1941 The Wolf Man Poster $23,900.

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Name of Collectible: 1941 The Wolf Man Poster
This item Sold for $23,900. (Click Image to View Auction).
Seller: Heritage
Date: Nov 14, 2007
Description by seller: “Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Lon Chaney made his mark in the cinema with this entry in the Universal horror series. Although he had appeared in “Man Made Monster” the prior year, and under the name Lon Chaney Jr., he decided to drop the Jr. and continue in his father’s footsteps of making a career as the new “Man of a Thousand Faces.” Under Jack Pierce’s incredible makeup, Chaney became the screen’s greatest werewolf. This makeup had been tested on Henry Hull in 1935’s “Werewolf of London,” but a less hirsute version was eventually decided on for that role. By 1941, the studio decided that the country was ready for a real Wolf Man and created a legend in the process”.