ISLAND OF LOST SOULS

Hi All: This is from a crabbed genius I know...

Under that beast-man makeup designed by Wally Westmore we may find uncredited Buster Crabbe, Duke York, Randolph Scott and Alan Ladd. Also Joe Bonomo, the famous strongman who later produced Turkish Taffy from a factory in Coney Island (today the welfare office next to the DMV) and came to work there every day until he died at his desk at the age of 104. Whereupon the brand ceased to exist.

Also please note that Montgomery's "medical indiscretion" is implicitly understood to mean abortion and that Wells was horrified by the undercurrent of bestiality inserted into the story by Kenton.

I think young Laughton's giggling, nutty Moreau is superb, one of the greatest Mad Scientists ever!

http://www.westgate-works.com/Charlie/charlie_gemora.htm

Well, that was most of the voice-over-comments content I use when I screen it. I cannot identify those bit players appearing as beast-men in my print, maybe you can spot them in a good full-density original. Just two more bits you can use. That gorilla person who appears in the cave tunnel as we enter the island is Charlie Gemora, the Philippino gorilla-suit actor known for playing the most expressive and comedic ape in film, he's the one blocking Laurel and Hardy on the rope bridge over the chasm in Swiss Miss (which I also have, it's a real turkey with the most horrible musical interludes imaginable).

http://members.shaw.ca/gorillagallery2/gorillamenclassic/cg_word_from_gmen.htm

Kathleen Burke, the Panther Woman, was the non-actress winner of the "girl with animal magnetism" beauty contest held in advance of production as a publicity stunt for the movie. Sure is cute; makes me purr...