Give that cat an Oscar
I have never seen such a reaction that the cat gave viewing his master changing to a werewolf. I wonder how they got that cat to react like that. It made that scene the scariest for me. As for some of the critics of this movie...lets not forget, this was the first werewolf movie Universal made and it was 1935...years before a Larry Talbot. Obviously the technical aspects were more advanced in "The Wolf Man". There was no set rule how to kill a werewolf, so at that time, the thought of a bullet would do, until years later someone concocted the idea of a 'silver' button could only do the trick. I preferred Hull's makeup more, cause he looked half human. Also the story line about the flower was more intriguing than the latter werewolf tales. I was surprised on how many British actors were in this movie..I realized many of them came to Hollywood just before the second world war and left England for safer grounds...but this was 1935..Germany threatened England 5 years later. Hull was a gifted character actor, never a leading man and an American from Kentucky. There also was "December Bride" Spring Byington as that Aunt of gorgeous Valerie Hobson. I think she was an American also...so most likely it was filmed in Hollywood.
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