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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(1943)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1943
Running Times: 73 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Producer: George Waggner
SCRIPT
Script: Curt Siodmak
DIRECTION
Director: Roy William Neill
Assistant Director: Melville Shyer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: George Robinson
EDITING
Editor: Edward Curtiss
MUSIC
Musical Director: H.J. Salter
Music: Charles Previn (uncredited); Heinz Roemheld
(uncredited); Hans J. Salter (uncredited); Frank Skinner
(uncredited)
SOUND
Director of Sound: Bernard A. Brown
Technician: William Fox
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Gowns: Vera West
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: John Goodman
Associate Art Director: Martin Obzina
Set Decorator: R.A.
Gausman
Associate Set Decorator: E.R. Robinson
STUNTS
Stunts: Eddie Parker
CAST
Ilona Massey (Baroness Elsa Frankenstein)
Patric Knowles (Dr Frank Mannering)
Lionel Atwill (Mayor of Vasaria)
Bela Lugosi (Frankenstein's
monster)
Maria Ouspenskaya (Maleva)
Dennis Hoey (Inspector Owen)
Lon Chaney (wolf man / Lawrence Talbot)
Don Barclay (Franzec)
Rex Evans (Vazec)
Dwight Frye (Rudi)
Harry Stubbs (Guno)
David Clyde (Llanwelly police sergeant - uncredited)
Jeff Corey (crypt keeper - uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti (Freddy Jolly the grave robber -
uncredited)
Tom Stevenson (grave robber - uncredited)
Martha Vickers (Vasarian girl killed by the wolf man -
uncredited)
Lance Fuller (Vasarian villager - uncredited)
Charles Irwin (Cardiff police constable - uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff (festival singer - uncredited)
Doris Lloyd (nurse - uncredited)
Gil Perkins (double for Lugosi - uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts, Torben Meyer (bit parts - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Lawrence Talbot, the
wolf man, is revived by grave robbers and sets about
seeking a cure for his condition. He finds himself
tracking down Baron Frankenstein, now long dead, and
stumbles upon the monster frozen in ice beneath the ruins
of the castle. Talbot frees the monster hoping it will
lead him to the Baron's hidden notes, with predictably
tragic results.
CAPSULE REVIEW
The first of the
Universal monster tag matches and one of the best, a fun,
action-packed romp that abandons the gothic atmosphere of
earlier films in the cycle in favour of a wealth of
incidence and breathless plotting. It may not make a lot
of sense, but it moves so quickly that it barely seems to
matter that much.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Universal
Video Distributor: CIC
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Realart Pictures Inc / Universal
Pictures
Video Distributor: MCA Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: MCA
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1943
March
5: USA - theatrical release
1986
March
29: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Frankenstein contro l'uomo lupo -
Italian title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Wolf Man (1941)
SEQUELS
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
SEE ALSO
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Fright Night (1985)
The Howling (1980)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Coming Soon (1982)
Universal Horror (1998)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Classic Movie Monsters pp.15-19
(USA)
article
Famous Monsters no. 42
(USA)
review
Films in Review March
1964 p.147 (USA)
review
Kine Weekly 25 April 1946
(UK)
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.13
no.149 (May 1946) pp.63-64 (UK)
credits, review (by anonymous), synopsis
Motion Picture Herald vol.150
no.9 (27 February 1943) (USA)
credits, review
Starburst vol.5 no.4
(actually no.7) (March 1984) p.31 (UK)
illustrated article (The Frankenstein Chronicles Part IV
by Phil Edwards)
Today's Cinema vol.66
no.5332 (18 April 1946) (UK)
review
Variety 19 February 1943
(USA)
review
NEWSPAPERS
New York Times 6 March
1943
review (by Bosley Crowther)
BOOKS
Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.303
UK video date, credits, review
Hoffman's Guide to Science
Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.143
credits, review
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films
p.149
credits
Universal Horrors
article (by Michael Brunas, John Brunas and Tom Weaver)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
werewolves; gypsies; life after death; frankenstein monster; castles;
ice; frozen alive
Last Updated:
30 November, 2008
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