Scarce and terrific vintage 8x10-inch black and white restrike publicity portrait of Lon Chaney, Jr., as the titular lycanthrope in The Wolf Man (1941), boldly signed in black ballpoint pen by the film's legendary screenwriter in the 1980s. In good condition, with gentle wear to the corner tips. Curt Siodmak penned the scripts for a long string of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery favorites, including The Invisible Man Returns (1940), Black Friday (1940), The Ape (1940), The Wolf Man (1941), Invisible Agent (1942), London Blackout Murders (1943), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Son of Dracula (1943), The Climax (1944), House of Frankenstein (1944), The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), Bride of the Gorilla (1951), The Magnificent Monster (1953), Donovan's Brain (1953), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956), Tales of Frankenstein (1958), and The Devil's Messanger (1961).

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