Dracula (1931) - The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!

Dracula

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

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 75 min

Premiere Date:
Feb 12, 1931 [USA]

Director:	Tod Browning

Writers:	Bram Stoker [novel] John L. Balderston [play] Hamilton Deane [play] Garrett Fort Louis Bromfield [uncredited] Max Cohen [titles] [uncredited] Louis Stevens [uncredited]

Producers:	E.M. Asher [Associate Producer] Tod Browning [Producer] Carl Laemmle Jr. [Producer]

Cinematography:	Karl Freund

Edited by:	Milton Carruth

Production Company:	Universal Pictures

Cast:

Bela Lugosi Count Dracula Helen Chandler Mina Seward David Manners Jonathan Harker Dwight Frye Renfield Edward Van Sloan Professor Abraham Van Helsing Herbert Bunston Dr. Jack Seward Frances Dade Lucy Weston Joan Standing Briggs Charles K. Gerrard Martin Michael Visaroff Innkeeper		Donald Murphy Coach Passenger Nicholas Bela Coach Passenger Carla Laemmle Young Girl Passenger Moon Carroll Maid Tod Browning Harbor Master Voice Daisy Belmore Coach Passenger Josephine Velez Grace Cornelia Thaw Dracula's Wife (uncredited) Dorothy Tree Dracula's Wife (uncredited) Geraldine Dvorak Dracula's Wife (uncredited)

Crew:

Joseph Brotherton director of photography: second unit Max Cohen title designer Roman Freulich still photographer King D. Gray first assistant camera Carl Laemmle presenter		Charles Logue scenario supervisor Maurice Pivar supervising film editor Heinz Roemheld music supervisor Heinz Roemheld conductor

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA [studio]

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Tech Info:

Budget:: $355,000 (USA)
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:

Renfield: Flies, why eat flies when I can have nice juicy spiders.
Lucy: Lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter as though the dead were there... Quaff a cup to the dead already, hooray for the next to die!
Dracula: To die, to be *really* dead, that must be glorious!
Mina: Why, Count Dracula!
Dracula: There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
[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."
Dracula: Good evening, I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.

Trivia:

A Spanish-language version of Dracula was filmed at night on the same set at the same time, with Spanish-speaking actors.
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.
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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