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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

6.9 | Jan 01, 1999 (US) | Documentary | 00:33

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).

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John Landis
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Claude Rains
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Evelyn Ankers
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Bela Lugosi
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Edward Van Sloan
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Charles Laughton
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Henry Hull
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