The Monster

Director: Roland West Roland West

Overview

It's hard to tell at times whether director Roland West was aiming for laughs or thrills in The Monster, but this ambivalence is all part of the fun. Hallam Cooley and Johnny Arthur, two dumb clerks in Gertrude Olmstead's small-town general store, try to impress Olmstead by joining the sheriff's investigation of a rash of disappearances. The two heroes and heroine discover that a local lunatic asylum has been taken over by mad scientist Lon Chaney, who lures victims into his lair by arranging automobile accidents (it's the old mirror-on-the-highway trick again). Chaney straps poor Olmstead to the operating table, preparing to transform her "immortal soul" to the body of one of his monstrous creations, but Coolley and Arthur come to her rescue. The Monster was based on a play by Crane Wilbur, with a dash of Poe's "Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" tossed in.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2022
UPC:	0644827351626
Original Release:	1925
Source:	Reel Vault
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	42,460

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lon Chaney	Dr. Ziska
Johnny Arthur	Johnny Goodlittle
Gertrude Olmsted	Betty Watson
Hallam Cooley	Amos Rugg
Gertrude Olmstead	Betty Wilson
Charles Sellon	The Constable
Walter James	Caliban
Knute Erickson	Daffy Dan
George Austin	Actor
Edward McWade	Luke Watson
Ethel Wales	Mrs. Watson
Elmo Billings	Actor

Technical Credits

Albert Kenyon

Willard Mack

Roland West	Director,Producer
Albert Kenyon	Screenwriter
Willard Mack	Screenwriter