Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Otto Kruger
Jeffrey Garth
Gloria Holden
Countess Marya Zaleska (Dracula's Daughter)
Marguerite Churchill
Janet Blake
Edward Van Sloan
Professor Von Helsing
Gilbert Emery
Sir Basil Humphrey
Irving Pichel
Sandor
Halliwell Hobbes
Hawkins
Billy Bevan
Albert
Nan Grey
Lili
E. E. Clive
Detective Sergeant Wilkes
Hedda Hopper
Lady Esme Hammond
Claud Allister
Sir Aubrey
Lambert Hillyer
Director
Garrett Fort
Writer
Eily Malyon
Miss Peabody
John L. Balderston
Writer
Edgar Norton
Hobbs
Bram Stoker
Writer
Vernon Steele
Detective Orderly Squires
David O. Selznick
Writer
Joseph R. Tozer
Dr. Graham
George Robinson
Cinematographer
Douglas Wood
Dr. Townsend
Milton Carruth
Editor
Fred Walton
Dr. Beemish
Paul Weigel
Transylvania Innkeeper
Hodwiga Reicher
Innkeeper's Wife
William Schramm
Zoltan - Groom in Transylvania
Agnes Anderson
Elena - Bride in Transylvania
Owen Gorin
Zoltan's Friend
Christian Rub
Coach Driver in Transylvania
Wilhelm von Brincken
Lead Transylvanian Gendarme
Edna Lyall
Nurse
Silvia Vaughan
Nurse
Douglas Gordon
Attendant
David Dunbar
Motor Bobby
John Blood
Bobby
Elsa Janssen
Wedding Guest
Bert Sprotte
Wedding Guest
Vesey O'Davoren
Butler
Eric Wilton
Butler
John Power
Police Official
George Sorel
Police Officer
Gordon Hart
Mr. Graham
Paul Mitchell
Messenger
Guy Kingsford
Radio Announcer
Clive Morgan
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
Priest
George Kirby
Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
E.M. Asher
Producer
Kurt Neumann
treatment
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Otto Lederer
Makeup Artist
Vera West
Costume Supervisor
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 11m
Content RatingNR
Budget$278,380
Genres
Wiki.
Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, and Marguerite Churchill, and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, Edward Van Sloan – although his character's name was altered from "Van Helsing" to "Von Helsing".
Dracula's Daughter tells the story of Countess Marya Zaleska, the daughter of Count Dracula and herself a vampire. Following Dracula's death, she believes that by destroying his body, she will be free of his influence and live normally. When this fails, she turns to a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Garth (Kruger). The Countess kidnaps Dr. Garth's assistant, Janet (Marguerite Churchill), and takes her to Transylvania, leading to a battle between Dr. Garth and the Countess in an attempt by him to save Janet.
Ostensibly based on a deleted chapter from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula – published in 1914 as a short story under the name "Dracula's Guest" – the film bears absolutely no resemblance to the source material. Modern sources maintain that the film was instead loosely based on Carmilla, an 1872 Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, which is often cited as the first published British work of fiction to deal with lesbian relationships.David O. Selznick purchased the rights to the Stoker material for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but Universal bought them in 1934, with the rights to revert to MGM if Universal did not begin production by October 1935, a date later extended to February 1936. Universal rushed the film into production in that month, with the script only partially completed, to meet this deadline. The film was first assigned to James Whale, but Universal production head Carl Laemmle Jr. finally hired Hillyer as director.
While not as successful as the original upon its release, the film was generally well-reviewed. In the intervening decades, criticism has been deeply divided. Contemporary critics and scholars have observed the film's alleged lesbian overtones, which Universal exploited in some early advertising.