George Waggner's guest appearances

George Waggner

Bill & Claire's Excellent Adventures

Inside Movies Galore

Talking Movies With Ty and Theresa

Alfred Hitchcock

James Whale

Jack Arnold

George Romero

James Mangold

Stanley Kubrick

George Miller

David Lynch

Clive Barker

Rob Zombie

Andrew Jones

Jack Frost

Francis Ford Coppola

Darren Aronofsky

Anouk Whissell

OwlTail

For part 3 of our series on classic Universal Monster movies (and the last to actually post before Halloween!), we're taking a look at The Wolf Man (1941), directed by genre-filmmaking stalwart George Waggner. Lon Cheney Jr. (following in his famous father's footsteps) plays Larry Talbot, who has returned home following his brother's death in a hunting accident. Shortly after doing so, he's bitten by a werewolf, and subsequently becomes one himself (but only when the moon is full and the wolf's bane is in bloom, of course). He then finds himself in the position of trying to convince his father he's not crazy, and protecting his romantic interest from himself. The Wolf Man comes as part of the second cycle of Universal Monster movies, after a hiatus following the change in ownership at the studio. Most of the movies in this second cycle are charming but silly B-movies; typically, they were gimmicky cross-over films trying to cash in on the fading memories of the original 1930s films. The Wolf Man, then, is perhaps the last hurrah for the sort of elegant and more serious horror films that were the legacy of the pre-code Universal horrors. It is also a masterclass in the use of photography and set design to create atmosphere, with beautifully tactile and spine-tingling imagery that's as iconic as the titular monster itself.

For part 3 of our series on classic Universal Monster movies (and the last to actually post before Halloween!), we're taking a look at The Wolf Man (1941), directed by genre-filmmaking stalwart George Waggner. Lon Cheney Jr. (following in his famous father's footsteps) plays Larry Talbot, who has returned home following his brother's death in a hunting accident. Shortly after doing so, he's bitten by a werewolf, and subsequently becomes one himself (but only when the moon is full and the wolf's bane is in bloom, of course). He then finds himself in the position of trying to convince his father he's not crazy, and protecting his romantic interest from himself. The Wolf Man comes as part of the second cycle of Universal Monster movies, after a hiatus following the change in ownership at the studio. Most of the movies in this second cycle are charming but silly B-movies; typically, they were gimmicky cross-over films trying to cash in on the fading memories of the original 1930s films. The Wolf Man, then, is perhaps the last hurrah for the sort of elegant and more serious horror films that were the legacy of the pre-code Universal horrors. It is also a masterclass in the use of photography and set design to create atmosphere, with beautifully tactile and spine-tingling imagery that's as iconic as the titular monster itself.

George Waggner: The Wolf Man (1941)

Where the crew and I decide to tackle this 1941 masterpiece of Werewolf film mythos let's just listen in shall we? Enjoy!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inside-movies-galore/support

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Episode 96: George Waggner's "The Wolf Man" (1941) film discussed by Inside Movies Galore

 This week, #OperationUniversalHorror returns! Finally! We're (mostly) over the zombie virus and it's time to get back to those classic monsters. We're talking George Waggner's The Wolf Man, starring the magnificent Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, who's kind of a creep! Telescopic spying as a pick-up line is super not cool. We get into consent and agency. We also talk a bit about the history of the Romani people, especially during the Holocaust. Bela Lugosi is phenomenal as the fortune teller, though. I tell you what.  Follow the podcast @BaCEAPodcast on Twitter. Don’t forget to leave a review or comment. And as always, thank you for listening. Let us know, what did your kids think of this one? Bill &amp; Claire's Excellent Adventures is an In The Mouth of Dorkness production. Follow them @ITMODcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

This week, #OperationUniversalHorror returns! Finally! We're (mostly) over the zombie virus and it's time to get back to those classic monsters. We're talking George Waggner's The Wolf Man, starring the magnificent Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, who's kind of a creep! Telescopic spying as a pick-up line is super not cool. We get into consent and agency. We also talk a bit about the history of the Romani people, especially during the Holocaust. Bela Lugosi is phenomenal as the fortune teller, though. I tell you what.  Follow the podcast @BaCEAPodcast on Twitter. Don’t forget to leave a review or comment. And as always, thank you for listening. Let us know, what did your kids think of this one? Bill &amp; Claire's Excellent Adventures is an In The Mouth of Dorkness production. Follow them @ITMODcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

George Waggner's The Wolf Man