Friday, 3 June 2016

15 Wolfblood ( 1925 )

This   is   an   interesting little  film, the earliest surviving werewolf film and notable for its contemporary setting and blue collar characters. Dick Bannister  ( George  Chesboro )  is  the  site foreman  for  a logging  firm  owned  by  young  socialite  Edith  Ford  ( Marguerite  Clayton ) . After being  seriously  injured  by  members  of  a  rival  operation  Dick  is  given  a  tranfusion  using wolf's  blood  by  Edith's  fiance  Dr  Horton  ( Ray  Hanford, a  man  with  a  nice  line  in constipated  expressions  ) and  all  fear  he  may  have  turned  into  a  werewolf. The  contrived happy  ending  is  a  disappointment  but  otherwise  this  is  fairly  enjoyable.


Marguerite  Clayton  ( as  Edith  Ford )

Sex : No

Death : Survives



Marguerite  was  coming  towards  the  end  of  her  film  career  here  after  a  very  busy  previous decade. She  died  in  1968  aged  77.

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