The LADY AND THE MONSTER

The LADY AND THE MONSTER
   Film (1944). Republic. Prod and dir George Sherman, starring Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stroheim, Sidney Blackmer. Screenplay Dane Lussier, Frederick Kohner, based on Donovan's Brain (1943) by Curt SIODMAK. 86 min. B/w.
   This is the first of the 3 film versions of Siodmak's novel; the others are DONOVAN'S BRAIN (1953) and VENGEANCE (1963; vt The Brain). Financial wizard W.H. Donovan is killed when his plane crashes inthe desert. An obsessive SCIENTIST (von Stroheim), whose laboratory is nearby, removes the undamaged brain and keeps it alive in a glass tank, but it gradually takes over the minds of those around it, forcing them to commit a series of evil deeds. The photography is atmospheric, but the film overall is routine GOTHIC melodrama.
   JB/PN
   See also: CINEMA.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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