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Dracula
The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!
( Horror )

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MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 74 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Feb 12, 1931   [USA]		  
Director: Tod Browning
 
Writers: Louis Bromfield   [Writer]
Tod Browning   [Writer]
Garrett Fort   [Screenplay]
Frederick Stephani   [Writer]
Louis Stevens   [Writer]
 
Producers: E.M. Asher   [Associate Producer]
Tod Browning   [Producer]
Carl Laemmle Jr.   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Karl Freund
 
Edited by: Milton Carruth
 
Production Design: John Hoffman
Herman Rosse
 
Costume Design: Ed Ware
Vera West
 
Casting by Phil M. Friedman
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   (US)
 

Plot Summary:

    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Helen Chandler
Mina
David Manners
John Harker
Dwight Frye
Renfield
Edward Van Sloan
Van Helsing
 
Herbert Bunston
Doctor Seward
Frances Dade
Lucy
Joan Standing
Maid
Charles K. Gerrard
Martin
 
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
 
Tech Info:
Budget:
$355,000
Revenue:
$700,000
Color Info:
B&W
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
29 Sep 1930 - 15 Nov 1930
Quotes:
  • Dracula: Good evening, I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
     
  • Dracula: For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you're a wise man, Van Helsing.
     
  • [Reading from a Transylvanian tourist brochure]
    Young Girl: "Among the rugged peaks that crown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age."
     
  • Renfield: Flies, why eat flies when I can have nice juicy spiders.
     
  • Renfield: No, no, master! I wasn't going to say anything, I told them nothing! I am loyal to you master!
     
Trivia:
  • Bela Lugosi did not speak English at the time this film was made. He learned his lines phonetically.
     
  • The role of Dracula was originally meant for Lon Chaney.
     
  • A Spanish-language version of Dracula was filmed at night on the same set at the same time, with Spanish-speaking actors.
     
  • Universal Studios commissioned a new musical score from composer Philip Glass. It premiered at The Brooklyn Academy of Music on 26 October 1999.
     
Credits Fun:

  • Joan Standing, who played Briggs, is credited as the maid, who was actually played by Moon Carroll.
     

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