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

6.9

33 minutes

1/1/1999

Overview

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).

Cast List

Rick Baker
as Self
John Landis
as Host / 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)
Jan-Christopher Horak
as Self
Maria Ouspenskaya
as Self (archive footage)
William T. Stromberg
as Self
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)