The Black Cat

…had a less-controversial hit with The Black Cat (1934), though the subject matter was still sensationalistic. The classic horror film, a Universal production that was inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe short story, was the first to pair Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. The latter played Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a…

…including King Kong (1932) and The Black Cat (1934). Among some of the best-known horror classics of this period are The Werewolf of London (1935), The Wolf Man (1941), and Cat People (1942).

…Karloff in several films, including The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and The Invisible Ray (1936), and he appeared occasionally in non-horror films, such as the Paramount Pictures all-star comedy International House (1933) and Ernst Lubitsch’s Ninotchka (1939).