USA, 1922
35mm film, black and white, Prizma Color, 1.33:1
silent
An American science fiction/horror film directed by Wallace Worsley.
Plot Summary
Deranged surgeon Doctor Lamb is performing sinister experiments on human subjects, assisted by the product of an earlier experiment, a primitive ape-like creature.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Wallace Worsley
Goldwyn Producing Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures. Controlled by Loew’s Corporation
Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn *
Scenario by: J.G. Hawks
Story: The Octave of Claudius by Barry Pain *
Photography by: Norbert Brodine
Editor: Paul Bern
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Cast
Lon Chaney (Dr Arthur Lamb/the ape man)
Raymond McKee (Robert Sandell)
Virginia True Boardman (Mrs Sandell)
Aggie Herring (Bessie)
Virginia Madison (Angela’s mother)
Fontaine La Rue (Mrs Lamb)
Jacqueline Logan (Angela Marshall)
Alternative Titles
La obsesión de un sabio – Spain
References
Books
- American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 by John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella with Steve Joyce and Harry H. Long p.55 – credits, article (by
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.67 – illustrated credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.39 – credits
- The Reference Guide to Science Fiction Films Volume 1 by A.W. Strickland and Forrest J. Ackerman pp.229-231
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.137
