The Bela Lugosi Appreciation Thread

[jimm]

There's probably 4 or 5 of those non monster classic uni's I've yet to see, heck they're' dang near free on DVD these days!

[ridulus]

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We've seen Bela as Dracula and Ygor, Verdegaast and Vollin how about as.  Jesus Christ?

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[Count_Zirock]

While Columbia intended "Return of the Vampire" as a de facto sequel to "Dracula," the fact was they couldn't use the name because Universal did own the rights to the stage play and, at the time, had payed Florence Stoker for the rights to "Dracula," and then again for the rights to "Dracula's Guest." It wasn't known that the novel "Dracula" was public domain in the USA until after Universal made "Dracula's Daughter." And, with "Son of Dracula" in production, Universal had every right to feel threatened by Columbia's ersatz sequel. Especially since Lugosi felt slighted that he wasn't offered the role in "Son of Dracula." "Return of the Vampire" was made for just $75,000, and earned $500,000. Lugosi was paid just $3500 for his four weeks of work--the same amount he got for "Dracula" in 1930! Columbia did delay release of RotV by two months, so it wouldn't be in direct competition with SoD. But, there was never any attempt to make it a co-production, and Universal did threaten to sue, even after all the script changes were made. They wanted it to just go away, period!

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