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Lugosi, the youngest of four children, was born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó' in Lugos, Hungary on October 20, 1882. On arrival in America, the 6-feet-1 inch, 180 lb. Lugosi worked for some time as a laborer, then returned to the theater within the Hungarian-American community. He was approached to star in a play adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The Horace Liveright production was successful. Despite his excellent notices in the title role, and appearances in some American silent films, Lugosi had to campaign vigorously for the chance to repeat his stage success in Tod Browning's movie version of Dracula (1931), produced by Universal Pictures.
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Added: 29th August 2007
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dracula at his best
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Added: 29th August 2007
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Gorgeous Frank Langella (from Dracula 1979) starred in one of Mel Brooks earlier films. The story goes something like this: An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commissars in Russia. He and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve, so they return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune. We rented this film because it was the only Mel Brooks movie I hadn't seen. Since I'm a rabid Brooks fan I thought, 'Why not see them all?' It was great!!
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Released July of 1979, Frank Langella was coaxed into playing the role for Universal Studios that he had portrayed on the 'soldout' Broadway stage.
Langella wanted to be romantic, not the way the vampire is imagined by kids. Langella got his wish in a way.
The films director, John Badham had wanted to duplicate the 1978 Broadway version with the same inspired Addams Family look, but was told to film the picture in full-color. The movie today, it has been altered by the original director to capture his dark vision. Almost.
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Added: 26th February 2009
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In 1973, Jack Palance was given the lead role in Dan Curtis's "Dracula". Curtis was known as being involved with the vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows." Jack Palance disliked the role of Count Dracula, this was once he got his teeth in the well-produced made-for-television film.
Over years, he would be often asked about portraying the vampire, but declined.
This early 70s version of the well-known Halloween tale was not broadcast til four months after the fact from its original October broadcast date. Dracula had been sidetracked by the vice-presidential nomination of Gerald Ford. This was due to the infamous mess that had been created at the time in the White House. The remake was finally shown mid-winter of 1974. For kids, this was one memorable vampire not to be forgotten.*E*
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This Duracell commercial was just one of a few that featured a vampire in need of a feeding battery.
I always liked these kind of commercials instead of the Energizer Bunny. This one was featured on television in 1989. The battery has a three-year life.
Now, I got a question for you. If the battery on this commercial says it is good until 1992, when do you think this commercial was broadcast? 1989?
My memory is kinda off on this one. It must've been 1989 for this one. There were other vampire ones, but this one was the best. Maybe you had another favorite battery commercial?
The commercial clearly states three year storage.
And so, this has to be 1989, right? Whoever was commissoned to do the animation for this, they did a great job.
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