Quotation record · reviewed 2026-08-09
Circulates under Henry Frankenstein
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The 1931 film Frankenstein gives the doctor the exclamation ‘It's alive!’ The popular ‘He's alive’ form changes the pronoun and is not the film's line.
It's alive!
Earliest traceable appearance in this record: 1931 film Frankenstein.
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