Weird Woman (1944)
Weird Woman (1944)
WEAVING HER WEIRD DEAD SPELL OF VOODOO!
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?

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Cast

Lon Chaney Jr. Lon Chaney Jr. As: Prof. Norman Reed
Anne Gwynne Anne Gwynne As: Paula Clayton Reed
Evelyn Ankers Evelyn Ankers As: Illona Carr
Ralph Morgan Ralph Morgan As: Prof. Millard Sawtelle
Elisabeth Risdon Elisabeth Risdon As: Dean Grace Gunnison
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Storyline

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?


Tagline: WEAVING HER WEIRD DEAD SPELL OF VOODOO!
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Language: English

Release Date: 01 March 1944

Country: US

Runtime: 64m

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Company Credits

Company: Universal Pictures

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Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Prof. Norman Reed

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Paula Clayton Reed

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

Illona Carr

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Prof. Millard Sawtelle

Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

Dean Grace Gunnison

Lois Collier

Lois Collier

Margaret Mercer

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Dean Septimus Carr

Elizabeth Russell

Elizabeth Russell

Evelyn Sawtelle

Phil Brown

Phil Brown

David Jennings

Kay Harding

Kay Harding

Student

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Party Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Chuck Hamilton

The Carpenter (uncredited)

David Hoffman

David Hoffman

The Spirit of the Inner Sanctum (uncredited)

William Hudson

William Hudson

Second Gossiping Male Student (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Directed By

Reginald Le Borg

Reginald Le Borg

Director

William Tummel

William Tummel

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Oliver Drake

Oliver Drake

Associate Producer

Ben Pivar

Ben Pivar

Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Vera West

Vera West

Costume Designer

Sound

Bernard B. Brown

Bernard B. Brown

Sound Director

William Hedgcock

William Hedgcock

Sound

Paul Sawtell

Paul Sawtell

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

John P. Fulton

John P. Fulton

Visual Effects

Camera

Virgil Miller

Virgil Miller

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

John B. Goodman

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

Richard H. Riedel

Richard H. Riedel

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

A.J. Gilmore

A.J. Gilmore

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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