The Wolf Man

 On December 12th, 1941, The Wolf Man was released in US theaters. 

The Wolf Man Movie Poster

Starring Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Warren Williams, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Maria Ouspenskaya and Evelyn Ankers. Directed by George Waggner. 

Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man

Lon Chaney, Jr. (1906-1973)

Bela Lugosi as Bela the gypsy  

Evelyn Ankers and Lon Chaney, Jr. 

Make-up artist Jack Pierce

The poem recited by villagers in the movie as folklore, 

“Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night; may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright”, 

was actually written by screenwriter Curt Siodmak. The poem was used in many future werewolf productions. 

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Boris Karloff

On November 23rd, 1887, Boris Karloff was born in Surrey, England. 

Boris Karloff (1887-1969)

Frankenstein’s monster

With Dwight Frye and 
Edward Van Sloan in
Frankenstein (1931)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
with
Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger 

The Mummy (1932)
with Bramwell Fletcher and Edward Van Sloan

Scarface (1932)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
with Angelo Rossitto

Narrator and Voice of Grinch in
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Dominique Dunne was born in 1959

The Invisible Man (1933)

On November 13th, 1933, The Invisible Man was released in US theaters. There was a sequel in 1940 entitled The Invisible Man Returns starring Vincent Price.

Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart

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Tom Atkins was born in 1935

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Son of Dracula

 On November 5th, 1943, Son of Dracula was released in US theaters. Lon Chaney jr. starred as Count Alucard aka Count Dracula. 

The movie is 3rd in the original Universal series following Dracula’s Daughter (1936) starring Gloria Holden and Dracula starring Bela Lugosi (1931). 

Directed by Robert Siodmak. 

Screen story written by Curt Siodmak. 

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