Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Helen Chandler
Mina
David Manners
John Harker
Dwight Frye
Renfield
Edward Van Sloan
Van Helsing
Herbert Bunston
Doctor Seward
Frances Dade
Lucy
Joan Standing
Maid
Charles K. Gerrard
Martin
Bunny Beatty
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Anna Bakacs
Innkeeper's Daughter
Tod Browning
Director
Nicholas Bela
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Bram Stoker
Writer
Daisy Belmore
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Concertgoer Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Hamilton Deane
Writer
John L. Balderston
Writer
Barbara Bozoky
Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
Garrett Fort
Writer
Moon Carroll
Maid (uncredited)
Geraldine Dvorak
Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
John George
Small Scientist (uncredited)
Milton Carruth
Editor
Anita Harder
Bit (uncredited)
Carla Laemmle
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
Surgeon (uncredited)
Cornelia Thaw
Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
Josephine Velez
Grace, English Nurse (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Concertgoer Outside Theater (uncredited)
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Louis Bromfield
Writer
Max Cohen
Other / Title Designer
Dudley Murphy
Additional Dialogue / Continuity / Dialogue
Louis Stevens
Writer
Phil M. Friedman
Casting
Herman Rosse
Production Design / Set Designer
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Ed Ware
Costume Design
Vera West
Costume Design
Scott R. Beal
First Assistant Director
Herman Schlom
Second Assistant Director
Jack Bolger
Boom Operator
Jack Foley
Foley Artist
William Hedgcock
Sound Mixer
Frank H. Booth
Effects Supervisor / Second Assistant Camera
William Davidson
Production Illustrator
John P. Fulton
Matte Painter
King D. Gray
First Assistant Camera
Heinz Roemheld
Conductor / Music Supervisor
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Nan Grant
Researcher
Aileen Webster
Script Supervisor
John Hoffman
Production Design / Set Designer
Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
Charles A. Logue
Scenic Artist
Charles Logue
Script Supervisor
Frederick Stephani
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 12, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Budget$355,000
Box Office$700,000
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Wiki.
Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.
Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, Dracula is the first sound film adaptation of the Stoker novel. Several actors were considered to portray the title character, but Lugosi, who had previously played the role on Broadway, eventually got the part. The film was partially shot on sets at Universal Studios Lot in California, which were reused at night for the filming of Dracula, a concurrently produced Spanish-language version of the story also by Universal.
Dracula was a commercial and critical success upon release, and led to several sequels and spin-offs. It has had a notable influence on popular culture, and Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula established the character as a cultural icon, as well as the archetypal vampire in later works of fiction. In 2000, the film was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".