August 10, 1902 – September 2, 2000

Born in Dresden, Germany; novelist and filmmaker Curt Siodmak is best known to CDF fans for his work as the screenwriter of the CDF classics THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (1940), BLACK FRIDAY (1940), THE APE (1940), THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (1940), THE WOLF MAN (1941),  INVISIBLE AGENT (1942), FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943), SON OF DRACULA (1943), HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1943), THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946), THE MAGNETIC MONSTER (1953), DONOVAN’S BRAIN (1953), and CURUCU, BEAST OF THE AMAZON (1956)!