Dracula (1931) Trailer

Dracula (1931)

For More Info On Dracula, please read: http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2008/03...

In 1927 a theatrical adaptation of Dracula written by Hamilton Deane and John L., Balderston became a huge hit on Broadway. This play would star the Hungarian born actor Bela Lugosi who didnt speak a word of English. Lugosi learned all his lines phonetically, which produced the famous speech pattern that Dracula (and most vampires) would become associated with.

Bela Lugosi (Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasco) came to America in the 1920s to pursue an acting career. Even though the actor had starred in several small roles prior, he would always be remembered for portraying Dracula, both on stage and in numerous films. After Dracula became a huge hit the actor was offered the part of The Monster in Frankenstein, which he turned down. Boris Karloff would become famous for the part, and Lugosis short term as the King of Horror would end as quickly as it started. Lugosi would go on to play Dracula and other various vampires throughout his career. The actor managed to beat a drug addiction, but ended his career in low budget features such as the infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space which would be his last film. He passed away while it was still in production. Despite all of his stage and film roles the actor died in poverty.

Carl Laemmle Jr. had a vision for a big screen adaptation of Dracula for Universal that would have been in the same league as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. Laemmle was also very insistent that Lon Chaney, play the vampire in his picture and set out to lure him away from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Unfortunately Lon Cheney passed away from throat cancer before production was set to begin.

• Category

  Film & Animation

[xDangerouslyAwkwardx]

0:37 Dracula receives a box set of the Twilight Saga.

[HuskyTwitter]

Happy Birthday Bela Lugosi

[calaulton]

Lol

[MrRabson55]

Now to be re-made starring Luis Suarez...?!

[Larry Singleton]

And I'll be damned. There's a perfect example of those sham videos on the movie list to the right. An "ad" for the most recent Dracula movie....is only a come-on to some piece of shit home made monstrosity. Of course most of the others are to those scam pay-per-view sites like You Tube is becoming.

[Larry Singleton]

Sorry "...because they figure they haven't got enough of our money lining THEIR pockets. "

[Larry Singleton]

In addition to that you've got this "censorship" in the form of the chintzy 500 character word limit and a f-ing comment box that goes haywire when you start depleting your word limit. In other words quality is shit. You can't even report those scam movie links that are a f-ing disease on Y.T. The "flag" to report these sham come-ons is disabled; It Doesn't Work! And I think it's intentional. So again, You Tube is just another huckster preying on its users. Where's Boys Town or The 3 Godfathers?

[Larry Singleton]

This is a message to You tube regarding their "pay-per-view" Dracula:

Fuck You

This is one of the reasons I've gotten to hate the Internet. I was really expecting more from this medium. All I see is GREED. I thought Warner Brothers and others would put old movies on with subtitles. Instead all I see is the deleted videos these greedy scum have targeted because they figure they haven't got enough of our money lining our pockets. Now You Tube is exploiting movie lovers also.

[vlad dracula]

i am pretty cool...

[moviemaker960]

Voice over for re release trailer:

Experience the greatest vampire movie of cinema history! The 1931 classic starting the greatest vampire actor of all time Bela Lugosi in 'Dracula'! For a limited time only! This Halloween!

[Ev Trout]

This is as awesome as it will ever get! Praise the 30's!!!

[ThePirateInPajamas]

Renfield is so attractive