The Lady and the Monster

The Lady and the Monster is a 1944 film about a millionaire's brain that is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.

Directed by George Sherman. Written by Frederick Kohner, based on the novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak.

A great scientist trespasses upon the secrets of life and love!!  (taglines)

Prof. Franz Mueller

• What do I know about the brain itself? Nothing. Can it think? Remember after its body is dead? Could it be made to feel, to hear perhaps, or to express itself in some way? To contact the living?
• Would it not be the achievement of all time to keep the brains of great thinkers, scientists, authors, statesmen, alive? To derive benefit from their wisdom and thinking power, even after their death - to make them literally immortal?

Taglines

• A picture from out of this world!
• AMAZING...A WOMAN'S BEAUTY LURED HIM TO DESTRUCTION!
• A great scientist trespasses upon the secrets of life and love!!
• Gripping as a scream in the night!
• This is the LADY who was loved by the MONSTER
• Did DEATH hold the key to her heart?
• REPUBLIC brings you a Box Office CHILLER!

Cast

• Vera Ralston — Janice Farrell
• Richard Arlen — Dr. Patrick Cory
• Erich von Stroheim — Prof. Franz Mueller
• Helen Vinson — Chloe Donovan
• Mary Nash — Mrs. Fame, the housekeeper
• Sidney Blackmer — Eugene Fulton
• Janet Martin — the café singer
• William Henry — Roger Collins
• Charles Cane — Mr. Grimes
• Juanita Quigley — Mary Lou
• Josephine Dillon — Mary Lou's grandmother
• Antonio Triana — himself
• Lola Montes — herself

External links

• The Lady and the Monster quotes at the Internet Movie Database