This Week in Fright Film History January 14 - 20, 2018
The Golem (1915)
a silent horror film written and
directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen was released on January 15,
1915.
The Golem and the Dancing Girl(1917) was released on January
15,1917. The film is the second
installment of a trilogy, preceded by The Golem (1915) and followed by The
Golem: How He Came into the World (1920). Paul Wegener and Rochus Gliese
co-directed and acted in the film. The
Golem and the Dancing Girl is considered a lost film, however there are
unconfirmed reports of a print that may exist in an eastern European film
archive.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) was based on both Robert
Louis Stevenson's novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and on
the play version (1887) of Thomas Russell Sullivan. The film was directed by
Lucius Henderson, the film stars James Cruze as the dual role of Jekyll/Hyde.
This version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was released on January 16,1912.
Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, poet, editor, and
literary critic, best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, was born
on January 19, 1809.
Colin Clive was born on January 20, 1900. Although Clive
appeared in over 18 films it is the role of Henry Frankenstein in Frankenstein
(1931) that he is best remembered for. Clive would reprise his role as Henry
Frankenstein again in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
The Invisible Ray (1936) a science fiction/horror film
starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi was released on January 20, 1936.
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