![Jack P Pierce](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Jack-P-Pierce_main-170x120.jpg)
Monster make-up maestro Jack P Pierce was born Janus Piccoula, on the 5th of May, 1889, in Valdetsyou, Greece. Immigrating to the United States […]
![Dracula's Daughter (Universal 1936)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Draculas-Daughter_main1-170x120.jpg)
Dracula’s Daughter, Universal’s first follow-up to their original classic monster success story, was released on the 11th of May, 1936. A sequel to the […]
![The Black Cat (Universal 1934)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Black-Cat-The-main-170x120.jpg)
When Universal teamed Karloff and Lugosi in all but billing for their Edgar Allan Poe inspired The Black Cat, released on the 7th of […]
![The Man Who Laughs (Universal 1928)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Man-Who-Laughs-The_01-170x120.jpg)
Universal had enjoyed huge success with The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), both starring Lon Chaney, and […]
![The Phantom of the Opera (Universal 1925)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Phantom-of-the-Opera-The_08_main-170x120.jpg)
Universal’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) had proved immensely successful for both the Laemmles and its star, Lon Chaney. Chaney’s grotesque make-up for […]
![Irving Thalberg](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Irving-Thalberg-170x120.jpg)
Film producer Irving Thalberg, who launched countless successful movie careers and helped to shape the movie industry as we know it today, was born […]
![Frankenstein (Universal 1931)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Frankenstein_main-170x120.jpg)
Frankenstein was not the automatic next choice for Universal despite the unprecedented commercial success of Dracula (1931), and their fortunes remained precarious. In addition to […]