The Lady and the Monster (1944)
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Lady and the Monster was the first film version of the classic Curt Siodmak sci-fi/horror tale Donovan's Brain. The plot involves the brain of a famous but unscrupulous financier, recently deceased. The brain is kept alive artificially by overenthusiastic scientist Erich Von Stroheim, with the help of lab assistants Vera Hruba Ralston (the "lady" of the title) and Richard Arlen. Gradually, the dead financier's brain takes over the mind of Arlen, turning him into the helpless conduit for the financier's evil machinations. Lady and the Monster was remade in 1954, using the original Siodmak title Donovan's Brain. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Sherman
Synopsis of The Lady and the Monster
Lady and the Monster was the first film version of the classic Curt Siodmak sci-fi/horror tale Donovan's Brain. The plot involves the brain of a famous but unscrupulous financier, recently deceased. The brain is kept alive artificially by overenthusiastic scientist Erich Von Stroheim, with the help of lab assistants Vera Hruba Ralston (the "lady" of the title) and Richard Arlen. Gradually, the dead financier's brain takes over the mind of Arlen, turning him into the helpless conduit for the financier's evil machinations. Lady and the Monster was remade in 1954, using the original Siodmak title Donovan's Brain. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Lady and the Monster
- Vera Ralston - Janice Farell
- Mary Nash - Mrs. Fame
- Helen Vinson - Chloe Donovan
- Juanita Quigley - Mary Lou
- Jack Kirk - Husky Man
- Lola Montes - Dance Team
- Charles Cane - Grimes
- Wallis Clark - Warden
- Frank Graham - Narrator
- Erich Von Stroheim - Prof. Franz Mueller
- Janet Martin - Cafe Singer
- Edward Keane - Manning
- Josephine Dillon - Mary Lou's Grandmother
- Sam Flint - G. Phipps
- Richard Arlen - Patrick Cory
- Sidney Blackmer - Eugene Fulton
- William Henry - Roger Collins
- Harry Hayden - Dr. Martin
- Antonio Triana - Dance Team
- William Benedict - Bellhop
- Lane Chandler - White
- Lee Phelps - Headwaiter
- Herbert Clifton - Bulter
- John Alton
- Tom London - Huskey Man
- Harry Depp - Bank Teller
- Maxine Doyle - Receptionist
- Director(s):
- George Sherman
- Writer(s):
- Dane Lussier, Frederick Kohner
- Producer(s):
- George Sherman
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