Laura Sanders- Wolfman

Curt Siodmak's story of the "Wolfman" is depicted with great difference from Geogre Waggner's 1941 film to Joe Johnston's version in 2010. Waggner's film retains a much more simplistic plot and, given the year, cinematography skills. Johnston's new version is filled with added elements of the plot, and while he did manage to keep certain elements of the look of Waggner's original wolfman, the cinematography was far more advanced. It was the actual transformation of the characters into the wolfman that gave way to the greatest differences of the two films. It is only fair to note that the cinematographers of this day are blessed with far more advances than those of 1941, and for this reason the transformation greatly differed in each scene. Waggner's 1941 transformation obviously used every cinematographic capability available at the time, but lacked detail. The camera focused on more simple changes of the feet, growing hair, enlarging by the second. Only then was our eye drawn to the full transformation that had taken place. Johnston's 2010 transformation was dark, and almost fake-looking, as much of the cinematography can be these days. It maintains a much harsher, violent depiction than its predecessor.  

Here in the first part of this clip is the transformation of Lon Chaney Jr. into the wolfman in Waggner's 1941 film:






Here is the 2010 version of the transformation: