Man Made Monster (1941) | |
| Director(s) | George Waggner |
| Producer(s) | Jack Bernhard (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Mad Scientists, Monster |
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Man Made Monster (1941) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by George Waggner and produced by Jack Bernhard.
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Man Made Monster (1941, George Waggner)
on Jan 21, 2011 From The Stop ButtonMan Made Monster, at least for the first fifteen minutes (of an hour), gives Lon Chaney Jr. one of his best roles. He gets to be the affable guy his other performances from the forties often hint he’s capable of being, but never gets to be. Not surprisingly, Monster takes that aspect of his ch... Read full article
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June Lawrence:
[referring to Dr. Rivas] He's a genius in his line.
Mark Adams: Maybe, but I'll bet he spent his childhood stickin' pins into butterflies.
Dr. Paul Rigas: [to June] Dan McCormack, as you knew him, was doomed the first day he came into this laboratory.
Dr. John Lawrence: [to Dr. Rigas] With all the constructive things to be done, why do you concentrate on destruction?
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Mark Adams: Maybe, but I'll bet he spent his childhood stickin' pins into butterflies.
Dr. Paul Rigas: [to June] Dan McCormack, as you knew him, was doomed the first day he came into this laboratory.
Dr. John Lawrence: [to Dr. Rigas] With all the constructive things to be done, why do you concentrate on destruction?
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Facts about
This was intended to be another vehicle with Boris Karloff as the mad doctor, but was shelved and not filmed until 1941.
Shooting began December 9, 1940, released March 19, 1941.
Based on the story, "The Electric Man" which Universal had purchased for $3,300 in 1935 as a potential Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi vehicle to be titled "The Man in the Cab." The studio, in the midst of a financial debacle at the time, shelved the project for over five years, assigning the re-write to George Waggner (working as "Joseph West") who re-tooled it as "The Human Robot."
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Shooting began December 9, 1940, released March 19, 1941.
Based on the story, "The Electric Man" which Universal had purchased for $3,300 in 1935 as a potential Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi vehicle to be titled "The Man in the Cab." The studio, in the midst of a financial debacle at the time, shelved the project for over five years, assigning the re-write to George Waggner (working as "Joseph West") who re-tooled it as "The Human Robot."
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