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You are here: Home / Archives for Bela Lugosi

The Wolf Man (1941), Lon Chaney Jr., and the Universal Horror Legacy

October 31, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Wolf Man 1941

Coverage of the Universal horror classic The Wolf Man (1941) including the emergence of its star Lon Chaney Jr. This article also covers the second wave of Universal horror releases and the timing of this particular release, five days after the attack upon Pearl Harbor. Previously published in Classic Movie Monthly #2.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Curt Siodmak, Evelyn Ankers, Fay Helm, George Waggner, Horror, Lon Chaney Jr., Maria Ouspenskaya, monsters, patric knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Universal, Universal Horror, Warren William

Dracula, Frankenstein 1938 Reissues Revive Universal Horror

October 27, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

1938 ad for Dracula and Frankenstein in Brooklyn

How Universal horror died in 1936, only to return after a Beverly Hills exhibitor paired Dracula and Frankenstein reissues at his theater in August 1938.

Filed Under: Notes & Quotes, Research Tagged With: 1938, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Dracula, Emil Umann, Frankenstein, Horror, reissues, Universal Horror

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Universal Horror With Bela Lugosi

October 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 newspaper ad

Universal’s 1932 horror adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in the Rue Morgue made quite a few changes, the best of which was inclusion of Dr. Mirakle, the villain played by Bela Lugosi. Lugosi covered extensively, plus comparisons of the story to the film, and an overall positive appraisal of the movie as it was made. Except for the ape.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Agostino Borgato, Arlene Francis, Bela Lugosi, Bert Roach, Betty Ross Clarke, Brandon Hurst, Charles Gemora, D'Arcy Corrigan, Edgar Allan Poe, Edna Marion, Harry Holman, Herman Bing, Horror, Karl Freund, Leon Ames, Leon Waycoff, Noble Johnson, pre-Code, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox, Torben Meyer, Universal, Universal Horror

Dracula (1931) – Bela Lugosi and the Dark, Still Chilling

October 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Bela Lugosi in Dracula

Matching the Universal horror classic Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi against non-genre films of 1931 and turning perceived weaknesses into strengths.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, frances dade, Helen Chandler, herbert bunston, Horror, Karl Freund, tod browning, Universal Horror

New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Bela Lugosi Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

Suzanne Kaaren – Brief Bio of Bela Lugosi, Three Stooges Co-Star

June 23, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Suzanne Kaaren in Romance in Louisiana

A brief biography of original Rockette Suzanne Kaaren Blackmer, who played opposite Bela Lugosi and The Three Stooges and later battled Donald Trump in the courts.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Bela Lugosi, rockettes, Sidney Blackmer, suzanne kaaren, The Three Stooges, ziegfeld

Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, et al., in Paramount’s International House (1933)

February 2, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

International House, billed in its day as The Grand Hotel of comedy, found Eddie Sutherland directing a cast headed by W.C. Fields, Burns and Allen, and Bela Lugosi, with top bill actually going to socialite Peggy Hopkins Joyce in what was the final film of her sporadic movie career.  The films’ everyman is played by […]

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Bela Lugosi, Burns and Allen, Comedies, International House, Paramount, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, pre-Code, W.C. Fields

The Invisible Ray (1936) starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi

October 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief notes are exactly that, just some stream of consciousness thoughts occurring during my most recent viewing of The Invisible Ray with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Bela Lugosi, Beulah Bondi, Boris Karloff, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Horror, The Invisible Ray, Universal Horror

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) starring Bela Lugosi and Sidney Fox

October 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A brief look at 1932 Universal horror film Murders in the Rue Morgue based upon the Edgar Allan Poe work and starring Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox and Erik the Ape.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bela Lugosi, Edgar Allan Poe, Leon Ames, Leon Waycoff, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox, Sydney Fox, Universal Horror

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