Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (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).
Director: David J. Skal
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Rick Baker as Self |
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John Landis as Host / Self |
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Curt Siodmak as Self |
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Lon Chaney Jr. as Self (archive footage) |
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Claude Rains as Self (archive footage) |
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Evelyn Ankers as Self (archive footage) |
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Bela Lugosi as Self (archive footage) |
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Edward Van Sloan as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Laughton as Self (archive footage) |
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Henry Hull as Self (archive footage) |
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Warner Oland as Self (archive footage) |
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Tom Stevenson as Self (archive footage) |
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Glenn Strange as Self (archive footage) |
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Lou Costello as Self (archive footage) |
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Fay Helm as Self (archive footage) |
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Jan-Christopher Horak as Self |
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Maria Ouspenskaya as Self (archive footage) |
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William T. Stromberg as Self |
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John W. Morgan as Self |
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Patric Knowles as Self (archive footage) |
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Boris Karloff as Self (archive footage) |
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Elena Verdugo as Self (archive footage) |
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Michael Mark as Self (archive footage) |
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Onslow Stevens as Self (archive footage) |
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John Carradine as Self (archive footage) |
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Bud Abbott as Self (archive footage) |
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Martha O'Driscoll as Self (archive footage) |
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Jane Adams as Self (archive footage) |
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Oliver Reed as Self (archive footage) |
| Writing | David J. Skal | Writer |
| Directing | David J. Skal | Director |
| Art | Dan Perri | Main Title Designer |
