The Wolf Man (1941 film) Chaney Jr. would reprise his classic role as "The Wolf Man" in four sequels, beginning with "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" in 1943. Sometime in the early twentieth century, after learning of the death of his brother, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales to reconcile with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot (Claude Rains). While there, Larry becomes romantically interested in a local girl named Gwen Conliffe (Evelyn Ankers), who runs an antique shop. As a pretext to converse with her, he purchases a silver-headed walking stick decorated with a wolf. Gwen tells
The Wolf Gift the Hardcover Fiction list. The novel is set in Northern California, an area where Rice lived a large portion of her life. Several scenes of the novel take place in the Redwood Forest. Rice explained that "The Wolf Gift" was not her return to supernatural fiction, stating that the religiously themed novels, "" and "" revolved around mystical events as well. At the San-Diego Comic-Con, Rice spoke with MTV about "The Wolf Gift": "It's about a young man who becomes a werewolf. It's my take on what that experience is like for that young man, to experience that transformation and