She-Wolf of London
Directed by:
Jean YarbroughScreenplay:
George BrickerCinematography:
Maury GertsmanComposer:
William LavaCast:
Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden, Jan Wiley, Lloyd Corrigan, Dennis Hoey, Martin Kosleck, Eily Malyon, Frederick Worlock, James Finlayson (more)VOD (1)
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Several murders have been committed in a London park and the victims have been savagely clawed about the throat. The police believe that a woman is a killer, and perhaps she is a (she) werewolf. Heiress Phyllis Allenby, fears she is the criminal, based on the family legend of the "Allenby Curse" which was the belief that members of the family at times assumed the form of a wolf. Her aunt's constant reminders to her of the "Allenby Curse" only serves to keep her niece's fears alive. (Universal Pictures UK)
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In the years when Universal horror production focused almost exclusively on B-movies (mostly good ones), a movie emerged that not only did not seem like another helping of the same, but quite freshly combined the classic werewolf theme with a crime story and a romance novel. At the same time, it also offered a fresh cast and not just the same old recycled, once famous names. Especially lovely is the charming twenty-one-year-old "wolf cub" June Lockhart and Sara Hayden who plays the aunt is also wonderful. Given its length, the movie doesn’t have the chance to get boring, so the only bad thing about Yarbrough's movie is the “pretension" of a culmination which becomes clear from about the third minute of the footage. Despite the year of its release, She-Wolf of London can be boldly included among Universal's still-unsurpassed productions from the thirties, although it does not quite achieve the quality of the “showpieces" of this golden era.
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