Remembering Bela Lugosi

[Elisabeth]

In Memory of Bela Lugosi, who left us this day in 1956
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[Count_Zirock]

Second-hand Lugosi annecdote. In the late '80s I worked in Lower Manhattan with an older guy from Brooklyn. When he was a kid, his brother and he took the subway to Times Square to see one of those Universal all-day Saturday monster fests. On their way down 42nd Street, they passed a barbershop. Standing outside, scrutinizing himself in the mirror, was Lugosi. He sees them staring at him in recognition and, turning slowly to them, said, "I teenk I need a shave!" They screamed and ran all the way to the theater, Lugosi's chuckling fading as they ran!

[Scatter]

Thanks for the memories Bela.

[Unknown Primate]

He died the year I was born.  He sure entertained me over the past 55 years!

[Dr. Madd]

Elvis, Lugosi, and Curly Howard

[Monster Kid]

At the Monster Fest, 298 Cedar Road, Main Library, Chesapeake, Virginia this October 1,  yours truly will give a talk on Lugosi's less well known but still very worthwhile films like The Corpse Vanishes, White Zombie, Ninotchka, and so on and give free examples away of his films on DVD to all attendees!

[Illoman]

Elvis, Lugosi, and Curly Howard

And Groucho on the 19th.

[Scatter]

At the Monster Fest, 298 Cedar Road, Main Library, Chesapeake, Virginia this October 1,  yours truly will give a talk on Lugosi's less well known but still very worthwhile films like The Corpse Vanishes, White Zombie, Ninotchka, and so on and give free examples away of his films on DVD to all attendees!

OOOOoo, that sounds cool!! Will it be recorded?

[Dr. Madd]

And Groucho on the 19th.

I thought Curly died In August.. he died in January. My error. I'm big enough to admit it.

[Monster Kid]

"Fangs" for asking, Scatter.  No, it won't be recorded.  But the Monster Fest is great fun and FREE and I hope many will attend.  You will feel like you are HOME.

[Scatter]

"Fangs" for asking, Scatter.  No, it won't be recorded.  But the Monster Fest is great fun and FREE and I hope many will attend.  You will feel like you are HOME.

Why? WHY? WHY???

[Count_Zirock]

My dad always used to remind me, with great pride, that Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and Leslie Howard, were all Hungarians. He never mentioned the Gabor sisters, though . . .