Author: Bela LUGOSI ([Bela Blasko.])Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Movie matinee. The Films of Bela Lugosi. With portraits.
Author: Bela LUGOSI ([Bela Blasko.])Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Robert Florey's Frankenstein Starring Bela Lugosi
Author: Philip J. RileyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781593934798
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With the success of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal Pictures was quick to capitalize on creating a new Lon Chaney in Bela Lugosi. Chaney had been the original choice to portray a duel role as both Dracula and Professor van Helsing, Dracula's adversary. Before production could begin Chaney died suddenly leaving Carl Laemmle Jr. without a star. Laemmle Jr. had seen Dracula on the stage in New York City, although he could not recall if he had seen Lugosi or Raymond Huntley in the role of Count Dracula. However Lugosi was performing in the touring company which happened to be in Los Angeles at that time. Was he the new Lon Chaney? Lugosi was not Carl Jr's first choice for the role. However he eventually won the part and now they needed more ideas for him. "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Cagliostro," "The Invisible Man" and "Frankenstein" were top on the list. One day in March 1931 Robert Florey, recently returned to Hollywood from Europe, was having lunch at the Musso and Frank Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard. He was approached by an old acquaintance, Richard Schayer, head of Universal's story department. Schayer told him that his studio was looking for ideas for a new horror film to star Bela Lugosi and he knew Florey was involved with The Theatre du Grand-Guignol de Paris, (a small theater, in an obscure alley in Paris which specialized in sadistic, shocking, explicit, violent melodramas and became known as the "Theater of Horrors." It opened in 1897 and closed in 1962.) They both agreed on "Frankenstein" being the best choice. Schayer suggested that Florey would stand a better chance at being asigned writer and director if he were to present the idea to Carl Laemmle Jr. We present now the script for"Frankenstein" as it would have been had Bela Lugosi starred; and Rober Florey directed.
The Films of Bela Lugosi
Author: Richard BojarskiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Vampire Over London
Author: Frank J. Dello StrittoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780970426932
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
The Immortal Count
Author: Arthur LennigPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813143764
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1013
Book Description
This definitive biography of the silver screen legend is “a moving, lively, witty, sad book that revives once more the long dead Count Dracula” (Kirkus Reviews). Bela Lugosi won immediate fame for his starring role in the 1931 film Dracula—the role that would forever define his persona. After a decade of trying to broaden his range, Lugosi resigned himself to a career as the world's most recognizable vampire, often playing opposite his horror film rival Boris Karloff. When he died in 1956, Lugosi could not have known that vindication of his talent would come—his face would adorn theaters and his Hungarian accent would be instantly recognized across the globe. In 1974, silent film expert Arthur Lennig published The Count, a highly regarded biography of the unsung actor. Now Lennig returns to his subject with a completely revised volume more than twice the length of the original. The Immortal Count provides deeper insights into Lugosi's films and personality. Drawing upon personal interviews, studio memos, shooting scripts, research in Romania and Hungary, and his own recollections, Lennig has written the definitive account of Lugosi's tragic life.
Bela Lugosi and the Monogram Nine (hardback)
Author: Gary Don RhodesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781629334295
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Between 1941 and 1944, Bela Lugosi starred in a series of low-budget films released by Monogram Pictures, populated by crazy, larger-than-life characters who exist in wacky, alternative worlds. In nine films, the improbable chases the impossible. This book, in turn, chases them.
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
Author: Gregory William MankPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786454725
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
Author: General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Bela Lugosi
Author: Gary SvehlaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781887664776
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Writers examine the most important films of Bela Lugosi.