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Bela Lugosi
1882-1956
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biography
Born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Lugos, Hungary (now Romania), Bela Lugosi ran away from home at the tender age of 12. He supported himself through a succession of menial jobs. Early on he developed a taste for the theatre, and his ambition and natural talent made him a popular actor in his native country. Lugosi was into his 30s when he volunteered to serve his country during World War I. After his tenure in the service, he returned to acting and appeared in several Hungarian silent films, often billed as "Arisztid Olt." By 1920 he fled Hungary and landed in Germany, where he acted several films. His residence in Germany was brief, and in late 1921 or early 1922 Lugosi had arrived in the U.S. to stay. His poor command of the English language notwithstanding, talent and skill got him cast in the Broadway production of The Red Poppy just a year or so after he came to America.
LEFT: Handsome portrait of Bela Lugosi from the late 1920s or early 1930s. RIGHT: As Dracula
His big breakthrough role came several years later, in 1927, when he was cast in the title role of the Broadway production Dracula. The play was a sensation, and Hollywood producers began to take notice. Relocating to Hollywood, Lugosi made several films in the the fading days of the silents, and in 1930 director Tod Browning asked him to reprise his role as the vampire in Universal's Dracula.
the films of bela lugosi
Dracula (1931)
Images from Dracula. LEFT: With Helen Chandler as Mina and Dwight Frye as Renfield. CENTER A: With Helen Chandler. CENTER B and CENTER C: Lugosi as Dracula. RIGHT: Count Dracula prepares to bite Lucy (Frances Dade)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
From Island of Lost Souls, one of Lugosi's best films
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Scenes from Mark of the Vampire with Carroll Borland
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Lugosi as Ygor and Boris Karloff as the Monster in Universal's stylish horror flick Son of Frankenstein. This was Karloff's last appearance as Frankenstein's Monster
Night Monster (1942)
From Night Monster, possibly the best of Lugosi's later Universal horror films
The Ape Man (1943)
Lobby card from The Ape Man, a comedy/horror film produced by Monogram
Voodoo Man (1944)
From Monogram's horror flick Voodoo Man with Louise Currie, Wanda McKay, John Carradine, George Zucco, Ellen Hall, and Terry Walker
Scared to Death (1947)
Lobby card from Scared to Death, Lugosi's only color feature film. Also pictured are Gladys Blake, Angelo Rossitto, and Nat Pendleton
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Dracula (Lugosi) rouses the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange) in the comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
later years
After the release of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in 1948, roles simply vanished for Bela Lugosi. He didn't make another film until 1952, with the releases of Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Lugosi then befriended low-budget director Edward D. Wood Jr. and acted in two of his technically inept but fun low-budget film efforts, Glen or Glenda? (1953) and Bride of the Monster (1956). Lugosi's final film, discounting Plan Nine From Outer Space, is The Black Sleep (1956), an entertaining horror film with a larger budget that Wood's productions. For more information about Lugosi's personal and professional relationship with Ed Wood, check out Rudolph Grey's Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood.
Married several times, Lugosi's longest marriage was to Lillian Arch, whom he married in the early 1930s. She bore him a son, Bela Lugosi Jr., in 1938. But with employment and personal problems, the marriage dissolved in the early 1950s. Lugosi entered rehabilitation in 1955 to beat his addiction to morphine and was one of the first celebrities to discuss his chemical dependency with the press. Later in 1955, just a year before his death, he married a fan, Hope Lininger. Lugosi suffered a fatal heart attack at age 73, on August 16, 1956.
Lugosi's ex-wife Lillian married character actor Brian Donlevy in 1966. Donlevy died in 1972, and Lillian Lugosi Donlevy passed away in 1981.
The Bela Lugosi Collection [DVD] DVD
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1932) stars Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor whose sideshow is a front for bizarre experiments that involve kidnapping beautiful young women and injecting them with blood from his pet gorilla. Then, Lugosi and Boris Karloff team up for the first time in "The Black Cat" (1934), Edgar G. Ulmer's macabre chiller about a Balkan castle, built over a WWI graveyard, that becomes the site for a battle of wills between psychiatrist Lugosi and devil-worshipper Karloff. Next, "The Raven" (1935) stars Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed plastic surgeon who invites a beautiful patient, her fiance and her father to his retreat and, with the aid of criminal Karloff, imprisons and tortures them. With Irene Ware, Samuel Hinds. A radioactive meteorite infects a scientist with a touch of death in "The Invisible Ray" (1936), which features Lugosi and Karloff as feuding researchers. And, in "Black Friday" (1940), scientist Karloff transfers the brain of a gangster into the body of an injuredEnglish professor who takes on the hood's traits and seeks revenge against rival mobster Lugosi. 5 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish.
The Monster Legacy DVD Gift Set [DVD] DVD
Deluxe six-disc boxed set includes "Dracula: The Legacy Collection," which includes "Dracula" (1931), the Spanish version of "Dracula" (1931), "Dracula's Daughter" (1936), "Son of Dracula" (1943), and "House of Dracula (1945); "Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection," which includes "Frankenstein" (1931), "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), "Son of Frankenstein" (1939), Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942), and "House of Frankenstein" (1945); and "The Wolf Man: The Legacy Collection," which includes "The Wolf Man" (1941), "Werewolf of London" (1935), "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943), and "She-Wolf of London" (1946). Also includes three hand-cast, hand-painted mini busts of Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's monster.
The Beast Box [DVD] DVD
Three-disc collector's set includes "Bride of the Gorilla," "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" and "The Beach Girls and the Monster."
Dracula: The Legacy Collection [DVD] DVD
Toothy two-disc set of Universal chillers opens with director Tod Browning's "Dracula" (1931), with Bela Lugosi defining the title role of Bram Stoker's vampire lord; with Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan. Next, the Spanish-language version of "Dracula" (1931), shot simultaneously on the Universal sets and noted for its erotic style, stars Carlos Villarias and Lupita Tovar. Then, Gloria Holden is "Dracula's Daughter" (1936), trying to end her undead life and battling Van Sloan's Van Helsing; Count Alucard (spell it backwards) comes to America in the form of Lon Chaney, Jr. in "Son of Dracula" (1943); and the Wolf Man and Frankenstein Monster are guests in the "House of Dracula" (1945), with Chaney and John Carradine. 6 3/4 hrs.
The Deerslayer And Chingachgook [DVD](1920) DVD
Believed lost for many years, this silent German adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Deerslayer" features Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook--the last of the Mohicans. As a young frontiersman helps him on his quest to rescue his love from a roving band of Iroquois Indians, he sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. With Emile Mamelok, Herta Heden. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Plays All Regions. Silent with music score.
Daughter Of The Night [VHS](1921) VHS
Long thought lost, this early Bela Lugosi thriller casts Bela as a French aristocrat who falls for a Soviet singer. Little does he know that she's actually the Russian underground's top spy. With Lee Parry, Violette Napierska. Silent with musical score.
Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition) [DVD](1931) DVD
After starring in the title role on Broadway, Bela Lugosi became forever identified with the bloodsucking count in director Tod Browning's Gothic film adaptation. Follow Dracula from his Transylvanian castle to England as he ensnares the unwary in his diabolical schemes. With Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, Edward Van Sloan. This two-disc set also includes the Spanish version of "Dracula," filmed (appropriately) at night on the same Universal sets as the Lugosi film being made simultaneously. Stars Lupita Tovar, Carmen Guerrero, and Carlos Villarias in the title role. 179 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; documentary.
The Death Kiss [DVD](1932) DVD
A movie studio is shrouded in mystery when its top star is murdered on the set, and everyone is a suspect. Bela Lugosi plays a temperamental actor who's the most likely suspect, alongside "Dracula" co-stars Edward Van Sloan, David Manners. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
White Zombie [DVD](1932) DVD
An overlooked but impressively moody early horror film set on a Haitian plantation whose workers are members of that most elite of clubs, the "living dead." Bela Lugosi stars as the leader of the zombies; with Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Whispering Shadow [DVD](1933) DVD
The Shadow kills by a "radio death ray," speaks to his gang by television and uses a gyrocopter to further his ends. Detectives are determined to capture him...now! Stars Bela Lugosi, Henry B. Walthall. 12 chapters; 232 min. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Chandu On The Magic Island [DVD](1934) DVD
Condensed feature taken from the classic ``Return of Chandu'' serial starring Bela Lugosi at his best, saving the leading lady and using his mystical powers to become invisible. Do those sets look familiar? They did to King Kong. With Clara Kimball Young, Maria Alba. 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
The Return Of Chandu [DVD](1934) DVD
You'll lose yourself in Bela Lugosi's hypnotic gaze when he stars as that mystic do-gooder, Chandu the Magician (although, in the 1932 film of the same name, he played Chandu's enemy, Roxor). In this exciting serial, Lugosi uses his powers to rescue a kidnapped woman from a black magic cult on the island of Lemuria. Maria Alba, Dean Benton also star. 12 chapters; 208 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
Murder By Television [DVD](1935) DVD
A master electronics wizard and television inventor is murdered during a demonstration of T.V. Bela Lugosi is sinister in this campy whodunit. 55 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Phantom Ship [DVD](1935) DVD
This suspense thriller, based on an actual event, concerns the Mary Celeste, a ship found in the middle of the ocean in 1872 at full sail, but without a single person on board and no clue as to the crew's whereabouts! Bela Lugosi plays a mad seaman seeking revenge against those who wronged him; Shirley Grey and Arthur Margaretson co-star. AKA: "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste." 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong [DVD](1935) DVD
Great mystery-adventure stars Bela Lugosi as a malevolent mandarin with an arcane scheme for conquest and Wallace Ford as the hard-nosed reporter who's out to stop him. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Shadow Of Chinatown [DVD](1936) DVD
As a sinister scientific madman, Bela Lugosi terrorizes the shady characters and merchants of a seedy Chinatown district. An atmospheric visit to the inscrutable underworld of extortionists and their victims, also starring Herman Brix. 15 chapters; 280 min. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Postal Inspector [DVD](1936) DVD
Ricardo Cortez stars as the hero of one of the government's unsung branches, hot on the trail of mail thief Bela Lugosi. Unusual crime thriller features a look at quack medical projects actually sold through the mail and newsreel footage of '30s floods in the eastern U.S. With Patricia Ellis, Hattie McDaniel. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers; scene access.
S.O.S. Coast Guard [DVD](1937) DVD
Twelve chapters of slam-bang action, with Ralph Byrd as a young Coast Guard lieutenant after a mad munitions inventor (Bela Lugosi, playing it up for all he's worth!). Fine, fast-paced episodic fun! 12 seafaring chapters; 224 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
The Human Monster (1939)/Mystery Liner [DVD](1934) DVD
Moody thriller, based on an Edgar Wallace story, stars Bela Lugosi as the diabolical Dr. Orloff, who takes in blind vagrants and then tortures and kills them for the insurance money. With Greta Gynt, Hugh Williams. AKA: "Dark Eyes of London." "Dead Eyes of London." Then, deranged captain Noah Beery, Sr. and watchman George "Gabby" Hayes are just two of the suspicious seafarers in this well-made Monogram suspenser, as spies resort to murder to stop an inventor from testing his ship-controlling device. With Ralph Lewis, Astrid Allwyn. 137 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
The Phantom Creeps [DVD](1939) DVD
The always-sinister Bela Lugosi stars as evil Dr. Zorka, whose weapons in his scare-a-minute battle for world domination include an invisibility belt, mechanical spider bombs, a giant robot and a substance that causes suspended animation. Exciting chapterplay also stars Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold. 12 episodes; 240 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
Ninotchka [DVD](1939) DVD
A sparkling comic treat, boasting witty dialogue co-written by Billy Wilder and expert direction by Ernst Lubitsch, features a shining performance from Greta Garbo as a stone-faced Russian agent who travels to Paris to see to the sale of the Imperial Jewels, only to fall for suave playboy Melvyn Douglas. Ina Claire, Sig Rumann, and Bela Lugosi co-star. 110 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
The Gorilla (1939)/Nabonga [DVD](1944) DVD
Haunted house hi-jinx with the Ritz Brothers as bumbling private eyes investigating a series of murders. Their main suspect...a gorilla? Patsy Kelly helps with the laughs; Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi supply the chills. Then, a gorilla named Nabonga warms up to a teenage girl whose plane, which was also carrying a bundle of embezzled cash, crash lands in the Belgian Congo. Years later, Buster Crabbe sets out after the girl and must do battle with villains after the lost booty. With Julie London. 141 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
The Devil Bat [DVD](1940) DVD
Kindly country doctor Bela Lugosi is not suspected to be the crazy fiend who trains his bats to attack anyone wearing a certain perfume. Also starring Dave O'Brien, of "Reefer Madness" fame. AKA: "Killer Bat." 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
The Wolf Man: The Legacy Collection [DVD] DVD
Once in a full moon comes a howlingly good two-disc set like this. Lon Chaney, Jr. is cursed man-beast Larry Talbot in "The Wolf Man" (1941), with Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers and Bela Lugosi. Next, Henry Hull is the rather urbane "Werewolf of London" (1935), Universal's first lycanthrope thriller; Chaney returns to battle Lugosi's Frankenstein Monster in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943); and future TV mom June Lockhart fears she's inherited the mark of the beast in "She-Wolf of London" (1946). 4 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; documentary; audio commentary on "The Wolf Man."
Spooks Run Wild [DVD](1941) DVD
The East Side Kids (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and crew) are on their way to summer camp when one of them is shot and they end up in a creepy castle. The owner is Bela Lugosi who the Kids think is a real bloodsucker. When Gorcey is given a drug that appears to have turned him into a zombie, things gets scarier--and funnier! With Angelo Rossitto, Dennis Moore and Dorothy Short. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Plays All Regions.
Spooks Run Wild(1941) VHS
The East Side Kids (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and crew) are on their way to summer camp when one of them is shot and they end up in a creepy castle. The owner is Bela Lugosi who the Kids think is a real bloodsucker. When Gorcey is given a drug that appears to have turned him into a zombie, things gets scarier--and funnier! With Angelo Rossitto, Dennis Moore and Dorothy Short. 63 min.
Invisible Ghost [DVD](1941) DVD
Bela Lugosi stars as a doctor unnerved by the apparent reappearance of his late wife. What follows is a web of deception, murder and terror. Betty Compson, Peggy Ann Young and Clarence Muse co-star. 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection [DVD] DVD
Mary Shelley's man-made monster is the focus of this two-disc boxed set. Boris Karloff is unforgettable as the creature who comes to life, takes a mate (briefly), and terrorizes his master's scion in "Frankenstein" (1931), with Colin Clive and Mae Clarke; "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), co-starring Clive and Elsa Lanchester; and "Son of Frankenstein" (1939), with Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi as Ygor. Then, Lon Chaney, Jr. portrays the monster in "Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942), co-starring Lugosi; and mad doctor Karloff must deal with Chaney's Wolf Man, John Carradine's Count Dracula, and Glenn Strange as the monster in "House of Frankenstein" (1945). 6 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; documentaries; theatrical trailers; bonus short; photo gallery.
Black Dragons [DVD](1942) DVD
Bela Lugosi and Clayton (``The Lone Ranger'') Moore star in this exciting war-time tale about Japanese espionage in America and the ringleader, a Nazi doctor. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Corpse Vanishes [DVD](1942) DVD
Bela Lugosi is great in this horror tale of a sinister mad scientist who kidnaps and murders brides in order to rejuvenate his aging wife. Luana Walters, Minerva Urecal and Angelo Rossitto also star. 64 min.
Bowery At Midnight [DVD](1942) DVD
Creepy mystery starring Bela Lugosi as a psychology professor who uses a mission as a front for his criminal deeds. When people become aware of his activities, Lugosi has them killed and buried in a basement, then revives them with a special drug. John Archer and Wanda McKay co-star. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
Ghosts On The Loose [DVD](1943) DVD
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the East Side Kids stumble into a haunted house used as a hideout by Nazi spy Bela Lugosi in this spooky entry that features a young Ava Gardner as Hall's sister(!). 65 min.
The Ape Man [DVD](1943) DVD
Bela Lugosi is the doctor monkeying around with the forces of Nature, only to turn into a rampaging man-beast in this low-budget shocker from William "One Shot" Beaudine ("Billy the Kid vs. Dracula"). 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
Return Of The Vampire [DVD](1943) DVD
Bloodsucker Bela Lugosi is on the prowl in war-torn London, starting his own bloody blitzkrieg in this effective low-budget chiller that also stars Nina Foch and Matt Willis as Lugosi's werewolf henchman. 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital; Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
One Body Too Many [DVD](1944) DVD
Insurance salesman Jack Haley must guard the body of a deceased millionaire until his will is read, but the corpse vanishes--and other bodies start taking its place--in this creepy mystery/comedy. Bela Lugosi plays a sinister butler; with Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
The Return Of The Ape Man(1944) VHS
Bela Lugosi is a mad scientist who teams with fellow scientist John Carradine to revive a prehistoric man. Lugosi plans to use part of a modern man's brain in order to make the prehistoric man intelligent but also have some memory of his past. The scheme goes awry and the Ape Man eventually goes on the rampage, although he learns how to play the piano first. 60 min.
Scared To Death [DVD](1947) DVD
A mad hypnotist, his dwarf sidekick, and a dead woman who relates the eerie circumstances that led to her demise all make for an eerie tale of horror. Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Joyce Compton, Angelo Rossitto star; Lugosi's only color film. 67 min.Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello, Vol. 3 [DVD] DVD
The laughs are out of this world as "Abbott & Costello Go to Mars" (1953); they star as wrestling promoters who get involved with a sexy spy in "Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion" (1950); "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) while trying to dodge Bela Lugosi (as Dracula); it takes a doctor's invisibility serum to help catch a crook in "Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1950); Bud and Lou suspect a swami of murder in "Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" (1949); the fellows search for gold in backwoods Kentucky in "Comin' Round the Mountain" (1951); they get "Lost in Alaska" (1952) while trying to help a prospector; and a stock scheme sends the duo south of the border in "Mexican Hayride" (1948). 10 3/4 hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French.
My Son, The Vampire [DVD](1951) DVD
The last entry in Britain's "Old Mother Riley" comedy series features Bela Lugosi as a coffin-sleeping scientist who just needs fuel for his robot, then look out, London! Arthur Lucan reprises his role as boisterous Irish charwoman Riley. AKA: "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire," "Vampire Over London." 74 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla [DVD](1952) DVD
What could possibly top a title like that? Mad scientist Bela needs human subjects he can turn into apes, when who should turn up at his jungle lab but Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, two Martin and Lewis clones whose act was the subject of several lawsuits. Reportedly filmed in two weeks for $20,000...and it shows! AKA: "The Boys from Brooklyn." 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; interview.
The Ed Wood Box [DVD] DVD
Six-disc boxed set includes "Glen or Glenda?," "Jail Bait," "Bride of the Monster," "Plan 9 from Outer Space," "Night of the Ghouls," and "The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr."
Glen Or Glenda? (I Changed My Sex) [DVD](1952) DVD
Writer/director Ed Wood pseudonymously starred in this transvestite/sex-change docudrama that was his most autobiographical film. Will Glen's fiancee let him wear her angora sweater? Hear scientist-narrator Bela Lugosi warn viewers to "bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep," see daffy dream sequences, and learn the inner turmoil of men who wear "pink satin undies." With Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot. AKA: "I Led Two Lives." 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Bride Of The Monster [DVD](1955) DVD
Wood and Lugosi team up again in this tale of a mad scientist out to create a race of "atomic super-giants." See Tor Johnson as Lobo, Lugosi's mute lab assistant! See Bela wrestle with an obvious rubber octopus! See Tor wrestle with Bela's platform-heeled stand-in! "He tampered in God's domain!" With Tony McCoy, Loretta King. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Plan 9 From Outer Space [DVD](1958) DVD
Recognized on six continents as "the worst film ever made," this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette.
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958)/The Ed Wood Story [DVD](1992) DVD
Recognized on six continents as ``the worst film ever made,'' this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" Plus, take a behind-the-schlock with this retrospective that tells the story of the man whose complete cinematic incompetence turned him into a legend. Includes interviews with Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Vampira, Bela Lugosi and Mrs. Wood herself, Dolores Fuller. 120 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailers.
The Haunted World Of Edward D. Wood, Jr. [DVD](1995) DVD
The life and films of Ed Wood are extensively covered in this terrific documentary that mixes rare film footage and great interviews. Among the members of Wood's entourage featured are Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi, Conrad Brooks, Vampira and Lyle Talbot. Find out what made the cross-dressing, angora-addicted auteur really tick--if you dare! 112 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; interviews; photo gallery; outtakes; behind-the-scenes footage; featurettes; bonus short "Crossroads of Laredo"; more.
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filmography
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) with Tor Johnson, Lyle Talbot, and Gregory Walcott; directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.
The Black Sleep (1956) with Basil Rathbone, Tor Johnson, Lon Chaney Jr., and John Carradine
Bride of the Monster (1956) with Tor Johnson and Dolores Fuller; directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.
Glen or Glenda (1953) with Edward D. Wood Jr., Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, and Timothy Farrell; directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) with Arthur Lucan
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) with Sammy Petrillo, Duke Mitchell, and Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) with Lon Chaney Jr., Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Glenn Strange
Scared to Death (1947) with George Zucco and Nat Pendleton; Lugosi's only known color film
Genius at Work (1946) with Lionel Atwill
The Body Snatcher (1945) with Boris Karloff and Rita Corday
Zombies on Broadway (1945) with Anne Jeffreys
One Body Too Many (1944) with Jack Haley and Lyle Talbot
Return of the Ape Man (1944) with John Carradine and George Zucco
Voodoo Man (1944) with John Carradine, Wanda McKay, and George Zucco
The Return of the Vampire (1944) with Nina Foch
Ghosts on the Loose (1943) with Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Ava Gardner
The Ape Man (1943) with Wallace Ford and Minerva Urecal
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) with Ilona Massey, Lon Chaney Jr., and Lionel Atwill
Bowery at Midnight (1942) with Wanda McKay and Tom Neal
Night Monster (1942) with Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, and Irene Hervey
The Corpse Vanishes (1942) with Minerva Urecal
S.O.S. Coast Guard (1942) with Ralph Byrd
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) with Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Ralph Bellamy, and Evelyn Ankers
Black Dragons (1942) with Clayton Moore
Invisible Ghost (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, and Evelyn Ankers
Spooks Run Wild (1941) with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall
The Black Cat (1941) with Basil Rathbone
The Devil Bat (1940)
You'll Find Out (1940) with Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre
Black Friday (1940) with Boris Karloff and Anne Nagel
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) with George Sanders
The Human Monster (1939)
Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas
The Gorilla (1939) with the Ritz Brothers, Patsy Kelly, and Lionel Atwill
Son of Frankenstein (1939) with Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, and Lionel Atwill
The Phantom Creeps (1939) with Regis Toomey; some episodes of this serial ran on Mystery Science Theater 3000
S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) with Ralph Byrd
Postal Inspector (1936) with Ricardo Cortez
Shadow of Chinatown (1936) with Bruce Bennett
The Invisible Ray (1936) with Boris Karloff
Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
Murder by Television (1935) with June Collyer and Hattie McDaniel
The Raven (1935) with Boris Karloff
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935)
Mark of the Vampire (1935) with Lionel Atwill and Carroll Borland
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
The Best Man Wins (1935)
The Return of Chandu (1934)
The Black Cat (1934) with Boris Karloff and David Manners
Island of Lost Souls (1933) with Charles Laughton and Richard Arlen
The Devil's in Love (1933) with Loretta Young
International House (1933) with W.C. Fields, George Burns, and Gracie Allen
Night of Terror (1933)
The Whispering Shadow (1933) a twelve-chapter serial
Chandu the Magician (1932)
The Death Kiss (1932) with David Manners
White Zombie (1932) with Madge Bellamy
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) with Arlene Francis
Broadminded (1931) with Joe E. Brown and Thelma Todd
The Black Camel (1931) with Warner Oland and Dwight Frye
Women of All Nations (1931) with Humphrey Bogart
Dracula (1931) with Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and David Manners
Oh, for a Man (1930) with Jeanette MacDonald
Viennese Nights (1930)
Renegades (1930) with Myrna Loy
Wild Company (1930)
Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) with Warner Baxter and Hedda Hopper
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Prisoners (1929) with Corinne Griffith
The Veiled Woman (1929)
Punchinello (1926)
Daughters Who Pay (1925)
The Midnight Girl (1925) with Lila Lee
The Rejected Woman (1924) with Alma Rubens and Conrad Nagel
The Silent Command (1923)
Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin (1922)
Daughter of the Night (1921)
Caravan of Death (1920)
Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
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The Officially Licensed Bela Lugosi Website
See this site for biographical information, a filmography, fan club information, a gallery, and more.
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This page premiered June 10, 2002.
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