The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936/I)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writers:

John L. Balderston (screenplay)
Sidney Gilliat (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 November 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him...

Plot Keywords:

Mad Scientist | Tabloid | Father Employs Son | Wheel Chair Bound | Research Institute

Cast

Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Laurience
Anna Lee	...	Dr. Clare Wyatt
John Loder	...	Dick Haslewood
Frank Cellier	...	Lord Haslewood
Donald Calthrop	...	Clayton
Cecil Parker	...	Dr. Gratton
Lyn Harding	...	Prof. Holloway

Also Known As:

Doctor Maniac Who Lived Again (USA) (reissue title)
Dr. Maniac
The Brainsnatcher
The Man Who Lived Again (USA)

Runtime:

66 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (British Acoustic)

Certification:

Germany:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1937)

Company:

Gainsborough Pictures

Quotes:

Clayton: This may amuse you.
[gives Laurience a newspaper with a gossipy article about his experiments.]
Dr. Laurience: You told them all this!
Clayton: Me? Why me?
Dr. Laurience: How should I know? Your mind is just as twisted as your body. Don't forget, if I leave out one injection...
Clayton: I don't mind dying, but to be accused of journalism!

KARLOFF TRANSPOSES BRAIN WAVES!

This film was called : "The Man Who Lived Again" and released on Sept. 11, 1936 which was produced in England. It depicts a home on the outskirts of London. Dr. Laurience (Boris Karloff) creates an invention that can transpose the mind of one person to the body of another. His only assistant is Clayton (Donald Calthrop), a paralytic with a fatal brain disease. A very rich man Lord Haslewood (Frank Cellier) finances Dr. Laurience's experiments. Fellow scientists discover that Dr. Laurience's experiments are unbelieveable. Karloff keeps transferring brains from one person to another without success. Finally he shares his secret with his beautiful assistant, Clare(Anne Lee) who appeared with Karloff in "Bedlam" who lives in London at the age of 90 years. Anne Lee last performed in "What Can I Do?" in 1994. Dr. Laurience loses control of himself and takes his invention to the grave. This is a true classic film of Boris Karloff.