The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man is a 1941 horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner, starring Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patrick Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya. It introduced a character that stands alongside Frankenstein and Dracula as the most recognized Universal Studios monsters and has had a great deal of influence on Hollywood's depictions of the legend of the werewolf.

Special effects

The transformation of Chaney from man into monster was laborious, requiring him to sit still as makeup man Jack Pierce glued layers of yak hair to his face. Then several frames of film were shot, more layers were applied, and so on. Talbot’s stop motion transformation on screen only took seconds, while Chaney’s took six hours.

Related Topics:
Makeup - Jack Pierce - Yak - Hair - Stop motion

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