1931 dracula tchaikovsky biography

1931 film

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Codesupernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role.

1931 dracula tchaikovsky biography

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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 a concurrently produce