Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

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

1999

Documentary

Synopsis

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).

Credits

Director

David J. Skal

Cast

Bela Lugosi as Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton as Self (archive footage)

Claude Rains as Self (archive footage)

Curt Siodmak as Self

Edward Van Sloan as Self (archive footage)

Evelyn Ankers as Self (archive footage)

Henry Hull as Self (archive footage)

John Landis as Host / Self