Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999-01-01 - 33 minutes

6.90 / 10

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).

Screenplay

Writer - David J. Skal

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

John Landis

John Landis

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

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Claude Rains

Claude Rains

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Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

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Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

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Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan

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Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

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Henry Hull

Henry Hull

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Warner Oland

Warner Oland

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Tom Stevenson

Tom Stevenson

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Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

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Lou Costello

Lou Costello

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Fay Helm

Fay Helm

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Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya

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Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

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Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

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Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

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Michael Mark

Michael Mark

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Onslow Stevens

Onslow Stevens

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John Carradine

John Carradine

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