handled with a complete lack of imagination." Wells also disliked emphasis on horror in the film and how different it was from his own story, declaring "no subtlety was used in the creation of the dreadful atmosphere. The Whole thing was so ridiculously obvious that I must repeat - it was miserable." Following his work on the film, Laughton returned to England. He starred in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) which led him to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Cinematographer Struss later described his work on on the film as "one of my best photographic achievements." Burke married Rardin on February 25, 1933. Their marriage eventually dissolved, leading to Burke performing in a few more Hollywood films until 1940 when she returned to New York and lived privately after, dying on April 9, 1980. Gail Patrick later spoke about the contest, stating that not winning was "The best thing that ever happened to me" and that the "Panther Woman" character "came to haunt [Burke], and ruin her chances at better roles." Some films followed that featured a mad scientist character creating human-animal hybrids. These included Terror Is a Man (1959) and The Twilight People (1972). The next adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau was The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977). The film had a budget of $7.25 million with actors Burt Lancaster in the title role. The film's producers and director Don Taylor stated the film was not a remake of Kenton's production, while Don Shay noted in Cinefantastique that the film does borrow elements from the earlier film including the female lead of Barbara Carrera as Maria. According to film historian Tom Weaver, Taylor described Kenton's version of the film as "terrible." The 1996 film The Island of Dr. Moreau was made on the 100th anniversary of the novel. John Frankenheimer who directed the 1996 version of the film called Kenton's and Taylor's versions "so terrible." Richard Stanley, the screenwriter of the 1996 film stated that he felt the original novel had never "been properly adapted to screen." while feeling that Island of Lost Souls was "probably the best adaption [of the novel]", specifically the "atmosphere of oppression and pain" while finding two official remakes as being "a step downwards." See also 1932 in science fiction Charles Laughton filmography List of horror films of the 1930s List of science fiction films of the 1930s