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The Wolf Man (1941)

Directed by George Waggner · Cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine

Approved70 min63 frames

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His hideous howl a dirge of death!

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What is The Wolf Man about?

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

Where can you watch The Wolf Man?

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What does the cinematography of The Wolf Man look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Wolf Man leans on medium shots (55% of the sample) and wide compositions (25%). Cinematographer Joseph A. Valentine keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 75% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of The Wolf Man?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Wolf Man (1941) are #040404, #2e2e2e, #8f8f8e, #6c6c6c, #494949, #c9c9c9 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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