Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Helen Chandler
Mina Seward
David Manners
John Harker
Dwight Frye
Renfield
Edward Van Sloan
Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Herbert Bunston
Dr. Jack Seward
Frances Dade
Lucy Weston
Joan Standing
Nurse Briggs
Charles K. Gerrard
Martin
Anna Bakacs
Innkeeper's Daughter (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Nicholas Bela
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Concertgoer Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Barbara Bozoky
Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
Tod Browning
Harbormaster (voice) (uncredited) / Director / Producer / Writer
Moon Carroll
Maid (uncredited)
Geraldine Dvorak
Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
John George
Small Scientist (uncredited)
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)
Bram Stoker
Novel
Hamilton Deane
Theatre Play
John L. Balderston
Theatre Play
Karl Freund
Director of Photography / Co-Director
Milton Carruth
Editor
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Charles A. Logue
Scenic Artist
Charles Logue
Script Supervisor
Frederick Stephani
Writer
Dudley Murphy
Dialogue / Additional Dialogue / Continuity
E.M. Asher
Associate Producer
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Joseph Brotherton
Second Unit Director of Photography
Heinz Roemheld
Music Supervisor / Conductor
Garrett Fort
Screenplay
Louis Bromfield
Writer
Max Cohen
Other / Title Designer
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
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Nan Grant
Researcher
Aileen Webster
Script Supervisor
John Hoffman
Production Design / Set Designer
Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 12, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Budget$355,000
Box Office$700,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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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".