Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
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).
- Released
- 1999-01-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 33 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- David J. Skal
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Rick Baker as Self
- John Landis as Host / Self
- Curt Siodmak as Self
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Claude Rains as Self (archive footage)
- Evelyn Ankers as Self (archive footage)
- Bela Lugosi as Self (archive footage)
- Edward Van Sloan as Self (archive footage)
- Charles Laughton as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Hull as Self (archive footage)
- Warner Oland as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Stevenson as Self (archive footage)
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