USA, 1943
73m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
An American horror film directed by Roy William Neill.
Plot Summary
Lawrence Talbot, the wolf man, is revived by grave robbers and sets about seeking a cure for his condition. He finds himself tracking down Baron Frankenstein, now long dead, and stumbles upon the monster frozen in ice beneath the ruins of the castle. Talbot frees the monster hoping it will lead him to the Baron’s hidden notes, with predictably tragic results.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Roy William Neill
Copyright MCMXLIII [1943] by Universal Pictures Co., Inc.
Universal presents
Produced by: George Waggner
Original Screen Play: Curt Siodmak
Assistant Director: Melville Shyer
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Film Editor: Edward Curtiss
Musical Director: H.J. Salter
Music: Charles Previn *; Heinz Roemheld [uncredited; Hans J. Salter *; Frank Skinner *
Director of Sound: Bernard B. Brown
[Sound] Technician: William Fox
Gowns: Vera West
Make-up Artist: Jack P. Pierce
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Art Director: John Goodman
Associate [Art Director]: Martin Obzina
Set Decorations: R.A. Gausman [real name: Russell A. Gausman]
Associate [Set Decorator]: E.R. Robinson
Cast
Ilona Massey (Baroness Elsa Frankenstein)
Patric Knowles (Dr Frank Mannering)
Lionel Atwill (Mayor of Vasaria)
Bela Lugosi (Frankenstein’s monster)
Maria Ouspenskaya (Maleva)
Dennis Hoey (Inspector Owen)
Lon Chaney as the wolf man[/Lawrence Talbot]
Don Barclay (Franzec)
Rex Evans (Vazec)
Dwight Frye (Rudi)
Harry Stubbs (Guno)
David Clyde [Llanwelly police sergeant – uncredited]
Jeff Corey [crypt keeper – uncredited]
Cyril Delevanti [Freddy Jolly the grave robber – uncredited]
Tom Stevenson [grave robber – uncredited]
Martha Vickers [Vasarian girl killed by the wolf man – uncredited]
Lance Fuller [Vasarian villager – uncredited]
Charles Irwin [Cardiff police constable – uncredited]
Adia Kuznetzoff [festival singer – uncredited]
Doris Lloyd [nurse – uncredited]
Gil Perkins [double for Lugosi – uncredited]
Beatrice Roberts, Torben Meyer [bit parts – uncredited]
Alternative Titles
Frankenstein contro l’uomo lupo – Italian title
Links
Sequel to
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Sequels
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Extracts included in
Coming Soon (1982)
Universal Horror (1998)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.66 no.1 (January 1985) pp.33-41 – illustrated article (Jack Pierce – Forgotten make-up genius by Frank Taylor)
- Castle of Frankenstein no.9 p.37
- Famous Monsters no. 42 – review
- Films in Review March 1964 p.147 – review
- Journal of Human Relations vol.19 no.1 (1971) pp. 4–17 – article (‘Even a Man Who is Pure of Heart’: The Horror Film as an American Folk-Art by Robert Anton Wilson
- Kine Weekly 25 April 1946 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.13 no.149 (May 1946) pp.63-64 – credits, review (by anonymous), synopsis
- Motion Picture Herald vol.150 no.9 (27 February 1943) – credits, review
- Scary Monsters no.114 (Fall 2019) pp.61-62 – illustrated article (The wolf man’s movie transformations by Ernie Magnotta)
- Starburst vol.5 no.4 (actually no.7) (March 1984) p.31 – illustrated article (The Frankenstein Chronicles Part IV by Phil Edwards)
- Today’s Cinema vol.66 no.5332 (18 April 1946) – review
- Variety 19 February 1943 – review
- We Belong Dead no.29 (Autumn 2021) pp.30-31 – illustrated article (Ansel’s asylum for the psychotronic No.3 by Ansel Faraj)
Newspapers
- New York Times 6 March 1943 – review (by Bosley Crowther)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.81
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.112
- Caligari’s Children: The Film as Tale of Terror by Siegbert Solomon Prawer p.214
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson pp.1, 2, 4, 160, 176 – notes
- Classic Horror Films and the Literature That Inspired Them by Ron Backer p.25 – note
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.42-43; 48
- Cult Horror: Dark Fantasy, Horror and Supernatural Movies by Russ Thorne p.70
- Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke pp.35-37
- Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video by John Elliot p.303 – UK video date, credits, review
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.9, 10, 125
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.182-83, 226, 253, 261, 378, 396
- Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II by Melvin E. Matthews Jr pp.139-144
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.159
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena p.114
- Hoffman’s Guide to Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.143 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis pp.141-142
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.102-106 – article
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.84 – illustrated credits, review
- The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur pp.108-113 – illustrated credits, article
- Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Charlie Ellbé and Kristopher Woofter (eds.) pp.149, 247, 334n12
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.149 – credits
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) pp.18-19
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.190
- Terror Tracks: Music, Sound and Horror Cinema by Philip Hayward (ed) p.7
- Universal Horrors by Michael Brunas, John Brunas and Tom Weaver – article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory pp.95-100 – illustrated article
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.147
- The Werewolf Filmography by Bryan Senn pp.88-91
