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House of Dracula
HORROR UPON HORROR in the HOUSE OF DRACULA
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
Unrated

US Runtime: 64 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 07, 1945   [USA]
 
Director: Erle C Kenton   [Director]
 
Writers: Dwight V Babcock   [Story]
George Bricker   [Story]
Edward T Lowe Jr   [Screenplay]
Mary Shelley   [Characters]
Bram Stoker   [Characters]
 
Producers: Joseph Gershenson   [Executive Producer]
Paul Malvern   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: George Robinson   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Russell F Schoengarth   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by William Lava   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Vera West   [Costume Design]
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

Cast:

John Carradine
Count Dracula
Onslow Stevens
Dr. Franz Edelmann
Lon Chaney Jr
Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Martha ODriscoll
Miliza Morelle
Jane Adams
Nina
Lionel Atwill
Police Inspector Holtz
 
Glenn Strange
The Frankenstein Monster
Ludwig Stssel
Siegfried
Skelton Knaggs
Steinmuhl
Gregory Marshall
(uncredited)
Beatrice Gray
(uncredited)
 

Uncredited Cast:


Joseph E Bernard
Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
Villager (uncredited)
Harry Lamont
Villager (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Villager (uncredited)
 
Anne G Sterling
Villager (uncredited)
Fred Cordova
Gendarme (uncredited)
Carey Harrison
Gendarme (uncredited)
 

Sound Crew:


Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
Edgar Fairchild
Music Director
 
Jess Moulin
Sound Engineer
Jess Moulin
Sound Recordist
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
 
Arthur D. Leddy
Set Decoration
Martin Obzina
Art Direction
 
 

Directing Crew:


Ralph Slosser
Assistant Director
 
 

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