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The Climax

Year:

1944

Duration:

86 min

Genres:

Horror | Musical | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.3

Director:

George Waggner

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1944-10-20

Filming Locations: Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gertrude Astor

Scotty Beckett

Boris Karloff

Dr. Friedrich Hohner

Susanna Foster

Angela Klatt

Turhan Bey

Franz Munzer

Gale Sondergaard

Luise

Thomas Gomez

Count Seebruck

June Vincent

Marcellina

George Dolenz

Amato Roselli

Ludwig Stössel

Carl Baumann

Jane Farrar

Jarmila Vadek

Ernö Verebes

Brunn (as Erno Verebes)

Lotte Stein

Mama Hinzl

William Edmunds

Leon - theater concierge

Maxwell Hayes

Count Romburg - King's aide

Dorothy Lawrence

Miss Metzger

Ernie Adams

Man in Audience Next to Franz (uncredited)

Polly Bailey

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Anne Cornwall

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Grace Cunard

Backstage Maid (uncredited)

William Desmond

Backstage Technician (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Backstage Attendant (uncredited)

Helen Gibson

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

King's Consul (uncredited)

Harry Mayo

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Eddie Polo

Stagehand (uncredited)

Barry Regan

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Jack Richardson

Musical Conductor (uncredited)

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Trivia

This film was shot on the lavish sets created for Phantom of the Opera (1943) in an attempt to recoup the large budget of that film. The opera house set had been built for the original The Phantom of the Opera (1925) starring Lon Chaney, and this extraordinary set still exists on the Universal Studios lot. It is the oldest surviving movie set in the world.

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In the original trailer Susanna Foster, the star of Phantom of the Opera (1943), was given top billing. In the film itself, Boris Karloff is given top billing.

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Although he had been appearing in motion pictures for 25 years, this 1944 release was Boris Karloff's first film in color.

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Goofs

In the rehearsal sequence in which Angela loses her voice at the sight of Dr. Hohner, she closes her mouth a split second before the playback of her voice stops.

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Quotes

Dr. Hohner: You don't want to ruin that voice, do you? It isn't yours, remember? Now tell me, whose voice is it?... Tell me!

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