Cartoonist Feg Murray kept track and featured all the actors
who played the Frankenstein Monster as they came aboard. We’ve seen Karloff,
Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi pictured, and here’s a teaser, published on 2 July
1944, announcing Boris’ return to the Frankenstein franchise, with a caveat:
The role of The Monster went to “someone else”. That would be Glenn Strange, of
course — Coming up in our next post!
THE DEVIL’S BROOD was a working title for the first “Monster Rally”, released as HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944), a gathering spot for
The Monster, Dracula, The Wolf Man, a Hunchback and a Mad Scientist. Karloff
was the Mad Doc, though not “Dr. Frankenstein” as stated by Murray. Karloff
played Gustav Neiman, a lunatic asylum escapee and Frankenstein wannabe.
We are celebrating Boris Karloff this weekend, on the
occasion of a birth date — November 23 — he shares with his daughter Sara. We
send fond best wishes to Sara Karloff who generously keeps her father’s memory
alive for his countless fans.
Happy Birthday, Boris and Sara!
2 comments:
I love the continuing coverage of Feg's work. I only regret his "greening" of the Monster. It's a personal gripe of mine. The Monster should not be green! A lovely gruesome gray from the grave is what's called for.
Also great to celebrate Mr. Pratt's birthday. Clearly he was and remains the number one "horror man."
Thanks, Pierre
I think Feg Murray's work was a kind of precursor of/to the work of James Bama and his Aurora box cover art and Famous Monsters of Filmland covers!
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