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BIOGRAPHY Born Kurt Siodmak in and Edgar G. Ulmer, with a script by Billy Wilder . In the following years Curt Siodmak wrote many novels, screenplays and short stories including the novel ''F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht'' (aka ''F.P.1 Doesn't Answer'') (1933) which became a popular movie starring Hans Albers and Peter Lorre . Siodmak decided to emigrate after hearing an Anti-semitic tirade by the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels , and departed for England where he made a living as a screenwriter before travelling to the USA in 1937 . His big break came with the screenplay for The Wolf Man (1941) which established this fictional creature as the most popular movie monster after Dracula and Frankenstein . In being practically immortal apart from being struck/shot by silver implements/bullets and the famous verse: "Even a man who is pure in heart, And says his prayers by night May become a Wolf when the Wolfbane blooms And the autumn Moon is bright" (the last line was changed in the sequels to The Moon is full and bright). These so-called legends were nothing of the kind. Siodmak simply made them up but they are believed by many to be genuine. (See Universal Home Video DVD release of The Wolf Man for details). Siodmak's science-fiction novel '' Donovan's Brain '' (1942) was a bestseller and was adapted for the cinema several times. Other notable films he wrote include '' Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers '', '' I Walked With A Zombie '' and '' The Beast With Five Fingers ''. Though often eclipsed by the fame of his older brother Robert, Curt Siodmak is considered by some the more talented of the two men. WORKS Novels
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