Scenes from horror of dracula and the brides of dracula hammer horror duration. With bela lugosi, helen chandler, david manners, dwight frye. Dracula the restored version although there have been numerous screen versions of bram stokers classic tale, none is more enduring than the 1931 original. Dracula is a 1931 american precode vampire horror film directed by tod browning and starring bela lugosi as count dracula. See more ideas about classic horror movies, horror films and vintage horror. Bela lugosis dracula suave and sophisticated has animal magnetism to spare. Boris karloff has survived the rigors of makeup and costuming as he checks the script before filming a scene for the mummy 1932. Bela lugosi, hungarianborn motionpicture actor who was most famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire count dracula. Michael arruda welcome to another edition of memorable movie quotes. Lugosi provided live commentary between clips of some of his old films during this onehour presentation. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the novel dracula by bram stoker. Much like that of the vampire he brought to life, bela lugosis story is a fascinating one.
The ominous portrayal of count dracula by bela lugosi, combined with horror specialist director tod browning, help to create the films eerie mood. Lon chaney had been scheduled to play the role, a wise casting decision after his success in the silent classics the hunchback of notre dame and the phantom of the opera. His heavy hungarian accent made him a natural for typecasting, but his name on a movie poster meant that audiences were in for a good scare. Complete legacy collection includes all 6 films from the original legacy including the frightening classic starring bela lugosi and the timeless films that followed. Horror icons boris karloff and bela lugosi created some of the most memorable performances in cinematic history. Either people are seeing the wrong film, or they dont care for vampire stories. Bela lugosi as dracula when i was young i loved these old scarey movies. However, recent research has uncovered a television show, murder and bela lugosi, that aired on wpixtv in new york city on september 18, 1950. Mar 28, 2020 i have never met a vampire personally, but i dont know what might happen tomorrow. Critics already considered dracula adaptations to be old hat and singled out lugosis performance as the worst part of the movie. Bela lugosi dracula 1931 id like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, downtoearth person. Karloff, seen frequently as frankensteins monster, and lugosi, ever the vampire, both had designs on being the premiere horror film star, filling the void left by the death of lon. Dracula bela lugosi prepares to feast on mina helen chandler in this publicity still for dracula 1931. He originated the role on broadway in 1927 and reprised it for the 1931 film.
See more ideas about dracula, classic horror movies and lugosi dracula. In late april of 1955 the 72year old actor, destitute and recently. Solicitor renfield dwight frye arrives in transylvania, and despite grim warnings from the locals, arrives at draculas castle so that the count bela lugosi can sign the papers on his new abbey in london. The film stars bela lugosi as count dracula, a vampire who emigrates from transylvania to england. When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart.
A faulty blood transfusion turns dracula s wife black. Sadly, he was eventually reduced to playing in grade b pictures by ed wood. It seems quite possible that this narration may be the source of the new lugosi footage. Bela lugosis performance as the vampire count dracula is widely acknowledged as the definitive portrayal of the character, who first appeared in bram stokers novel of. In some ways, its an improvement on brownings 1931 dracula, and it plays on bela lugosis star image from that film in an interesting, selfreflexive way. Bela lugosi became known as the face of dracula after his iconic appearance as the famous vampire in the 1931 film adaptation of bram stokers classic novel. The dark prince is an excellent overview of the life and career of bela lugosi. The original dracula is one of the silver screens most unforgettable characters and, along with the other universal classic monsters, defined the hollywood horror genre. Universalannex bela lugosi, an imposing figure at 61, piercing blue eyes and hungarian accent, was born to play dracula and in 1927 he starred in the title role on broadway in dracula the vampire play. His success led to a career in horror movies, in which he often costarred with boris karloff. Bela lugosi 18821956, best known for the original screen portrayal of bram stoker s dracula in 1931, was in many movies during the course of his career. During wwi, he volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant, and was wounded.
Today we look at some memorable lines from the classic horror movie, dracula 1931. During wwi, he volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant, and was wounded three times. Bela lugosis performance as the vampire count dracula is widely. The ancient vampire count dracula arrives in england and begins to prey upon the virtuous young mina. Dracula universal studios classic monster collection. I became interested because the vampire movies of my youth were the ones i. Lugos, hungary, located near the western border of the transylvanian alps in what is now lugoj, romania death date. Unofficially, director tod brownings of the film above third try at stokers tale and a remake of his first, nowlost attempt, london after midnight 1927. This is a ranking of the top 10 movies starring dracula himself, bela lugosi. Their unforgettable performances as dracula lugosi and frankensteins monster karloff terrified a generation of moviegoers, and when these two legendary actors combined their talents for a series of spinetingling films in the 1930s, audiences could not get. But he died as dracula was going into production, and the mysterious 49year old. See more ideas about horror films, classic horror movies and dracula. Bela as a madscientist who thinks hes a vampire up against old.
Appearing as hollywoods original count dracula in 1931, bela lugosi became one of the movies great horror players. The ancient vampire count dracula arrives in england and begins to prey. Despite the static nature of the final scenes, dracula is a classic among horror films, with bela lugosi giving the performance of a lifetime as the erudite count both lugosi and costar frye. His life in films, on stage, and in the hearts of horror lovers. Dracula is so full of quotable lines, especially from bela lugosi, practically the entire movie is a collection of famous quotes. See more ideas about horror films, classic horror movies and classic monsters. Later, renfield has become draculas insane servant, and the count insinuates himself into london society, befriending jonathan harker david manners, his. The original dracula, starring bela lugosi, launched the hollywood horror genre. Bela accurately described the role of dracula as both a blessing and a curse. According to contemporary newspaper articles, even theater audiences would at times loudly mock the film as it played, causing the entire room to erupt in laughter throughout the movie. Dracula, american horror film, released in 1931, that is considered one of the early classics of the genre. Join me and the g33ke crew for chat and random fun on discord right here.
On the dracula set, bela lugosi greets horace liveright who produced the broadway play version that brought stardom to lugosi. Bela lugosi discusses his drug habit as he leaves the. Dracula 910 movie clip dracula and van helsing 1931. He and the play were an instant success, so much so. This was because when bram stoker wrote the original novel, the borgo pass was near transylvania and modern hungary. The original title card has producer carl laemmle, jr. The boris karloffbela lugosi rivalry is well known to fans of classic horror movies, particularly the frankenstein and dracula franchises in the early talkie era.
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