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This episode is a summary and review of the 1931 motion picture of Dracula. The episode talks about some of the dynamics and film history surrounding the filming, and offers some opinion from a current viewpoint. The episode ends with a section from Bram Stoker’s book - pointing out that Stoker (like Poe) could create vivid images in your mind - images that would be all but impossible for a film to convey.
- What two actors seem to “steal the show?”
- What effect did the Depression have on the filming of “Dracula?”
- Who was the first choice for Dracula?
- What does a cinematographer do?
- What is the Dracula connection to I Love Lucy and Friends?
- How did Alice Cooper play tribute to Dracula?
- What changes does the movie make to the Renfield character?
- What changes does the movie make to the three sinister women?
- 00:00 Intro
- 04:16 A debanoir Dracula?
- 07:04 Movie premiere
- 10:42 Director Todd Browning
- 12:46 Karl Freund as cinematographer
- 16:04 Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye
- 19:12 Conveying images verus language
- 30:46 Summary
- 34:07 Sources
- 34:50 Future episodes
- 36:07 Outro
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