Color of Frankenstein's suit?

[The Monster]

Nick---you hadnt seen this yet? Im astonished. It first aired in A&E's Karloff biography some years ago. The Lon Chaney Jr. Biography had the only color picture of him in his Wolfman make up that I have ever seen, and he's not wearing a green shirt, either.. Buy it:


https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Horro...23H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298130809&sr=8-1

Oh yeah! now I remember that! I already have this DVD set. I must be going

Nick

 

[wax murderer]

I saw a color shot of Chaney in make-up at Chiller about 10 years ago at Ron Chaney's table. Very interesting shot. Skin color was a coppery red(like a new penny),dark nose tip, hair was sort of a tawny shade and the shirt was either a very dark green or black. This is how I've painted models of him ever since, and they look fine, though I haven't tried any B&W shots of one. As to the monster's clothes, I read somewhere that there was a costume call sheet that described his suit, which is what the current standards are based on. I just tend to darken the called out colors as much as I can...PS

 

[Gruff Old Bear]

(Lon Chaney Jr. actually had blue eyes)

Thanks for the photo, Phibes. I've been trying to find a reference on both father and son's eye color, and have been surprised at how difficult it is to find a color shot of Creighton at any age. How did you find this out? Is it on the Chaney site somewhere?

 

[Anton Phibes]

Thanks for the photo, Phibes. I've been trying to find a reference on both father and son's eye color, and have been surprised at how difficult it is to find a color shot of Creighton at any age. How did you find this out? Is it on the Chaney site somewhere?

Oh Lord--let's see where did I learn that...? Oh yeah,

https://vampir.headlesshearseman.com/paint.html

 

[D'oh!]

Nam, thanks for the video. Phibes, thanks for the info.

Great thread, gentlemen.

 

[Ursus3978]

Oh Lord--let's see where did I learn that...? Oh yeah,

https://vampir.headlesshearseman.com/paint.html

Thanks for the link. Lots of great info there.

-Ray

 

[Anton Phibes]

Thanks for the link. Lots of great info there.

-Ray

NO PROB. GUYS.

 

[thenammagazine]

Nam, thanks for the video. Phibes, thanks for the info.

Great thread, gentlemen.

Yeah, admittedly the vid didn't really help, but it's awesome to see those guys behind the scenes.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I always imagined it being a dark green or grey