The Bride and the Beast (1958)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1958
Running Times: 78 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Producers: Adrian Weiss, Louis Weiss

SCRIPT
Story: Adrian Weiss
Script: Edward D. Wood Jr

DIRECTION
Director: Adrian Weiss
Assistant Directors: Harry L. Fraser, Harry S. Webb

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roland Price

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: George M. Merrick, Samuel Weiss

MUSIC
Music: Les Baxter

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Harold Hanks

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Harry Thomas
Wardrobe Supervisor: Adolph Weiss

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: George Endler

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Edward Shiells
Set Decorator: Harry Reif
Property Master: Monroe Liebgold

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bronson Caverns, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA; Santa Monica, California, USA

CAST
Charlotte Austin (Laura Carson Fuller)
Lance Fuller (Dan Fuller)
Johnny Roth (Taro)
William Justine (Dr Carl Reiner)
Gil Frye (Captain Cameron)
Jeanne Gerson (Marka)
Steve Calvert (gorillas)
Slick Slavin (soldier-messenger)
Jean Ann Lewis (real name: Eve Brent) (stewardess)
Bhogwan Singh (extra killed by tiger)

PLOT SUMMARY

Laura and Dan are newlyweds with a problem - Laura seems to much more interested in Dan's pet gorilla than in him. Under hypnosis, Laura turns out to have been the Queen of the Gorillas in a previous life.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Video Distributors: Videowest; World Beyond Video
DVD Distributor: Retromedia Distribution (RMED1029)

1958
February
23: USA – theatrical release

2002
June
25: USA - DVD release (Retromedia Distribution (RMED1029))

Human mate for jungle brutes!

Queen of the Gorillas

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
It Came from Hollywood (1982)

MAGAZINES

Fangoria October 1994 pp.12-18, 74 (USA)
interview with Charlotte Austin (Gorillas in Her Midst by Tom Weaver)

gorillas, hypnosis, reincarnation

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008