Factory Entertainment has announced a new edition of a replica of one of the most iconic Universal Monsters props – Larry Talbot’s cane from the 1941 film, “The Wolfman.”
Lon Chaney Jr. famously played the Talbot character in the film. His purchase of the cane puts in motion the series of events that eventually lead him to suffer the werewolf’s curse and become the Wolfman.
Multiple props were created for the production of 1941’s “The Wolfman” by noted prop-maker Ellis Burman Sr., a functional hero prop, and stunt props cast in rubber for actor safety. The wolf head design was based on and hand-sculpted over an existing boar head cane, a popular motif on traditional walking canes. Today, only a single rubber stunt cane head survives in the personal archive of collector Bob Burns.
In 2013, Factory Entertainment produced a replica of the cane based on the surviving rubber head, but recently the collectibles maker was given access to never-before-seen vintage reference photography of the hero prop, which allowed them to create a new, highly-detailed 3D model, allowing them to recreate the prop as it appears when first seen in the Conliffe Antique Shop.
Not only is this edition of the cane more accurate to the hero prop, it now features an upgraded all-metal handle construction and a solid acacia wood shaft.
The newly designed prop replica is available for pre-order now from Factory Entertainment for a limited-time factory direct discount of $299.99, which will be available through November 30, 2021. The Wolfman Cane Limited Edition Prop Replica is expected to ship sometime in the Spring of 2022.
