The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1942
Running Times: 64 mins
Format: bw 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTIONS
Production Company: Monogram Pictures Corporation presents
Copyright: © MCMXLII by Monogram Pictures Corporation
Produced by: Sam Katzman, Jack Dietz, Banner Productions
Associate Producer: Barney A. Sarecky
Production Manager: Ed W. Rote

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Harvey Gates
Original Story: Sam Robins, Gerald Schnitzer

DIRECTION
Directed by: Wallace Fox
Assistant Director: Arthur Hammond

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Art Reed

EDITING
Film Editor: Robert Golden

MUSIC
Musical Directors: Lange & Porter (real names: Johnny Lange, Lew Porter) (A.S.C.A.P.)

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Glen Glenn

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: David Milton

CAST
Bela Lugosi (Dr Lorenz)
Luana Walters (Patricia Hunter)
Tris Coffin (Dr Foster)
Elizabeth Russell (Countess Lorenz)
Minerva Urecal (Fagah)
Angelo (real name: Angelo Rossitto) (Toby)
Joan Barclay (Alice Wentworth)
Kenneth Harlan (Keenan)
Gwen Kenyon (Peggy Woods)
Vince Barnett (Sandy)
Frank Moran (Angel)
George Eldredge (Mike)

To keep his aging wife young, Dr Lorenz takes to abducting young women and extracting fluids from their bodies which he then injects into his wife.

UK
Television Distributors: The Horror Channel

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Favorite Films Corporation; Monogram Pictures Corporation
Video Distributor: Admit One Video; LS Video; Something Weird Video

1942
May
8: USA - theatrical release

2005
December
11: UK - television broadcast (on The Horror Channel)

Horror to make your hair stand on end!

The Case of the Missing Brides - UK title

SEE ALSO
Bowery at Midnight (1942)

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side October/November 1994 pp.15-16 (UK)
review

Kinematograph Weekly no.2379 (29 January 1953) p.16 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.20 no.230 (March 1953) p.30 (UK)
credits, review

Motion Picture Herald vol.147 no.3 (18 April 1942) (USA)
review

Today's Cinema vol.80 no.6680 (22 January 1953) p.7 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.79
credits, review

Poverty Row Horrors!
article (by Tom Weaver)

KEYWORDS

brides, coffins, dwarves, human experiments, laboratories, longevity serums, mad scientists, old dark houses, orchids, photographers, reporters, weddings, whips

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008