"Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright." Upon first hearing these words, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney...
"Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright." Upon first hearing these words, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) dismisses them as childish folderol. After all, this is the 20th Century; how can a human being turn into a werewolf? Talbot soon learns how when he attempts to rescue Jenny Williams (Fay Helm) from a nocturnal attack by a wolf. Collapsing, Talbot discovers upon reviving that Jenny is dead-and, lying by her side, is not the body of a beast, but of a gypsy named Bela (Bela Lugosi). The son of fortune teller Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), Bela was a lycanthrope, or "wolf man." And now that he has been bitten by Bela, Talbot is cursed to suffer the torments of the damned whenever the moon is full. Arguably the best of the "original" Universal horrors (original in the sense that it was not based on an existing literary property, a la Frankenstein, Dracula and The Invisible Man), The Wolf Man boasts one of the most stellar casts ever to grace a "B" picture: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Maria Ouspenskaya and Bela Lugosi. The man-to-wolf transformation sequences-one of which took a full 24 hours to film-are thoroughly convincing, thanks to the cosmetic genius of Jack P. Pierce (Chaney had wanted to emulate his father by developing his own werewolf makeup, but existing union rules would not permit this). Alas, after this powerhouse opening volley, the Wolf Man character was relegated to a series of cheap sequels, teaming him with other Universal shock stars: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945). The final ignominy was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1945), in which Lawrence Talbot (Chaney again), having been cured of lycanthropy in House of Dracula, reverts to his werewolf status-and has to endure the one-liners of Lou Costello to boot!
Lon Chaney, Jr. - Wolfman/Larry Talbot Claude Rains - Sir John Talbot Warren William - Dr. Lloyd Evelyn Ankers - Gwen Conliffe Ralph Bellamy - Capt. Paul Montford Bela Lugosi - Bela Patric Knowles - Frank Andrews Maria Ouspenskaya - Maleva J.M. Kerrigan - Charles Conliffe Fay Helm - Jenny Williams Forrester Harvey - Victor Twiddle Jessie Arnold - Gypsy Woman Caroline Cooke - Woman Harry Cording - Wykes Margaret Fealy - Woman Gibson Gowland - Villager Leyland Hodgson - Kendall Olaf Hytten - Villager Kurt Katch - Gypsy with Bear Connie Leon - Mrs. Wykes Doris Lloyd - Mrs. Williams Ottola Nesmith - Mrs. Bally Eddie Polo - Churchgoer Ernie Stanton - Phillips Tom Stevenson - Richardson, the Graveyard Digger Harry Stubbs - Reverend Norman Martha Vickers Eric Wilton - Chauffeur
Like to rate videos and let people know what you think?
Automatically share your ratings, favorites, and more on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader with YouTube Autoshare.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
Like to share videos with friends?
Automatically share your ratings, favorites, and more on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader with YouTube Autoshare.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
why bother remaking a classic if all you're gonna do is add gore? "Bram Stoker's Dracula" WAS slightly gory, BUT IT STAYED TRUE TO THE NOVEL (while having a unique touch to it), as did "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." If you can't improve on the original, DON'T REMAKE A CLASSIC.
Man, they just don't make 'em like this anymore. The old Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Wolfman movies of yesteryear were great movies. Loved staying up late on Saturday nights as a kid and getting the crap scared out of me. Today's movies with all the computer gadgetry and blood and gore just don't do anything for me. They're okay but I won't categorize them with these classics.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
just google for the link above
Today's movies with all the computer gadgetry and blood and gore just don't do anything for me. They're okay but I won't categorize them with these classics.