UW Cinematheque Special Event

A medical student brings his sweetheart to the ominous carnival tent of Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi), a monomaniacal scientist obsessed with proving Darwin's controversial theory of evolution for the benefit of his simian companion, Erik the ape. Robert Florey's under-appreciated contribution to the Universal horror cycle paints 19th century, pre-Hausmannian Paris in anxiety-ridden, Expressionistic strokes appropriate for the Edgar Allen Poe source material. New print! (USA, 1932, 35mm, b/w, 61 min.)