(Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man')

Content: 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).

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

33 minutes

Year:

1999

Directors:

David J. Skal

Actors:

Self

Host / Self

Self

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

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Writer

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