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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Documentary
Release Date: 1999, January 1
Directors: David J. Skal
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Studios Home Video
Cast: John Carradine, Onslow Stevens, Oliver Reed, Jane Adams, Claude Rains, Michael Mark, Henry Hull, Charles Laughton, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange, Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan

Overview:

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).