KARLOFF IN 'NIGHT WORLD'

Released on May 5, 1932, the Universal Pictures crime-drama NIGHT WORLD starred Boris Karloff as "Happy" MacDonald, the owner of a Prohibition-era nightclub. Also starring in the film were Lew Ayers, Mae Clarke, George Raft and Hedda Hopper before she became better known as a Hollywood gossip columnist.

This photo of Karloff appeared in the May 1932 issue of THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE in their "Gallery of Famous Film Folk". Mentioned in the caption is Karloff playing the role of the upcoming THE INVISIBLE MAN. That, of course, would go to Claude Rains and wouldn't be released until a year later. Instead, Karloff's next feature would cast him as Morgan in James Whale's THE OLD DARK HOUSE. The photograph is by Roman Freulich.