WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935) – Episode 206 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

"You must seize the only specimen of the Mariphasa plant in England in the private laboratory of Dr. Wilfred Glendon. That flower is the only known antidote for werewolfery. Lycanthrophobia is the medical term for the affliction I speak of."  Werewolfery? Lycanthrophobia? Is this an example of lexical innovation? Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Doc Rotten, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they stalk the original Werewolf of London (1935).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 206 – Werewolf of London (1935)

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Synopsis: After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.

• Director: Stuart Walker
• Writers: John Colton (screenplay); Robert Harris (story); Harvey Gates (adaptation) (uncredited); Robert Harris (adaptation) (uncredited); Edmund Pearson (contributing writer) (uncredited)
• Cinematographer: Charles J. Stumar (as Charles Stumar) (photographed by)
• Makeup Department: Jack P. Pierce (makeup artist) (uncredited)
• Selected Cast:
  • Henry Hull as Dr. Wilfred Glendon
  • Warner Oland as Dr. Yogami
  • Valerie Hobson as Lisa Glendon
  • Lester Matthews as Paul Ames
  • Lawrence Grant as Sir Thomas Forsythe
  • Spring Byington as Miss Ettie Coombes
  • Clark Williams as Hugh Renwick
  • J.M. Kerrigan as Hawkins
  • Charlotte Granville as Lady Forsythe
  • Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Whack
  • Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Moncaster
  • Jeanne Bartlett as Daisy

Universal's Werewolf of London (1935) is the earliest surviving werewolf/wolfman movie, setting several tropes still used today. Universal's The Wolf Man (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr. doesn't come along until six years later. Henry Hull is the man-beast, and his wife is the seventeen-year-old Valerie Hobson, who is splitting her time between Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Warner Oland is the infecting werewolf who introduces the Mariphasa flower, providing an antidote (not a cure) that grows only in the light of the moon. As usual with Universal horror flicks, several "bits of business" are deployed by the excellent supporting cast to add some comic relief. Lauding its place in the Universal horror canon, the Classic Era Grue-Crew love Werewolf of London! And don't forget the great Jack Pie