Post by Calenture on May 9, 2013 19:32:34 GMT
I think I'll try for another slideshow by the weekend, smaller than before, but probably with a colour picture and one or two of the usual pencil sketches. It'll give me a target.
In the meantime, here's the promised Werewolf of London.
Six years before Lon Chaney donned Jack Pierce's make-up for The Wolfman, Henry Hull starred in The Werewolf of London. The later film had the benefit of a script by Curt Siodmak, and technically that film is superior, particularly in the transformation scenes. In Werewolf of London, Hull's first transformation is carried out by stages as Hull disappears and reappears, walking past a series of pillars.
First time I saw this one it disappointed me a bit as it seemed creaky. But I suppose I've developed a taste for these movies with utterly daffy British characters. And it strikes me as really quite funny now, in a good way. Love the characters!
Jack Pierce was on the make-up crew for Werewolf of London, uncredited, and several years before had designed werewolf make-up for a Boris Karloff movie that never materialised. The make-up for Werewolf of London is definitely less cuddly than Pierce's design eventually seen for the Lon Chaney 'Wolfman', so it's difficult to say how much he had to do with the appearance of Hull's Werewolf.
Although it is a bit creaky and less popular than the Chaney film, the Werewolf of London is entertaining, with a grim monster and some lovely comic lines, especially from the tipsy elderly landladies.
Warner Oland took a break from Charlie Chan to play Dr Yogami.
Director Stuart Walker
Starring: Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, Spring Byington, Clark Williams, Lawrence Grant
The Werewolf of London at IMDB
In the meantime, here's the promised Werewolf of London.
Six years before Lon Chaney donned Jack Pierce's make-up for The Wolfman, Henry Hull starred in The Werewolf of London. The later film had the benefit of a script by Curt Siodmak, and technically that film is superior, particularly in the transformation scenes. In Werewolf of London, Hull's first transformation is carried out by stages as Hull disappears and reappears, walking past a series of pillars.
First time I saw this one it disappointed me a bit as it seemed creaky. But I suppose I've developed a taste for these movies with utterly daffy British characters. And it strikes me as really quite funny now, in a good way. Love the characters!
Jack Pierce was on the make-up crew for Werewolf of London, uncredited, and several years before had designed werewolf make-up for a Boris Karloff movie that never materialised. The make-up for Werewolf of London is definitely less cuddly than Pierce's design eventually seen for the Lon Chaney 'Wolfman', so it's difficult to say how much he had to do with the appearance of Hull's Werewolf.
Although it is a bit creaky and less popular than the Chaney film, the Werewolf of London is entertaining, with a grim monster and some lovely comic lines, especially from the tipsy elderly landladies.
Warner Oland took a break from Charlie Chan to play Dr Yogami.
Director Stuart Walker
Starring: Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, Spring Byington, Clark Williams, Lawrence Grant
The Werewolf of London at IMDB