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Dracula
The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!
( Horror )

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MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 75 min

Premiere Date:
Feb 12, 1931   [USA]		  
Director: Tod Browning
 
Writers: Bram Stoker   [novel]
John L. Balderston   [play]
Hamilton Deane   [play]
Garrett Fort
Louis Bromfield   [uncredited]
Max Cohen   [titles]   [uncredited]
Louis Stevens   [uncredited]
 
Producers: E.M. Asher   [Associate Producer]
Tod Browning   [Producer]
Carl Laemmle Jr.   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Karl Freund
 
Edited by: Milton Carruth
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures
 

Cast:
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Helen Chandler
Mina Seward
David Manners
Jonathan Harker
Dwight Frye
Renfield
Edward Van Sloan
Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Herbert Bunston
Dr. Jack Seward
Frances Dade
Lucy Weston
Joan Standing
Briggs
Charles K. Gerrard
Martin
Michael Visaroff
Innkeeper
 
Donald Murphy
Coach Passenger
Nicholas Bela
Coach Passenger
Carla Laemmle
Young Girl Passenger
Moon Carroll
Maid
Tod Browning
Harbor Master Voice
Daisy Belmore
Coach Passenger
Josephine Velez
Grace
Cornelia Thaw
Dracula's Wife (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
Dracula's Wife (uncredited)
Geraldine Dvorak
Dracula's Wife (uncredited)
  
 
Crew:
Joseph Brotherton
director of photography: second unit
Max Cohen
title designer
Roman Freulich
still photographer
King D. Gray
first assistant camera
Carl Laemmle
presenter
  
Charles Logue
scenario supervisor
Maurice Pivar
supervising film editor
Heinz Roemheld
music supervisor
Heinz Roemheld
conductor
 
Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 
Tech Info:

Budget:
$355,000 (USA)
Color Info:
B&W
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
29 Sep 1930 - 15 Nov 1930
Quotes:
  • Dracula: To die, to be *really* dead, that must be glorious!
    Mina: Why, Count Dracula!
    Dracula: There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
     
  • [Reading from a Transylvanian tourist brochure]
    Young Girl: "Among the rugged peaks that crown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age."
     
  • Dracula: For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you're a wise man, Van Helsing.
     
  • Dracula: Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make!
     
  • Renfield: No, no, master! I wasn't going to say anything, I told them nothing! I am loyal to you master!
     
Trivia:
  • Universal Studios commissioned a new musical score from composer Philip Glass. It premiered at The Brooklyn Academy of Music on 26 October 1999.
     
  • A Spanish-language version of Dracula was filmed at night on the same set at the same time, with Spanish-speaking actors.
     
  • The role of Dracula was originally meant for Lon Chaney.
     
  • Bela Lugosi did not speak English at the time this film was made. He learned his lines phonetically.
     
Credits Fun:

  • Joan Standing, who played Briggs, is credited as the maid, who was actually played by Moon Carroll.
     

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