The Man Who Lived Again (1936) The Man Who Changed His Mind (original title)

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writers:

L. du Garde Peach (screenplay) &
Sidney Gilliat (screenplay) ...
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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 | Cynic | Revenge | Wheelchair | Tabloid

Cast

Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Laurience
John Loder	...	Dick Haslewood
Anna Lee	...	Dr. Clare Wyatt
Frank Cellier	...	Lord Haslewood
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Donald Calthrop	...	Clayton (uncredited)
Lyn Harding	...	Prof. Holloway (uncredited)
Clive Morton	...	Journalist (uncredited)
Cecil Parker	...	Dr. Gratton (uncredited)
Bryan Powley	...	(uncredited)
D.J. Williams	...	Landlord (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Stevenson

Writing credits
L. du Garde Peach		(screenplay) (as L. Du Garde Peach) &
Sidney Gilliat		(screenplay) &
John L. Balderston		(screenplay)

Produced by
Michael Balcon	....	producer

Original Music by
Hubert Bath		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Jack E. Cox		(as Jack Cox)

Film Editing by
R.E. Dearing
Ben Hipkins		(as B. H. Hipkins)
Alfred Roome

Art Direction by
Alex Vetchinsky		(as Vetchinsky)

Costume Design by
Molyneux		(dresses)

Makeup Department
Roy Ashton	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Charles Poulton	....	sound recordist
Bill Salter	....	sound recordist (as W. Salter)

Music Department
Louis Levy	....	musical director
Louis Levy	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Gainsborough Pictures

Distributors

• Gaumont British Distributors (1936) (UK) (theatrical)
• Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America (1936) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled)
• Film Classics (1946) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release)
• Vogue Pictures Inc. (195?) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1956) (USA) (TV)
• Sinister Cinema (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Nostalgia Video (199?) (USA) (video)
• Shanachie Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"The Man Who Changed His Mind" - UK (original title)
"Doctor Maniac Who Lived Again" - USA (reissue title)

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

Trivia:

Boris Karloff's second feature in Britain, filmed March 3-mid April 1936, followed quickly by "Juggernaut."

Quotes:

Clayton:I wonder which revolts you most - my miserable body or my perverted mind.

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.