USA, 1945
67m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton.
Plot Summary
Dracula seeks the help of Dr Edelman's in curing his vampirism, but in fact is really after Edelman's beautiful assistant who he vampirises. Shortly afterwards, Larry Talbot arrives looking for a cure for his lycanthropy. When Edelman's procedures fail, Talbot tries to commit suicide but instead finds Frankenstein's Monster in a network of caves. Before long, Dracula, the Wolf Man and the monster are slugging it out.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Copyright MCMXLV [1945] by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal presents a Universal picture
Executive Producer: Joe Gershenson [real name: Joseph Gershenson.[/mfn]
Produced by: Paul Malvern
Original Screenplay by: Edward T. Lowe
Assistant Director: Ralph Slosser
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Film Editor: Russell Schoengarth
Musical Director: Edgar Fairchild
Music: William Lava *, Paul Dessau *, Charles Henderson *, Charles Previn *, Hans J. Salter *, Paul Sawtell *, Frank Skinner *
Director of Sound: Bernard B. Brown
Technician: Jess Moulin
Western Electric Recording
Gowns: Vera West
Make-up Artist: Jack P. Pierce
Hair Stylist: Carmen Dirigo
Special Photography by: John P. Fulton
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Martin Obzina
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, Arthur D. Leddy
Cast
Lon Chaney Jr (Lawrence Talbot)
John Carradine (Count Dracula/Baron Latos)
Martha O'Driscoll (Miliza Morrelle)
Lionel Atwill (Inspector Holtz)
Onslow Stevens (Dr Edelman)
Jane Adams (Nina)
Ludwig Stossel (Siegfried)
Glenn Strange (Frankenstein's monster)
Skelton Knaggs (Steinmuhl)
Alternative Titles
La casa degli orrori – Italy
La Maison de Dracula – France
La mansión de Drácula – Spain
The Wolf Man's Cure
Links
Sequel to
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Sequel
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Extracts included in
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Coming Soon (1982)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (1999)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of The Wolf Man (1999)
Wolfman Chronicles (1991)
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.10 p.44
- Classic Images no.364 (October 2005) pp.6-11 – illustrated article (Pentagram Reviews: House of Dracula (Universal, 1945) [part one] by Blackie Seymour)
- Classic Images no.366 (December 2005) pp.14, 79-83 – illustrated article (Pentagram Reviews: House of Dracula, Universal – 1945 [part two] by Blackie Seymour)
- Daily Film Renter no.7321 (18 February 1957) p.3
- The Dark Side no.63 p.25 – review
- Fangoria no.134 (July 1994) p.51 – illustrated video review (The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops)
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2584 (21 February 1957) p.17
- Midi-Minuit Fantastique no.4/5 (January 1963) p.151
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.24 no.279 (April 1957) p.47
- New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews vol.2 no.46 (31 December 1945) p.61-62 – compilation of reviews
- Today's Cinema vol.88 no.7716 (18 February 1957) p.8
- Scarlet Street no.8 p.71 – review
- Scary Monsters no.114 (Fall 2019) pp.62-63 – illustrated article (The wolf man's movie transformations by Ernie Magnotta)
- We Belong Dead no.29 (Autumn 2021) pp.30-31 – illustrated article (Ansel's asylum for the psychotronic No.3 by Ansel Faraj)
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.88
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.115
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson pp.179, 180 – note
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.63-67
- Classic Horror Films and the Literature That Inspired Them by Ron Backer p.61 – note
- Classic Movie Monsters by Donald F. Glut pp.22-26 – article
- Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted (3rd Edition) by Lyndon W. Joslin pp.183-187
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.45-46; 49
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart pp.101-102
- Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke pp.30-31
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.79
- Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II by Melvin E. Matthews Jr pp.133, 144-145
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow pp.215-216
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.178
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.111-114 – article
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.183-184 – credits, review
- The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.26 – credits, review
- John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver pp.191-194
- The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur pp.141-146 – illustrated credits, article
- Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Charlie Ellbé and Kristopher Woofter (eds.) pp.xii, 9, 11-12, 22n13, 104, 109, 148, 241-242, 323, 326
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.203 – credits
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.133-135; 192; 526
- Universal Horrors by Michael Brunas, John Brunas, Tom Weaver – article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory pp.56-59 – illustrated article
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.152
- The Werewolf Filmography by Bryan Senn p.111-113
