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Author: Lyndon W. Joslin Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476669872 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 297
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First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history--but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately? In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted. The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476669872 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 297
Book Description
First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history--but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately? In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted. The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 256
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The name "Dracula" usually conjures up images of Bela Lugosi and his mesmerizing stare, or some other image inspired by a film. Seldom is Bram Stoker's original novel the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, many cultural associations with Dracula, inspired by the movies, are unrelated to the original book. It is with widely varying degrees of accuracy that filmmakers have been adapting Stoker's Count to the screen for over seventy years. Despite their common source, even the most faithful adaptations differ greatly. This is the complete guide to the films based on Stoker's classic tale of horror. The text includes a summary of the original novel as a frame of reference for comparing each film's level of interpretation. Eleven films that are based on Stoker's original plot are summarized and analyzed, particularly in regard to faithfulness to the source. The Hammer and Universal spin-off series, based on the character of Dracula but not on the book, are also analyzed, as are three noncredited adaptations of Stoker's work. Production information is given for the films, as well as soundtrack information. Photographs are included for each film, and an index and bibliography are provided as well.
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin Publisher: McFarland ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 288
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Covering 'Drakula Istanbul'da' (1953); 'Dracula' (1969); 'Dracula 2000' (2000); 'Dracula's Curse' (2002); and 'Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary' (2003) in detail, this title also provides the cast and credit information for the 'Dracula' series films.
Author: Bram Stoker Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0394848284 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 97
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String garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck! The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil. Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.
Author: Gary Don Rhodes Publisher: ISBN: 9780956683458 Category : Dracula (Motion picture : 1931) Languages : en Pages : 0
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Few movies in film history have resonated with audiences as deeply and for as many years as Universal's original 1931 version of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi as the vampire count. Filmmaker and film historian Gary D. Rhodes brings years of research to fruition, providing conclusive answers to everything you ever wanted to know this iconic film. Overflowing with newly unearthed information and fresh analysis, and fully illustrated, Tod Browning's Dracula is one of the most in-depth books ever published on a single film. Tod Browning's Dracula by Gary D. Rhodes is the first in a collectible series of books on the world's most iconic, classic horror films.
Author: Robert Spadoni Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520940709 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 204
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In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both the minutest aspects of individual films and the broadest sweep of film production trends, and for seeing aftereffects of the temporary weirdness of sound film deeply etched in the basic character of one of our most enduring film genres.
Author: Hamilton Deane Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. ISBN: 9780573608223 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 120
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Drama Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, from Bram Stoker's novel Characters: 6 male, 2 female 3 Interior Scenes An enormously successful revival of this classic opened on Broadway in 1977 fifty years after the original production. This is one of the great mystery thrillers and is generally considered among the best of its kind. Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing,
Author: John Edgar Browning Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786462019 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 313
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This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.
Author: Adam Woog Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1601522118 Category : Vampire films Languages : en Pages : 80
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Vampire movies have a long and rich history, from what was probably the first one (in 1896), through the classics of the early-twentieth century (Nosferatu, Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula), and on to the present-day mania for Twilight and other modern takes. In between there have been hundreds of versions and variations, including American Sign Language vampires, comedies, space vampires, and much more. This book explores the lore of vampire films, why they remain perennially popular with audiences, and themes that run through the history of these cinematic bloodsuckers.
Author: Raymond Malley Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1669807649 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 181
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Get this book! During a long life, RAYMOND MALLEY has studied, worked, and reflected on the human condition and controversial domestic and international problems. This book contains many of his letters to editors and other documents concerning them. They are clear, straight-forward, opinionated, even humorous, and certain to interest, stimulate, and perhaps aggravate readers. He pulls no punches. Read this book!
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin
Author: Lyndon W. Joslin
Author: Bram Stoker
Author: Gary Don Rhodes
Author: Robert Spadoni
Author: Hamilton Deane
Author: John Edgar Browning
Author: Adam Woog
Author: Raymond Malley