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

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

33 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1999

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).

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

33 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
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).
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Directors David J. Skal
Writers David J. Skal

Cast

Rick Baker

as Self

John Landis

as Self

Curt Siodmak

as Self

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Claude Rains

as Self (archive footage)

Evelyn Ankers

as Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi

as Self (archive footage)

Edward Van Sloan

as Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Hull

as Self (archive footage)

Warner Oland

as Self (archive footage)

Tom Stevenson

as Self (archive footage)

Glenn Strange

as Self (archive footage)

Lou Costello

as Self (archive footage)

Fay Helm

as Self (archive footage)

Maria Ouspenskaya

as Self (archive footage)

John W. Morgan

as Self

Patric Knowles

as Self (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

as Self (archive footage)

Elena Verdugo

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Mark

as Self (archive footage)

Onslow Stevens

as Self (archive footage)

John Carradine

as Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

as Self (archive footage)

Martha O'Driscoll

as Self (archive footage)

Jane Adams

as Self (archive footage)

Oliver Reed

as Self (archive footage)