This might be more famous for inspiring a great song but it's still a pretty good film with a Picture of Dorian Gray blend of supernatural horror and social comedy.
Wilfred Glendon ( Henry Hull ) is a botanist chasing a rare flower in Tibet. He finds it but is scratched by a werewolf in the process. While he works on growing the flower in his lab to the neglect of his lovely wife he is visited by a Dr Yogami ( Warner Oland ) who claims that they met in Tibet and that the blooming flower is the only thing that can prevent a werewolf going out on the prowl during a full moon. Glendon soon realises that he needs the flower for more important reasons than personal prestige.
Valerie Hobson ( as Lisa Glendon )
Sex : Lisa is using an old flame as an escort while her husband frets in the lab but there's no suggestion she's being unfaithful to him.
Death : Survives
I think this one was Valerie's last role in horror films.
Amber Norman ( as Streetwalker )
Sex : She's coming on to a zoo guard but he's not very interested
Death : Eviscerated by the werewolf Glendon ( off screen )
Amber had been reasonably successful towards the end of the silent era but was now reduced to tiny roles like this one. Her career petered out not long afterwards. She died in 1972 aged 71.
There was a previous victim in the film but there's no record of her name.
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