Revealing mistake: When Larry is attacked by the werewolf, Bela, there are two shots when they are behind a tree, when he is actually fighting a man. (00:15:40)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: George Waggner
Starring: Claude Rains, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Warren William
The Wolf Man finds Gwen and attacks her. Sir John, hearing the screams, rushes to the scene and begins to strike the Wolf Man with the silver handled cane eventually killing the Wolf Man. The gypsy woman Maleva appears and as she says a prayer, the Wolf Mans body slowly begins to turn back into Larry. Sir John is shocked to see his son now lying dead on the ground and many people believe that Larry died protecting Gwen from an ordinary wolf.
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Larry Talbot: It isn't a wolf... it's a werewolf.
Trivia: In Curt Siodmak's original script for the film, whether or not Lawrence Talbot really underwent a physical transformation to a werewolf or if the transformation simply occurred in his mind was left ambiguous. The Wolf Man was never to appear onscreen.
Question: At the time that this movie was made, nobody knew what made a werewolf, what could kill a werewolf, or when a werewolf would appear. Who decided that these things could happen?
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Answer: Werewolves as a concept date back many years - this film originated many of the current conventions though, so the simple answer to your question is "the writers of this film". See the Wikipedia for more info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf.