doctor kiss wrote:
The Ripley piece seems to coincide with the filming of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, possibly the sole reference point for the 'horror parts without make-up' claim, being played up for potential publicity here imho.

Oh, right-- he's in the "ugly" contest with Quasimodo for the King of Fools. I never remember to think of RKO's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME as a horror film.



doctor kiss wrote:
This seems to suggest that acromegaly was relatively well-known as a potential source of disfigurement during the period, and that the Argentinian movie may not necessarily have been a direct influence on THE MONSTER MAKER; which isn't to dismiss the possibility entirely, merely to suggest that acromegaly already had some general 'currency' anyway.


Excellent work-- thanks for looking into this.