| 词条 | The Monster Maker |
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| name = The Monster Maker | image = The Monster Maker (1944) film poster.jpg | caption = Promotional release poster | director = Sam Newfield | producer = Sigmund Neufeld | writer = Lawrence Williams Pierre Gendron Martin Mooney | starring = J. Carrol Naish Ralph Morgan Tala Birell | music = Albert Glasser | cinematography = Sam Newfield | editing = Robert E. Cline | distributor = Producers Releasing Corporation | released = {{Film date|1944|04|15}} | runtime = 62 minutes | country = United States | awards = | language = English | budget = }}The Monster Maker is a 1944 science-fiction horror film starring J. Carrol Naish and Ralph Morgan. Albert Glasser supplied the film score, his first, an assignment for which he was paid US$250.[1] PlotDr. Markoff (J. Carrol Naish) has concocted a formula that spreads a hideous disease named acromegaly - which extends bones and distorts facial features. Markoff has no moral dilemma in experimenting on unsuspecting human subjects. His amoral behavior assumes monstrous dimensions when famed concert pianist Lawrence (Ralph Morgan) is injected with the doctor's disease-inducing serum. In return for an antidote, Markoff intends to exact more than his pound of flesh by extorting a fortune from Lawrence and demanding the hand of the musician's pretty daughter Patricia (Wanda McKay).[2] Cast
Production and receptionLowly PRC hadn't released a horror picture in nearly 17 months, having spent most of 1943 substantially expanding their capabilities by purchasing the bankrupt Chadwick Studio (a poverty row operation that specialized in renting stages and production equipment to low-budget producers along Gower) for $305,000. While critics, what few that would review a PRC release, complained about the film's lack of action, production values were noted to be somewhat higher than earlier releases.The working title of this film was The Devil's Apprentice.[3] The film holds an extremely low 3% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.7/10 on the Internet Movie Database. See also
References1. ^{{cite book | first=Tom | last=Weaver | year=2006 | title=Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940s Through 1960s | pages=98–99 | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2857-0 }} 2. ^{{cite web | first=Hal | last=Erickson | title=The Monster Maker | publisher=AllMovie | url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/monster-maker-33160 | accessdate=2009-08-04 }} 3. ^The Monster Maker TCM Notes External links
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