You know what’s worse than this scene? In Van Helsing, Velken Valerious, AKA the Wolf Man, was shown by Dracula that his father, Boris, was killed by Dracula.
The perfect tragedy. Sir John was obsessed with making sure his only surviving son wouldn’t succumb to the supposed family curse only to eventually become a part of it in the end. He never believed Larry until the end when he became a true believer in the worst possible way.
Original reviews mentioned how terrifying Jack Pierce’s wolf man makeup was, despite it being made during the Production Code. It still packs a punch. Chaney is wonderful.
A superb tale of great tragedy. A good man coming home to grow up, take some responsibility. Tries to do the right thing and save someone's life only to meet a fate worse than death. To become the beast he was slayed. It wasn't so much the acting but the story, the atmosphere, music and the heart of the actors trying to convey a compelling drama/horror. The remake lakes this quality. The saddest part about the remake is that it turns the father into a deranged man that has accepted what he has become, and actually embraces it. No redeeming message of hope or love in the remake.
The way you walked was thorny, though no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end. Your suffering is over. Now you will find peace for eternity.
Oh man, can you imagine what this was like when it first came out!!! People who grew up watching the original "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" as kids finally got to see an ALL NEW MONSTER IN THEIR GENERATION!!! THE WOLF MAN, starring the son of the famous "Phantom of the Opera". Nobody had seen anything like this before and people and teens must have been having heart attacks at the final battle between Lon Chaney and Claude Rains (aka the original Invisible Man). You have two iconic monsters in the same movie!!! This movie was a box-office smash and rightfully so!!!🐺 🖤
Sir John tried so hard to help his son, but his failure was in not taking into account even the remotest possibility that Larry's problem might truely be a supernatural one, rather than merely psychological. Now, the cross of three previous generations was his own to carry.
According to reports, Claude Rains got carried away and really hit Chaney with the cane with all his force. If you watch him, he’s really beating the shit out of him.
@Sean Pultz. Claude Rains, unfortunately, swung the silver-headed cane in the ending scene in "The Wolfman"(1941) too wildly and hit Lon Chaney Jr. very close to his left eye! Chaney Jr. was extremely lucky not to lose that eye in that scene. Universal Studios had to suspend filming on that scene until Chaney Jr.'s eye bruise healed! One has to wonder if Chaney Jr. developed floaters in that eye in which fragments of the retina become disattached and float around in the vitreous humor in the eye?
@@christinedaae7323 Well some actors get carried away and get too into the role, like a sudden spurt of adrenaline. Im sure it has happened to you in some instance, where you got carried away, just waybe not in acting
The score for Phantom of The Opera (1943) is amazing! In some places, the score for that version may have been the inspiration for the score of The Phantom of The Opera Broadway Musical!
You're not frightend are you Sir John? Frightend? Of what?! The Night... One of the best movies ever put to film... Curt Siodmak was a genius. The Dialogues in this movie are more then superb...
Especially Claude Rains’ pieces of Dialogue! That voice was absolutely handsome! Dear Claude Rains. I wish you were still alive today. You are dearly and deeply missed.
@@christinedaae7323 Yes, what a charming and incredibly talented man. Honestly as good as Lon is I think my favourite character in The Wolfman is Sir John by a mile. Has the best dialogue and the best actor in the movie
Maria Ouspenskaya played Maleva the Gypsy Woman in this horror movie. In 1929, with colleague Richard Boleslavsky, she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City. Rather than hinder her transition into movies, her thick Russian accent actually enhanced her career: she was cast in a number of heavyweight roles that assured success.
Classic ending to an all-time great horror film! No horror film can match the combination of eerie setting, superb dialogue, magnificent music score and drama of the climatic scene in "The Wolfman" (1941)! Interesting that when Dr. Lloyd (Warren William), Captain Monford (Ralph Bellamy), Frank Andrews (Patrick Knowles), and the other men hear the first scream from Gwen Confliffe (Evelyn Ankers) as she is being attacked by the Wolfman, they don't instantly jump of the shooting stand to go to her rescue! They wait until they hear her scream a second time before moving!
Almost a scene from a Greek tragedy. Poor Larry. Poor Sir John. Beside the endings to "The Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Creature From The Black Lagoon," the last few minutes of "The Wolf Man" had me reaching for a Kleenex.
I know. But, when he killed his last Son, the look on his face is truly heartbreaking. And, by the way, Claude Rains served in The London Scottish Regiment during World War I. So, Claude was a Veteran!
I agree. The remake is scarier and has a better werewolf and transformation, but I like the 1941 Wolfman because it has its good parts. Lon Chaney did a good job as the human side of the werewolf, the music is amazing, the forest along with black and white colors are very atmospheric, the silver cane is beautiful, the Gypsy Woman is interesting, the quotes especially the poem about the autumn moon and finding peace are awesome, Gwen is good and pretty(Emily Blunt is too), and the ending is sad yet effective. Just my opinion since I think Wolfman 1941 is more underrated than the 2010 film. If it wasn’t for Wolfman we wouldn’t have An American Werewolf in London, nor the Howling, nor the Wolfman remake.
@@sirorliktheironclad yes, this is just a perfect movie. granted werewolf movies have gotten better since it came out, but this movie is still very compelling.
@@AndreNitroX Agree. If it wasn’t for the Wolfman we wouldn’t have An American Werewolf In London, the Howling nor the Wolfman remake. Lon Chaney Jr was a great actor because Lawrence Tapbot’s my favorite human side of a werewolf.
Along with Gwen realizing Lawrence is the werewolf, now he’s dead, no one could help him, and death was his only cure. I think it’s stupid how the hunters think Lawrence tried to save Gwen when really he was the werewolf.
The Universal monsters were terrifying but had pathos. That’s something sorely lacking from movies today. All great horror films must have a sense of dark beauty in them. Horror delves the darker recesses of humanity, and with humanity there is always the potential for good and bad. Today’s horror is simply gore, and nihilism.
There are three different deaths of the Wolf Man. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Lawrence, as the Wolf Man, fights Dracula and they both fall in the river. In Van Helsing, Velken, as the Wolf Man, gets shot to death by Van Helsing. In The Wolfman (2010), Lawrence, as the Wolf Man, gets shot to death by Gwen Conliffe.
Yeah, its rough for sir john to protect his son by not believing him, but he emits by seeing the creature itself, but I'm mean poor larry like him going through the trauma before he gets bit, like thats the thing once you become a werewolf you can litterly loose your mind before the next moon, but this movie is sad and scary and its fantastic and a bit amped for some reason
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Larry and Sir John. The epitome of tragic monster and tragic hero.
You know what’s worse than this scene? In Van Helsing, Velken Valerious, AKA the Wolf Man, was shown by Dracula that his father, Boris, was killed by Dracula.
The perfect tragedy. Sir John was obsessed with making sure his only surviving son wouldn’t succumb to the supposed family curse only to eventually become a part of it in the end. He never believed Larry until the end when he became a true believer in the worst possible way.
Yeah the look Claude rains gives at the realization of killing his last son is heartbreaking
Poor man!
*SPOILERS*
And in the sequel, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, it's revealed that Sir John died of grief shortly after this.
Poor Sir John Talbot!
@AndreNitroX apparently he died of grief shortly afterwards. At least that was the reason why Rains wasn't in the sequel.
Original reviews mentioned how terrifying Jack Pierce’s wolf man makeup was, despite it being made during the Production Code. It still packs a punch. Chaney is wonderful.
A superb tale of great tragedy. A good man coming home to grow up, take some responsibility. Tries to do the right thing and save someone's life only to meet a fate worse than death. To become the beast he was slayed. It wasn't so much the acting but the story, the atmosphere, music and the heart of the actors trying to convey a compelling drama/horror. The remake lakes this quality. The saddest part about the remake is that it turns the father into a deranged man that has accepted what he has become, and actually embraces it. No redeeming message of hope or love in the remake.
Yes, this older version was far, far better.
The way you walked was thorny, though no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end. Your suffering is over. Now you will find peace for eternity.
Oh man, can you imagine what this was like when it first came out!!! People who grew up watching the original "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" as kids finally got to see an ALL NEW MONSTER IN THEIR GENERATION!!! THE WOLF MAN, starring the son of the famous "Phantom of the Opera". Nobody had seen anything like this before and people and teens must have been having heart attacks at the final battle between Lon Chaney and Claude Rains (aka the original Invisible Man). You have two iconic monsters in the same movie!!! This movie was a box-office smash and rightfully so!!!🐺 🖤
One of my favorite monster movies growing up. 😊
Sir John tried so hard to help his son, but his failure was in not taking into account even the remotest possibility that Larry's problem might truely be a supernatural one, rather than merely psychological. Now, the cross of three previous generations was his own to carry.
According to reports, Claude Rains got carried away and really hit Chaney with the cane with all his force. If you watch him, he’s really beating the shit out of him.
@Sean Pultz. Claude Rains, unfortunately, swung the silver-headed cane in the ending scene in "The Wolfman"(1941) too wildly and hit Lon Chaney Jr. very close to his left eye! Chaney Jr. was extremely lucky not to lose that eye in that scene. Universal Studios had to suspend filming on that scene until Chaney Jr.'s eye bruise healed! One has to wonder if Chaney Jr. developed floaters in that eye in which fragments of the retina become disattached and float around in the vitreous humor in the eye?
Why would sweet Claude Rains do that? He wouldn’t hurt anyone! I’m sorry to say it, but, you’re lying.
Just like how Lon Chaney and the actress who played as Gwen didn’t get along off set.
@@christinedaae7323 Well some actors get carried away and get too into the role, like a sudden spurt of adrenaline. Im sure it has happened to you in some instance, where you got carried away, just waybe not in acting
@@michaelbarlow6610 NOT TRUE ,that was not chaney it was a stunt double. fact and so was claude rains. look closer
The music for this movie is amazing 👌
Good catch. Universal created many great scores in the 30s and 40s even for what are considered to be lesser films.
The score for Phantom of The Opera (1943) is amazing! In some places, the score for that version may have been the inspiration for the score of The Phantom of The Opera Broadway Musical!
You're not frightend are you Sir John?
Frightend? Of what?!
The Night...
One of the best movies ever put to film... Curt Siodmak was a genius.
The Dialogues in this movie are more then superb...
Yes I am most impressed
Especially Claude Rains’ pieces of Dialogue! That voice was absolutely handsome! Dear Claude Rains. I wish you were still alive today. You are dearly and deeply missed.
@@christinedaae7323 Yes, what a charming and incredibly talented man. Honestly as good as Lon is I think my favourite character in The Wolfman is Sir John by a mile. Has the best dialogue and the best actor in the movie
Maria Ouspenskaya played Maleva the Gypsy Woman in this horror movie. In 1929, with colleague Richard Boleslavsky, she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City. Rather than hinder her transition into movies, her thick Russian accent actually enhanced her career: she was cast in a number of heavyweight roles that assured success.
She was Anne Baxter’s acting teacher.
Classic ending to an all-time great horror film! No horror film can match the combination of eerie setting, superb dialogue, magnificent music score and drama of the climatic scene in "The Wolfman" (1941)! Interesting that when Dr. Lloyd (Warren William), Captain Monford (Ralph Bellamy), Frank Andrews (Patrick Knowles), and the other men hear the first scream from Gwen Confliffe (Evelyn Ankers) as she is being attacked by the Wolfman, they don't instantly jump of the shooting stand to go to her rescue! They wait until they hear her scream a second time before moving!
The ending was sad.
Almost a scene from a Greek tragedy. Poor Larry. Poor Sir John. Beside the endings to "The Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Creature From The Black Lagoon," the last few minutes of "The Wolf Man" had me reaching for a Kleenex.
Don't forget the 1943 Phantom of The Opera
@@stephenedward6866 -- Claude Rains was great in that one, as was his voice and gesturing in "The Invisible Man."
Along with Frankenstein’s monster
The Invisible Man meets the Wolfman for the first time and its awesome.
The Invisible Man had always known The Wolf Man. He just didn’t know it!
The Wolfman was my favorite Universal monster.
Sir John never blinks looking at Larry
I know. But, when he killed his last Son, the look on his face is truly heartbreaking. And, by the way, Claude Rains served in The London Scottish Regiment during World War I. So, Claude was a Veteran!
The music is so powerful 😮 3:37
3:20 the way he grabs her is intense despite this movie not being very violent it still did a great job with the fight scenes.
I agree. The remake is scarier and has a better werewolf and transformation, but I like the 1941 Wolfman because it has its good parts. Lon Chaney did a good job as the human side of the werewolf, the music is amazing, the forest along with black and white colors are very atmospheric, the silver cane is beautiful, the Gypsy Woman is interesting, the quotes especially the poem about the autumn moon and finding peace are awesome, Gwen is good and pretty(Emily Blunt is too), and the ending is sad yet effective. Just my opinion since I think Wolfman 1941 is more underrated than the 2010 film. If it wasn’t for Wolfman we wouldn’t have An American Werewolf in London, nor the Howling, nor the Wolfman remake.
@@sirorliktheironclad yes, this is just a perfect movie. granted werewolf movies have gotten better since it came out, but this movie is still very compelling.
@@AndreNitroX Agree. If it wasn’t for the Wolfman we wouldn’t have An American Werewolf In London, the Howling nor the Wolfman remake. Lon Chaney Jr was a great actor because Lawrence Tapbot’s my favorite human side of a werewolf.
@@sirorliktheironclad yes lon chaney returned to the character in the abbott costello movies, and the frankenstein vs wolfman movie. check them out
@@AndreNitroX There good, but I think the first Wolfman is better plus the ending is effective in my opinion.
great cast great script wonderful music score
I especially love the very handsome Claude Rains!!! What an incredible Actor he was! He was in a Category by himself!
Yess, this is one of my favorite monster movies grown up, same as frankenstein
Powerful scene
Especially when sir John realizes he killed his son
Along with Gwen realizing Lawrence is the werewolf, now he’s dead, no one could help him, and death was his only cure. I think it’s stupid how the hunters think Lawrence tried to save Gwen when really he was the werewolf.
Yeah. Oops! Sir John made a huge mistake!
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I agree! Especially, Phantom of The Opera, which Andrew Lloyd Webber screened before writing his beloved Broadway Musical!
Many distinguished actors in this movie
Evelyn Ankers was an absolute beauty. I wish I could look like her.
Wish I could of married her
I love how john wasnt even hitting him with the silver part for the most of it
5:02 wouldn't he have some traumatic head injuries at about this time?
Hays Code of the 1940s. Couldn't show any explicit blood and gore back then
This is so sad 😞 all he wanted was to protect his family 😢 4:32 at least he didn’t have to stay in wolf form
The Universal monsters were terrifying but had pathos. That’s something sorely lacking from movies today. All great horror films must have a sense of dark beauty in them. Horror delves the darker recesses of humanity, and with humanity there is always the potential for good and bad. Today’s horror is simply gore, and nihilism.
Sir John is stronger than he looks. He was able to overpower the Wolfman before clubbing him to death.
Pure adreanaline
There are three different deaths of the Wolf Man. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Lawrence, as the Wolf Man, fights Dracula and they both fall in the river. In Van Helsing, Velken, as the Wolf Man, gets shot to death by Van Helsing. In The Wolfman (2010), Lawrence, as the Wolf Man, gets shot to death by Gwen Conliffe.
He was only shot once with a silver bullet
A classic example of getting an ass-whooping for sneaking out at night...lolol
He Say Man Diging All Ready
He Say Me Tabot Don't Be Afraid
Yeah, its rough for sir john to protect his son by not believing him, but he emits by seeing the creature itself, but I'm mean poor larry like him going through the trauma before he gets bit, like thats the thing once you become a werewolf you can litterly loose your mind before the next moon, but this movie is sad and scary and its fantastic and a bit amped for some reason
03:21 - the natural female reaction to hipster beards.
So different from horror movies today.
Cant imagine micheal myers or jason beaten so severely that u feel bad for him...sheesh
Hunting Down The Wolf Man
(final Stene) The Wolf Man
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The Rains star.
The Wolfman living the same as real people walking on this earth can't terminate yourself praying for the end of suffering.
No way that guy won a fight with the Werewolf !
How did Maleva know where Larry lived?
She knows everything, it seems!
Talbot Castle is a known landmark in the village.
Personally, I'd go for a .375 H&H express rifle rather than a cane
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