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Release Date:
14 February 1931 (USA)
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Tagline:
The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known! more
Plot:
The ancient vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the virtuous young Mina. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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Carla Laemmle Book Signing At Larry Edmunds Book Store, Hollywood October 30
(From CinemaRetro. 27 October 2009, 7:04 AM, PDT)
Bela Lugosi And Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story Of A Haunting Collaboration (Book Review)
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(From CinemaRetro. 27 October 2009, 7:04 AM, PDT)
Bela Lugosi And Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story Of A Haunting Collaboration (Book Review)
(From Fangoria. 20 October 2009, 1:50 AM, PDT)
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Scary for it's time, not now. But still it's a classic.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bela Lugosi | ... | Count Dracula |
 | Helen Chandler | ... | Mina Harker |
| David Manners | ... | John Harker |
| Dwight Frye | ... | Renfield |
| Edward Van Sloan | ... | Prof. Abraham Van Helsing |
| Herbert Bunston | ... | Dr. Jack Seward |
| Frances Dade | ... | Lucy Weston |
| Joan Standing | ... | Briggs (a nurse) |
| Charles K. Gerrard | ... | Martin (as Charles Gerrard) |
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Runtime:
75 min (corrected release length)
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Black and White (tinted)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-15 (2004) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Spain:T |
Norway:16 (1931) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Germany:12 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved |
Sweden:7
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Cinematographer Karl Freund achieved the effect of Dracula's hypnotic stare by aiming two pencil-spot-lights into actor Bela Lugosi's eyes.
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Continuity: When the street doors of the London concert hall open to admit Dracula, the orchestra can be heard playing Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony". But in the next shot, an instant later, they are playing the conclusion of the prelude to "Die Meistersinger".
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Young Girl Passenger: [reading from a Transylvanian tourist brochure] "Among the rugged peaks that crown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age."
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Young Girl Passenger: [reading from a Transylvanian tourist brochure] "Among the rugged peaks that crown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age."
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Monster Squad (1987)
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Soundtrack:
Swan Lake
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I loved watching all the older scary movies, because I just think it's important part of history in movies, you see what the time was and the mood. What frightened people and why that was, despite Dracula being somewhat of a yawn to today's generation, this was completely new to the people of 1931, they had never seen anything like it.
This was the first actual taken from Bram Stroker's novel Dracula movie, despite Nosferatu that was silent, could not be brought into the accuracy of the original novel. Also this was the first vampire film with sound. Bela made a great Dracula, I always thought it was kind of funny that he had a fear of blood. He made Dracula into the type cast of today with the whole "Blah's" and "I never drink wine", etc.
1931's Dracula brought nightmares and fear into it's viewers. I hope my generation could understand that, because I think it's important to understand how much these movies frightened our grandparents or great grandparents and why. They don't make movies like this any more, there was no gore needed, just people's imaginations. Whatever happened to that? I would recommend Dracula any time, it's a classic and I hope it stays that way into future generations.
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