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 Dracula (1931)
Tod Browning. He also did Freaks in 1932.
| True or False: Dracula was Bela Lugosi's first movie role? | Dracula (1931)
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False . Lugosi made several movies in the U.S. and in his native Hungary before starring in 'Dracula'.
| True or false: A Spanish version of Dracula was filmed at night on the same sets as the English version? | Dracula (1931)
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| Todd Browning received the credit for directing the film. Who did the camera work? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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Karl Freund. The camera work done by Freund is credited as being the best thing of the movie. (Next to Bela Lugosi, of course!) His moving camera technique gives the film an eerie mood.
Todd Browning was experienced in silent films.. Todd Browning directed several of Lon Chaney's silent films, including "Phantom of the Opera" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". As one of the questions in another "Dracula" quiz stated, Lon Chaney was the first actor selected to play "Dracula", but passed away before the filming even started.
Bela Lugosi, Henry Bunstun, Edward Van Sloan. Starting in 1927 and continuing for 2 years, the stage version of "Dracula" was a smash success. For the film, Bela Lugosi reprised his role of the count, Edward Van Sloan continued as Van Helsing, and Henry Bunstun played Dr. Seward.
Dr. Seward was wanted on the phone.. In her hypnotic trance, the girl stated to Dr. Seward: "Dr. Seward, you're wanted on the telephone." Great scene.
| We go now to the Seward Sanitorium. When a scream comes from the left side of the screen, what does one of the other inmates yell? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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He probably wants his flies again!. Also a wonderful scene. This scene illustrates Karl Freund's genius with the camera.
48. Bela's career in acting started LONG before "Dracula". He had about 30 years experience under his belt when he played the famous Count Dracula.
| When Dr. Seward and his associates give Lucy a transfusion, they are being observed by others. Why was this? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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They were conducting a class.. If you look closely, you'll see people sitting in the back at desks and taking notes. They don't say anything and don't move, so it's a little difficult to see them at first.
| When Van Helsing analyzes Renfield's blood, he realizes the he's dealing with the undead. The man to his right fearfully utters a word. What is it? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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Nosferatu. This is another tidbit that you have to listen for. I had to watch the film a few times before I could make out what the man even said!
| Another one of my favorite lines: "Flies, flies? Poor puny things. Who wants to eat flies? You do ya ______." | The 1931 "Dracula"
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looney. Martin is one of my favorite characters. He must have been cast to be the comic relief.
| In the scene when Renfield is in his cell, how does Dracula give his instructions? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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he uses telepathy. Bela Lugosi again uses those gorgeous hypnotic eyes to give the impression that he is giving Renfield his instructions for Mina.
| In the scene when Dracula attacks Mina, there is something on the lamp shade. What is it? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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a piece of cardboard. This is something about the movie that always drives me crazy. Due to the fact that this film was thrown together, the editors of the movie must have overlooked this minor detail.
Briggs. Only mentioned a few times in the film, the maid's name was Briggs. We never find out her first name.
| We all know that the ship Dracula sailed to England in was called the "Vesta". Where was the footage to the scene with the storm taken? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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an earlier silent film. As was mentioned earlier, Todd Browning was more experienced in silents. This part of the scene was taken from one of the other silent films that he directed at an earlier time.
| Now a little history: "Dracula" was based on a real life man - he was a Romanian warrior. What was his name? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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Vlad Dracula. Vlad the Impaler lived in the 1400's. Bram Stoker was fascinated by the name Dracula - which was Vlad's nickname - and used it in his novel. The names haven't been apart since.
Henry Bunstun. Henry Bunstun was born in 1874, Edward Van Sloan was born in 1881, Bela Lugosi was born in 1882, and Dwight Frye was born in 1899.
| What was the reaction of the people in the audience when they first saw "Dracula"? | The 1931 "Dracula"
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They were horrified.. Since this was the first talking horror film, as was mentioned before, the audience was absolutely terrified. They had never before seen a horror film that didn't have a logical ending like other Universal silents.
| "Dracula" (1931) was widely celebrated for actor Bela Lugosi's role as Dracula. However, he was not the first choice for the role of the Count, and in fact had to fight for the part. Who was Universal Studio's first choice? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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Lon Chaney. Lon Chaney was an experienced actor, having starred in two Universal smash hits; the horror films "The Hunchback of Notre Dome" and "The Phantom of the Opera". Carl Laemmle (owner of Universal Studios) didn't want to do a film version of "Dracula" unless it starred Lon Chaney. Unfortunately, Chaney died of throat cancer in 1930, before production began. Ian Keith was considered for the role of the Count after Chaney couldn't do it, but didn't make it either. Laemmle was not at all interested about Lugosi playing Dracula, but had to settle, due to the fact that he didn't cost much (only 500 dollars a week) and that he worked hard to land the role.
| Whoever has seen the 1931 version of "Dracula" knows very well that the plot doesn't follow the original novel, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker (published in 1897). Universal was inspired to do the film thanks to a stage version of the novel. Who wrote the stage adaption, based on the novel by Stoker? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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Hamilton Deane. Hamilton Deane wrote the stage version, making several changes that were significant to the 1931 version of "Dracula", including the omission of the characters Quincey Morris and Arthur Holmwood. In 1917, John L. Balderston revised the stage adaption by Deane, making it more Americanized for the audiences in New York (the play appeared on Broadway). Garrett Fort took this version of "Dracula" and re-wrote it to make the screenplay for the Universal horror film.
| The 1931 version of "Dracula" was intended to be a big budget production, based directly on Bram Stoker's novel. However, due to the Great Depression, Universal Studios had to make a major cut. An example of this was that Bela Lugosi (playing the lead role) was getting paid 500 dollars a week to play the Count, when a supporting cast member was getting paid 2,000 dollars a week. Who was this cast member? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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David Manners. This was the only proven evidence of how much Lugosi got paid compared to a supporting actor (it is unknown how much Van Sloan, Chandler, or Frye got paid), and he was getting paid very poorly. However, after the success of "Dracula", Lugosi signed a contract with Universal. Unfortunately, in later years, it wasn't enough to support his family.
There was no logical ending.. When the film was first released on Valentine's Day, 1931, it was reported that people fainted in shock at the horror of the movie "Dracula". American audiences had seen supernatural thrillers before, but "Dracula" had no trick or comic relief at the end to give it a logical ending, which scared people. Most people came to see the film out of curiosity, wanting to see if it was really a scream-out-loud production.
| According to the extra features in the DVD version of the 1931 film "Dracula", a group of sociologists who study movie responses to the films of the early 1930s, said a certain age of people liked the film the most. Which age group? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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Children. According to this group of sociologists (group name is not known), children would claim "Dracula" as one of their most favorite films, and a film they enjoyed acting out at home. Bela G. Lugosi (Bela Lugosi's son) claims he has home videos of him acting as Dracula, using the same techniques his father used to play the role in the 1931 film. Bela G. Lugosi also said that whenever he went to see his father's films with his friends, his friends would be scared, but not Bela because it was his father up on the screen.
| According to the extra features in the DVD version of the 1931 film "Dracula", the props from "Dracula" are one of a kind, and are very rare. According to many film historians and collectors, what prop from "Dracula" is the rarest and one of the most treasured props in America? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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Bela Lugosi's Dracula cape. Bela G. Lugosi said that his father (Bela Lugosi, obviously) owned three or four capes, made either from heavy material or a lighter material and so on and so forth. Bela G. Lugosi owns the cape that his father wore for the film "Dracula", and it is one of the most treasured props in American film history. When Bela Lugosi died, Bela G. Lugosi and his mother felt it was appropriate to bury him in one of his capes, but not the one he used during the filming of the horror movie.
| In 1999, a famous American music composer was chosen to make a score for the 1931 version of "Dracula" (the original version featured no musical score). What music composer took the job and made a memorable score? | Horror Masters: "Dracula" (1931)
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Philip Glass . Philip Glass is an Academy-Award nominated composer, receiving an Award nomination for his score on Martin Scorsese's film "Kundun". Universal Studios had made three films as of 2007, based off of Bram Stoker's "Dracula". There was of course the famous 1931 version directed by Tod Browning, the 1931 Spanish version of the film, and a 1979 remake of "Dracula" starring Frank Langella has the Count. The 1979 remake is the "Dracula" film that has more of a horror/romance story plot then the other two. People know Dracula from the 1931 film, because most have not seen "Nosferatu" (the first film that featured a story plot based on the Bram Stoker novel, but however it was stopped being shown because of lawsuits). "Dracula" (1931) marked one of the first times the famous vampire appeared on-screen. Bela Lugosi's role is very well known and is always considered the perfect Dracula. According to the Internet Movie Database, there are about 160 films with Dracula as a lead role! "Dracula" has been a very significant movie in American history, and it will be treasured forever as one of the greatest horror films of all-time.
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