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 Man (1941 film) times. Talbot’s lap dissolve transformation on screen only took seconds, while Chaney’s took almost ten hours. On April 27, 2004, Universal released "The Wolf Man" on DVD as part of the Universal Legacy Collection. This two disc edition included four films: The DVD collection also included the following bonus features: The film was released on Blu-ray Disc in 2012 as part of the Universal Classic Monsters Collection, alongside many other classic Universal horror films (including "Frankenstein", "The Mummy", and "The Invisible Man"). On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on , with a weighted average