) likes old philms a great deal and anyone who not only *likes* old philms, but who is at pains to make them available to others, deserves to be praised.

So: I am not knocking who they are, or the essence of what they are doing; please do not think that. Rather, I am pointing out what the viewer can expect so that, should they decide to take the plunge, they do not end up wasting their time. If you are like me (i.e. a chap with an at-best mediocre Internet connection), the last thing you want to do is waste precious bandwidth downloading something only to discover that what you have downloaded is unsuitable.

I understand social media, the need for people to get their name out there, and the fact that the OP wants credit for posting these. I just wish there was some way to promote the OP's "brand" without sacrificing the integrity of the philms, that's all. I can't help but think that having the logo/url visible for just a few seconds at the beginning and end would be sufficient, but perhaps I am mistaken.

Anyway, I was initially very excited to find this, as the OP was considerate enough to post an MP4 file that was a) fairly small and b) CPU-friendly enough to allow those of us with antiquated machines the opportunity to view it. Alas, it did not work out for me, but your luck may prove better than mine did.

Should you be fortunate enough to have a very good Internet connection, give it a go and see what you think.




*This might be a good time to point out that there are other copies of this philm on IA that may prove more to your liking.