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Frankenstein (1931 film)
Frankenstein (1931) is James Whale's Universal horror film starring Boris Karloff as the flat-headed, bolt-necked Monster and Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein; adapted via the Peggy Webling play, released 21 November 1931, a box-office hit that defined the movie monster.
Frankenstein (2015 film)
Frankenstein (2015 film): Bernard Rose's modern-day Los Angeles retelling of Mary Shelley's novel, told from the monster Adam's perspective, starring Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Danny Huston; distinct from the same year's Victor Frankenstein.
Frankenstein (2025 film)
Frankenstein (2025) is Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor and Jacob Elordi as the Creature; released October 17, 2025 in theaters and November 7 on Netflix, it won the 2026 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Frankenstein and Me
Frankenstein and Me (Frankenstein et moi) is a 1996 Canadian family fantasy-horror comedy directed by Robert Tinnell, starring Jamieson Boulanger, Burt Reynolds, Louise Fletcher, and a young Ryan Gosling; released July 12, 1996.
Frankenstein Castle
Frankenstein Castle (Burg Frankenstein) is a ruined hill castle near Darmstadt, Germany, first documented in 1252 and famous for its coincidental match with Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad (فرانكشتاين في بغداد) is a 2013 novel by the Iraqi writer Ahmed Saadawi, in which a corpse assembled from bombing victims hunts for justice in occupied Baghdad.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) is Universal's first monster-team-up horror film, directed by Roy William Neill and written by Curt Siodmak, starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster, and starting the Universal shared-universe cycle.
Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster is the nameless creature Victor Frankenstein assembles and animates in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: articulate and remorseful in the book, reimagined as a mute green brute by James Whale's 1931 film.
Frankenstrat
Frankenstrat, also called Frankenstein or Frankie: the hybrid electric guitar Eddie Van Halen built in 1977 from $50 Charvel parts, pairing a Gibson-style humbucker with a Stratocaster body and vibrato; prototype of the superstrat.
Frankenthal porcelain
Frankenthal porcelain is hard-paste porcelain made in Frankenthal, Palatinate, from 1755 to 1800, founded by Paul Anton Hannong and later a state manufactory under Elector Carl Theodor.
Frankenweenie (1984 film)
Frankenweenie is a 1984 Tim Burton live-action Disney short in which a boy revives his dog Sparky with electricity; shelved at first, released in 1992, remade in 2012.
Frankenweenie (2012 film)
Frankenweenie (2012) is Tim Burton's black-and-white 3-D stop-motion Disney feature, a remake of his shelved 1984 live-action short, in which boy scientist Victor Frankenstein revives his dog Sparky; it was Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Frankétienne
Frankétienne, born Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent (1936–2025), was a Haitian writer, painter, and founder of Spiralism who wrote Dézafi, the first modern novel in Haitian Creole.
Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky: state capital and Franklin County seat on the Kentucky River, founded 1786, named for Stephen Frank's ford. Population 28,602 (2020); government and bourbon distilling anchor its economy.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, German city on the Main river in Hesse; first recorded as Franconofurd in 794, a free imperial city until 1866, now Germany's financial center with the ECB, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Messe Frankfurt, and 781,337 residents (end 2025).
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder), a kreisfreie city in Brandenburg on the German-Polish border, founded 1253, forms a twin city with Słubice across the Oder; population fell from 86,131 (1990) to about 56,600 (2025); home to Europa-Universität Viadrina.
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport, also called Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen, is Germany's largest airport and a Lufthansa hub, handling about 63.2 million passengers in 2025.
Frankfurt kitchen
The Frankfurt kitchen (Frankfurter Küche) is a compact standardized fitted kitchen designed in 1926 by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky for Frankfurt's New Frankfurt housing program, and it is regarded as the prototype of the modern built-in kitchen.
Frankfurt School
Frankfurt School (Frankfurter Schule): tradition of critical theory centered on Frankfurt's Institute for Social Research, founded 1923 by Felix Weil; Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Benjamin, later Habermas; exile at Columbia 1934–1951.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Börse Frankfurt) is Germany's leading stock exchange, operated by Deutsche Börse AG, listing shares of over 10,000 companies from more than 130 countries.
Frankfurter Hefte
Frankfurter Hefte was a German monthly journal of culture and politics founded in April 1946 by Eugen Kogon and Walter Dirks, one of the most influential journals of early West Germany, running until 1984.
Frankfurter Poetik-Vorlesungen
The Frankfurter Poetik-Vorlesungen are a semesterly poetics lecture series at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, first held in 1959/60 with Ingeborg Bachmann, that has shaped the format at over 30 universities.
Frankia
Frankia: nitrogen-fixing filamentous actinobacteria (Frankiaceae, Frankiales) forming root nodule symbioses with over 200 actinorhizal angiosperm species in 25 genera and eight families; vesicles with hopanoid envelopes protect nitrogenase.
Frankie & Benny's
Frankie & Benny's is a British Italian-American casual dining chain founded in 1995 in Leicester, once The Restaurant Group's biggest brand, restructured through 2016-2023 closures and a CVA, and sold to The Big Table Group in 2023.
Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)
Frankie and Johnny (Frankie & Johnny), 1991 Paramount romantic comedy-drama directed by Garry Marshall, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, adapted by Terrence McNally from his 1987 play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon (Francis Thomas Avallone, born 1940, Philadelphia) is an American singer, actor, and teen idol of the late 1950s. His hits "Venus" and "Why" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959; he starred in the Beach Party films with Annette Funicello and sang "Beauty School Dropout" in Grease.
Frankie Banali
Frankie Banali (1951–2020), American hard rock drummer for Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P.; played on Metal Health, the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard chart, and later managed Quiet Riot.
Frankie Beverly
Frankie Beverly (Howard Stanley Beverly, 1946–2024), American soul singer-songwriter, founder and frontman of Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly; hits include Before I Let Go, Joy and Pain; nine gold albums, 2025 posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle (Francis Martin Patrick Boyle, born 1972, Glasgow) is a Scottish stand-up comedian and writer known for bleak, offensive humor, Mock the Week (2005-2009), Tramadol Nights, New World Order, and books including Meantime.
Frankie Bridge
Frankie Bridge (Francesca Sandford, born 1989) is an English singer and TV presenter from S Club 8 and The Saturdays, now a Loose Women panellist, author of Open and Grow, and Mind ambassador.