Out of all of bela lugosis horror movies, the last to be released in his infamous monogram nine contract, return of the ape man 1944, remains the hardest of which to track down a copy. Aug 27, 20 the thursday horror picture show will screen voodoo man and return of the ape man thursday, aug. Return of the ape man 1944 cast and crew moviefone. Return of the ape man 1944 cast and crew the discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. We dont go into much details about how it happened. The ape man is a 1943 horror film science fiction film starring bela lugosi and directed by william beaudine. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10, windows 8. It was directed by philip rosen with topbilled star bela lugosi and supporting actors john carradine, george zucco, frank moran, judith gibson and michael ames. Ape to man is the story of the quest to find the origins of the human race a quest that spanned more than 150 years of obsessive searching the search for the origins of humanity is a. William beaudines voodoo man 1944 is perhaps the most bizarre of the lot.
Return of the ape man cast starring bela lugosi, george eldredge, john carradine, ernie adams, tod andrews. Apeman article about apeman by the free dictionary. Return of the ape man 1944 classic horror film board. Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed dr.
Mar 15, 2017 i got the new olive bluray of return of the ape man and while i have always had fun with the movie, the visual quality of the presentation was a little disappointing. The ape man breaks out of his cell, and shows a disconcerting amount of buttcrack as he wriggles out the window. Lugosi is a lot of fun as the dark scientist, so his tunnel vision leads to some fun exchanges, especially with carradine. The ape man is a 1943 horrorscience fiction film directed by william beaudine and starring bela lugosi. An exemplary poverty row horror production which has never been given a legit home video release before, 1944s return of the ape man was the secondtolast picture bela lugosi starred in for ace b movie producer sam katzman for his banner pictures corporation and monogram pictures. Technically, the two were also in the universal black cat a decade earlier, but carradine was an uncredited bit player in that. This is not bad moviemaking at its finest, but it provides adequate giggles. Campy bela lugosi plays a deranged scientist in this monogram produced horror movie. He wants further proof of his genius so he and his partner john carradine travel to the arctic where they discover a missing link george zuccofrank moran. Nov 04, 2017 the ape man causes some minor chaos at points, but never delves into wild violence or the like. Voodoo man 1944, the ape man 1943 and return of the ape man 1944. Some of the story doesnt make sense, but, wait a minutethis is a monogram produced by sam katzman for his banner productions.
Despite the title and the presence of bela lugosi, return of the ape man isnt nearly a sequel to the ape. An intitleonly sequel return of the ape man followed in 1944 and starred lugosi, john carradine and george zucco. Return of the ape man was one of nine films bela lugosi appeared for the poverty row studio monogram between 1941 and 1944. Bela lugosi is professor dexter, a noted scientist messing around with freezing people. Smith woodward is it right to call a man who lived in what is now sussex many thousand of years agoso far in prehistoric times that he had not altogether lost apelike. Return of the ape man, bluray, horrormonsters, scificlassic, 8870907911. Buy return of the ape man movie posters from movie poster shop. The ape man causes some minor chaos at points, but never delves into wild violence or the like. Oct 19, 2012 return of the ape man is a brisk little film running under an hour in length. Picture quality left a lot to be desired and the total lack of extras is a disappointment, especially compared to other recent lugosi releases.
The king of the apes is returning to his rightful throne this weekend in the legend of tarzan, so awfully good movies is celebrating by looking at mgms failed 1981 reboot of edgar rice burroughs famed white ape. It was directed by philip rosen with topbilled star bela lugosi and supporting. Zhoukoudian site was listed as one of the first world cultural. The monogram 9, that is, the nine monogram movies starring bela lugosi produced by sam katzman for his banner productions from 1941 to 1944, run the.
The premise of the song is about a man who is unhappy with the modern world, thus desiring to escape the human condition and live in the jungle like an apeman. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. This is one the cheapest and dumbest lugosi outings of the era. The dialogue is mostly serious, with some unintentional camp at times. Return of the ape man 1944 page 5 classic horror film board. Caligari 1920 the ape man 1943 chandu the magician 1932 the time of their lives 1946 the ghost of frankenstein 1942 the invisible man 1933 the raven 1935 draculas daughter 1936 bloody mama 1970. Title role recast midscene in return of the ape man 1944. Forrester, artist of the illustrated london news, aided by dr. While on an arctic expedition, two scientists find the frozen body of a prehistoric caveman.
Randall henry hall are involved in a series of scientific experiments which have caused brewster to transform into an apeman. Return of the ape man 1944 bela lugosijohn carradinegeorge. Sadly, the ape man was loose long enough to kill a policeman. British actor george zucco is listed prominently in credits, but his appearance in return of the ape man is one of the stranger and more arcane bits of hollywood trivia. The ape man, also starring lugosi, is even loonier, and return of the ape man approaches that films level of lowbudget delirium. The earliest known inhabitant of england, the man of sussex, reconstructed by mr. This time, lugosi and his partner john carradine accidentally discover a neanderthal frozen in ice. After he and his assistant manage to successfully reanimate a man after a weekslong stasis, the duo decides to hunt down a prehistoric man. In this film, he plays mad scientist professor dexter who with the help of his colleague professor john gilmore john carradine revives a prehistoric man frank moran from an ice block. It was directed by philip rosen with topbilled star bela lugosi and supporting actors john carradine, george zucco, frank moran, judith gibson and michael ames cast. Return of the ape man 1944 the discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant. He hangs out with an actual ape and they occasionally murder people for spinal fluid to fix lugosis bad posture.
With bela lugosi, john carradine, george zucco, frank moran. Of the films that bela lugosi made at monogram studios during the 1940s, the three titles that characterize the depths of which screenwriters came up with and posed truly outrageous situations for the actor to contend with are. If you read the plot synopsis on here, thats really all there is to it. Hypertrichosis the excessive growth of hair on a persons body where only downy hairs usually grow. This paltry monogram quickie stars bela lugosi as standardissue mad scientist dr.
Lugosi is an overly ambitious scientist, only this time hes concerned with preserving and resurrecting bodies on ice. Return of the ape man 1944 horror, scifi, romance movie. May 28, 2018 actor george zucco, as the ape man, received third billing after bela lugosi and john carradine. Lugosi and carradine found themselves sharing the screen a few times over the course of their career, and this was one of two monogram films that paired them up in 44 the other was voodoo man. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to. A lunatic scientist attempts to defrost and reanimate a frozen neanderthal in this lowbudget chiller.
Lugosi manages to track him down while wearing a tuxedo and carrying a blowtorch. The ape was already dead and he didnt want the sheriff nosing around, but does everything to keep him doing just that. Actor george zucco, as the ape man, received third billing after bela lugosi and john carradine. Desperately seeking a cure, brewster believes only an injection of recentlydrawn human spinal fluid will prove effective. Its also the second monogram film that features lugosi, carradine and zucco, though hilariously the latter is nowhere to be seen here. Return of the ape man is a brisk little film running under an hour in length. A sequel, in name only, called return of the ape man, followed in 1944, one year later. I recently purchased return of the ape man off amazon on bluray it was actually cheaper than the dvd and let me say its great this movie is finally available, its great that its on blu ray, etc, etc.
Randall henry hall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stoopedover apeman. Return of the ape man 1944 out of 4 extremely entertaining bmovie has bela lugosi playing professor dexter, a man who discovers a way to freeze a person for months and then bring them back to life. Hospital visit from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The bride of frankenstein 1935 the unknown 1927 the amityville horror 1979 the man they could not hang 1939 corridors of blood 1958 the cabinet of dr. Brewster, who performs his diabolical experiments in a secret. Oct 31, 2010 return of the ape man was on home video. The ape man is a 1943 horror science fiction film directed by william beaudine and starring bela lugosi. Achinanovember 22, 2019 at the 2019 asian institute of architects architecture awards held in dhaka, bangladesh, the first site of zhoukoudian ruins cave of the ape man protection shed won the 2019 asian institute of architects protection category only gold award. It came in one of those generic nm window boxes so you can read the vhs label. The ape man was sore from the wounds that molak had inflicted upon him, but he was inured to physical suffering and endured it with the calm and fortitude of the wild beasts that had taught him to lead the jungle life after the manner of all those that are born to it. I suppose return of the ape man holds some intrigue due to those leads.
Return of the ape man by phil rosen bela lugosi, john. But a sudden illness or, perhaps, second thoughts made him drop out before a single scene was. You get bela lugosi, a nonape man cave man, john carradine, strangling and a silly yet enjoyable story. Yes its an old monogram pix and has nothing to do with the former ape man film with lugosi.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. I go ape every time i see you smile im a ding dong gorilla and ill carry you cave man style im gonna bump you on the head and love you all the while well, im a monkeys uncle whos a cousin to a chimpanzee like i was reeling and a rocking and a swinging from a coconut tree oh, honey, cant you see you bring out the monkey business in me. Carradine never played it straighter than in this film but lugosi makes up for that. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term apeman from the lyrics. Return of the ape man keeps a similar premise as the first ape man. Fortunately for lugosi fans, and indeed bad film aficionados in general, i. The manape translates glam thru the visor goes in water lillies amscrays giger, and manray crammed in a oneplayer campaign blinker like a hallowed tarzan and jane times square fantasy theatre orchestra, frederickthegreat. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Fortunately for lugosi fans, and indeed bad film aficionados in general, i was able to get a decent print on dvd. Sep 08, 2017 out of all of bela lugosis horror movies, the last to be released in his infamous monogram nine contract, return of the ape man 1944, remains the hardest of which to track down a copy. Heterogeneous hypertrichosis occurs in girls and women. Return of the ape man is a 1944 american film distributed by monogram pictures. Nov 06, 2017 the monogram nine, a handful of lowbudget pictures bela lugosi made for sam katzman and monogram pictures in the mid40s, are nobodys idea of quality cinema, but theyre certainly entertaining.
Return of the ape man 1944 return of the ape man 1944. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. The film follows the tale of a part human part ape. Carradine comes to the lab when he sees the murder reported in the newspaper. He and his assistant, professor john gilmore john carradine, thaw out a bum theyve had frozen in the basement for four months.
The only motivation i can think of is that he figures since hes a mad scientist he might as well do something really strange or he would just seem like the kindly, misunderstood doctor which would negate the mad scientist part. Return of the ape man movie posters from movie poster shop. Actor bela lugosi carrying actress teala loring in a scene from the. The discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant. Some say return of the ape man 1944 is one of the worst of the bunch, but so what its a blast. Bela lugosi as half ape half man, really needed a shave badly in the ape man 1943, and louise currie and her wonder whip might have been the gorgeous blonde dish to make him go for the barbasol. It was a very early release by nostalgia merchant with fog island which was cut by about 15 minutes. Having no connection to the ape man whatsoever, return of the ape man is a dull and trashy monogram zproduction that feels actually cheaper than the studios average cheap flick.
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