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	Encyclopedia: Dracula (1931 movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dracula is a 1931 horror film produced by Universal Pictures Co. Inc.
		Dracula was directed by Tod Browning, with a screenplay based on the stage play by John L. Balderston.
		The eerie speech pattern of Lugosi's "Dracula" was said to have resulted from the fact that Lugosi did not speak English, and therefore had to learn and speak his lines phonetically.
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	Dracula (1931 b 74') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dracula is unable to hypnotize Van Helsing and is frightened away by the crucifix.
		Dracula has fused his blood with Mina's, and she asks John to steal the crucifix.
		Dracula gets Mina from her bed, and they go to the abbey, where Renfield has led the professor and others.
	www.san.beck.org /MM/1931/Dracula.html (533 words)

	Dracula (1931 movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This DVD cover for the film shows Lugosi in the role which would type-cast him for the rest of his career.
		A box office success in its day, which has come to be regarded as a classic of the era and of its genre, it has been selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
		A Spanish language version of Drácula was made by director George Melford who simultaneously filmed the movie using the same sets at night.
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	Movies...Dracula
		Dracula, as scripted by playwright Hamilton Deane in the 1920s was a suave, cultured, continental nobleman who covered his evil intentions well.
		The script for the 1931 movie version (and its Spanish counterpart, shot simultaneously) was the John Balderston revision of the original Hamilton Dean play, written for the New York stage.
		The movie made him a star, but also typecast him, and he was unable to break out of horror movies and into the kind of roles that promised mainstream stardom.
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	Vampire Compendium - Movie Reviews - Dracula (1931)
		Plot synopsis: Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, this 1931 movie actually more closely follows the script that was utilized for the 1927 New York theater play.
		Despite this, after the movie was released to a national audience it went on to become one of Universal's top grossing films in 1931, and basically saved the company.
		On the other hand, if you can watch a movie made in 1931 and appreciate it for what it is given the time in which it came to the big screen, then by all means, this is a must see movie for any true student of the vampire in film.
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	Dracula (1931) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the time when “Dracula” was produced, horror was not a legitimate movie genre, at least not in the eyes of Hollywood’s major studios.
		“Dracula” was produced during a time when ‘talkies’ were still in their infancy, and as a result language dubbing did not exist.
		This by itself is astonishing given the fact that the movie is also 70 years old, but since it never had the wear and tear of Browning’s version, it is understandable.
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	The Monkeyhouse Lounge: Dracula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The seemingly lower budget of the movie does make it necessary for some events to be described by the characters instead of being shown (like Renfield's account of the Count turning into thousands of rats) but this doesn't take away from the story much at all.
		I first saw Dracula out of pure curiosity when I was 14 and I'll be honest, it didn't scare me at all as it did 14 year olds in 1931.
		Dracula is indeed a classic film and has probably the most classic monster of all.
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	Dracula (1931)
		Dracula's coach brings Renfield to Castle Dracula, a crumbling ruin overgrown with cobwebs and crawling with vermin.
		The menace of the film's first act is dissapated in the second as the movie becomes a drawing room melodrama in which the screenplay's origins in the theater becomes manifest.
		And in the third act of the movie, one of the screen's great monsters is given an ignominious death--off-screen, no less--as Van Helsing warns the audience that there are such things.
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	Scifilm -- Reviews, DRACULA (1931)
		This film has become the staple for all Dracula films that have come after, and was the groundbreaking film for Universal's horror film series throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
		Dracula came during the middle of the Great Depression, when most U.S. companies were in financial turmoil, and Universal was no exception.
		Dracula turns out (of course) to be a vampire, bites Renfield, and turns him into his sidekick.
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	Dracula (1931)
		As Dracula then directs his attentions towards Seward’s daughter Mina, the psychiatrist Van Helsing realizes Dracula is a vampire and determines to stop him.
		And it was enough to typecast Lugosi as a B movie menacing villain, something that dogged the rest of his career.
		In the 1940s Dracula appeared in Universal’s various monster teamups beginning with House of Frankenstein (1944) and then House of Dracula (1945), where he was played by John Carradine.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/dracula31.htm (1475 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Dracula [1931]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The strong point of the movie is the acting with Dwight Frye convincing in the difficult role of Renfield.
		Dracula was blessed with a top-notch group of actors and actresses.
		As Universal's original and ground-breaking monster movie, Dracula is a pivotal moment in cinema and of undoubted historical importance, but it never was a very good film and as a piece of entertainment is now pretty much unwatchable.
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	Dracula - 1931 - 75 Minutes
		The role of Dracula was originally to go to Lon Chaney, but his death on August 26, 1930 forced the filmmakers to find a new actor to play the role.
		Once she got bitten by the cloaked one, she became one of his vampire brides and started wandering around in the middle of the night in a white outfit, luring children in the park with candy so she could bite them on the neck.
		Just read your DRACULA (1931) review and felt I should explain that director Tod Browning was from Texas, and insisted that Castle Dracula contain armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus, much beloved in Texas), regardless of the fact that they don't occur naturally in Central Europe.
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	Dracula (1931/I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lugosi's interpretation is that of a suave and sophisticated nobleman with a hypnotic stare and a cultured Hungarian accent.
		Dracula quickly "kills" Lucy and sets his sights upon Mina whose fiance Jonathon Harker (David Manners) is baffled by her sudden change in health and personality.
		Dracula's castle is dark, damp and web filled and his cellar is positively scary.
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	Dracula (1931)
		Dracula's Castle emerges into sight, and then the audience has its first eerie dark glimpse of Dracula's coffin in his dark, rat-infested, cob-webbed cellar.
		Dracula approaches and then crouches down at Renfield's neck for a meal of blood, enveloping him in his cloak.
		One night, during a performance of the London Symphony at the Opera House, an elegantly-dressed Dracula hypnotizes a female usher/hostess and commands her to interrupt Dr. Seward (Herbert Bunston) in his box, telling him that he is wanted on the telephone.
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	Dracula (1931) - Spanish Version
		Dracula (Carlos Villarias) travels from Castle Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains to London to establish himself in respectable society by day and carry on his blood-lusting by night.
		This Dracula is a completely different vision of the horror classic.
		1931's Dracula was the only one of Universal's horror films that received this two-for-one treatment: the English-language version was shot during the daylight hours, while, at night, the same script and sets were used for the Spanish version.
	www.vampyres-online.com /dracula_spanish.html (389 words)

	Review: Dracula (1931) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although Dracula would quickly be eclipsed by Frankenstein (released later in the same year), its importance in the annals of motion picture history should not be underestimated.
		Lugosi's Dracula is almost asexual - indeed, the subliminal eroticism often associated with vampire tales is greatly subdued in this movie.
		Dracula deserves its status as a classic, although one might be tempted to append the word "lesser" to that label.
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	Transylvania The Legend by Andrei Tamas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dracula would then have these poles stood up by the side of the road.
		The novel Dracula wasn't a huge success until the 1931 Dracula movie starring the Hungarian Bela Lugosi (the guy in the Ed Wood movie).
		Dracula was considered by some as a product of a diseased mind.
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	Amazon.com: Dracula (1931): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		DRACULA had been previously (and illegally) filmed as the silent NOSFERATU, and a later stage adaptation proved a staple of the British theatre.
		The "Spanish" DRACULA was one such film, and when the English language company wrapped for the day the Spanish speaking cast arrived and filmed through the night using the same sets.
		Dracula may not be considered the best of the Universal films (that title usually goes to Bride of Frankenstein) but it certainly is the best DVD.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000035Z3K?v=glance (2433 words)

	Movie Review - Dracula (1931) - eFilmCritic
		Dracula (Bela Lugosi) is tucked away in his castle in Translyvania with his 3 vampire brides when estate agent Renfield comes a-calling.
		After turning him to the ways of the night, Dracula and his vampire children head towards England where they have Mina Harker and family in their sights.
		The look of the film alone is worth investigating as his cob-webbed sets of Dracula's castle are able to give a shiver down the spine alone.
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	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Movie lore has it that Bela Lugosi could barely speak English when he was chosen by Universal Pictures to star in ``Dracula' (1931).
		All of the serious later movie Draculas draw from Lugosi's performance, not from the earlier work by Max Schreck, whose ``Nosferatu'' was more inhuman and distant, a skeletal wraith.
		Perhaps that was true in 1931, but today I think the movie is interesting mostly for technical reasons--for the stylized performances, the photography, the sets.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990919/REVIEWS08/909190301/1023 (1045 words)

	Red Carpet Movies: Dracula (1931)
		Universal bought their play and turned it into 1931's Dracula, which mesmerized audiences worlwide, and made Universal the main studio for horror flicks through the 1930's and spun-off countless Dracula and vampire movies.
		Like the horror movies that were to follow, there is a beautiful woman, Mina Harker, who is in danger of the villian.
		Harker, played by Chandler, knows that she has been hypnotized by Dracula and breaks her engagement to her fiance (also to be copied in other horror movies) so he will not have to suffer.
	www.angelfire.com /ct3/redcarpetmovies/movie/dracula1931.html (236 words)

	Dracula (1931 movie) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dracula was (additional info and facts about directed) directed by (additional info and facts about Tod Browning) Tod Browning, with a (A script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets) screenplay based on the stage play by John L. Balderston.
		The title role was played by (United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)) Bela Lugosi.
		As a result, when compared side-by-side, the Spanish version is much more artistically effective.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/dr/dracula_(1931_movie).htm (474 words)

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		Meanwhile, the deliriously mad Renfield (with his famously chattering laugh) is a patient at Dr. Seward's hospital, and thus contemplates with his lack of sanity and unwillingness to do his Master's bidding.
		"Dracula" was directed by Tod Browning, who a year later helmed the controversial and frightening horror film "Freaks." Here, his astute direction plays tricks with the audience, and he does a competent job with the superb cinematographer Karl Freund.
		Footnote: Originally, "Dracula" was released without an actual musical score, despite the use of the famous "Swan Lake" excerpt by Tchaikovsky played during the introductory and closing credits.
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	A comparison between the original Dracula movie (1931) and the (1994) movie Interview with a vampire
		A comparison between the original Dracula movie (1931) and the (1994) movie Interview with a vampire
		Below is a short sample of the essay "A comparison between the original Dracula movie (1931) and the (1994) movie Interview with a vampire".
		This is mirrored in Dracula's special effects, which are inconsistent, and poor, I find it laughable when the characters begin to dart in fear when a rubber bat, complete with a yard of thick fl wiring is 'flying&
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	Dracula movie info - dvds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There have been Draculas before and since Lugosi, but he is the one that has become a cultural icon.
		Let's take a look at why Dracula was such a big success and why today, the vampire legacy he planted is still very popular in literature,...
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	Amazon.com: Dracula (1931) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Eventually Dracula and his blood-sucking devotee (Dwight Frye, in one of the cinema's truly mad performances) meet their match in a vampire-hunter called Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan).
		If the later sections of the film are undeniably stage bound and a tad creaky, Dracula nevertheless casts a spell, thanks to Lugosi's creepily lugubrious manner and the eerie silences of Browning's directing style.
		It includes a quality print of the Bella Lugosi DRACULA, with options to play the film with Philip Glass' recent soundtrack; the so-called "Spanish" DRACULA starring Carlos Villarias; and a fascinating documentary hosted by Carla Laemmle, who has a bit role in the Lugosi DRACULA and who was niece to Universal studio head Carl Laemmle.
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	Drácula (1931/II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Goofs: Continuity: Many long shots of Dracula alone are of Bela Lugosi, not Carlos Villarías.
		Medford's film may be a better directed film than Browning's "Dracula" in terms of modern film tastes, but so is your average "Francis the Talking Horse" movie, and they're not true classics either.
		That's my two cents on the supposed controversy over which version is better (I guess I disagree with most of the posters on imdb), which to me is as obvious as it could possibly be.
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	Exclamation Mark's B-Movie Reviews: Dracula (1931) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When Dracula is speaking to Dr. Seward (Herbert Bunston) in the balcony, the doctor seems to tower over the Count.
		For me Bela is the classic Dracula and I have always had a fondness for this film, yet I can't deny that Hammer's Dracula was way more frightening and had more of a great graphic look.
		But in fairness to Universal, Dracula came out in the late 30's while Hammer's Dracula was released probably in the early 60's which of course explain some differences that each had.
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	Dracula (1931) Page 2 - Movie Tome
		Also, this movie omits the Texan character Quincy P. Morris, who is in the novel.
		Dracula: "For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing."
		The novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker was written in 1897; if not for this car (and the 1930s clothes worn by some characters) this movie could have taken place in 1897.
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