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Dracula is a 1931 American horror film directed by Tod Browning. It is based on both the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and the 1927 play Dracula. The film stars Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including Mina Seward, the fiancée of John Harker. Dracula was produced by the Universal Pictures Corp., who was interested in purchasing the rights for a film adaptation of the story as early as June 1915. After Carl Laemmle, Jr. became in charge of the production activity at Universal, he began changing the policy on the development of film production leading to purchase of the rights to both the novel and the popular play. A screenplay was adapted and went through at least four drafts from various writers ranging from Fritz Stephani, Louis Bromfield, Dudley Murphy and Garrett Fort . Their films script includes original material and adapt parts of the novel, play, as well as elements from the previous Dracula adaptation, Nosferatu (1922). Some of the cast was brought in from the play such as Edward Van Sloan and Herbert Bunston while the role of Count Dracula went through several potential cast including Paul Muni, John Wray before deciding on Bela Lugosi.
Dracula | |
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Directed by | Tod Browning |
Based on | and the 1927 stageplay by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Jr.[2] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Karl Freund |
Edited by | Milton Carruth[2] |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures Corp. |
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Running time | 75 minutes[2] |
Country | United States[3] |
Language | English |
Budget | $341,000 |