The Wolf Man, 1941
by Jonathan Morrill
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Title
The Wolf Man, 1941
Artist
Jonathan Morrill
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This acrylic painting was created to honor
the 75th anniversary of Universal Pictures
December 12th, 1941 release of "The Wolf Man".
"The Wolf Man" is a 1941 American drama horror film
written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner.
The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr., and features Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers,
Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi,
and Maria Ouspenskaya.
The title character has had a great deal of influence
on Hollywood's depictions of the legend of the werewolf.
The film is the second Universal Pictures werewolf film,
preceded six years earlier by
"Werewolf of London", starring Henry Hull (1935).
Throughout the film, various villagers recite a poem, whenever the subject of werewolves comes up:
Even a man who is pure in heart,
And says his prayers by night;
May become a wolf-
When the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.
The poem, contrary to popular belief, was not an ancient legend,
but was in fact an invention of screenwriter Curt Siodmak.
The poem is repeated in every subsequent film in which
Talbot/The Wolf Man appears,
with the exception of "House of Dracula" and
"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein",
The original Wolf Man film does not make use of the idea that
a werewolf is transformed under a full moon.
Gwen's description and the poem imply that it happens
when the wolfbane blooms in autumn.
The first sequel, though, made explicit use of the full moon
both visually and in the dialog, and also changed the poem
to specify when the moon is full and bright.
Presumably this is what popularized the full-moon connection
in the 20th century.
The sequel visually implies that the transformation occurs
as a result of direct exposure to light from the full moon.
Other fiction has assumed the transformation is an inescapable
monthly occurrence and does not examine whether it is caused by light,
tidal effects, or some cycle that happens to coincide with the moon's phases.
Lon Chaney, Jr. would reprise his classic roles as "Lawrence Talbot"
and "The Wolf Man" in four feature film sequels,
beginning with "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943),
followed by "House Of Frankenstein" (1944) and "House Of Dracula" (1945),
and finally in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948).
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