In our last post, we highlighted Bram Stoker’s weird tale about Count Dracula in the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu. Today we would like to forward to 1931 when a Hungarian-born actor named Bela Lugosi cornered the "ghoul" market as the blood-thirsty vampire in Dracula. Lugosi had played the vampire Count on Broadway, and was chosen by Director Tod Browning to portray Dracula in the film version. Black-caped, soft-spoken, and oh-so-sinister, Count Dracula made his daytime home in a coffin, but when he eerily emerged from it, audiences knew that he was ready for action. He was never actually shown at work as the vampire, but once a victim’s head fell back, exposing a "deliciously veined" neck, one knew exactly what was going to happen.
So for a scary "Monster Mash Month", we recommend watching the 1931 classic film, Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Join "Let's Talk Classic Movies" Friday to read about the Universal Studios Monster vampire comedy spoof movie -Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
**Trivia Question for Today: What was Bela Lugosi’s pivotal role in The Wolfman (1941)? The answer will appear in our next post.
Trivia Answer for Previous Post: Director F.W. Murnau found Max Schreck "strikingly ugly" in real life and decided the vampire makeup would suffice with just pointy ears and false teeth.
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