Rare Lugosi photo
Gary - Thanks for adding the folder. Great to have an area just for vintage stills, posters and the like. Below is a photo I'm curious about. Has anyone every come across or owned a vintage copy? The...
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That's one I've never seen before! I love the bat in the background and it does evoke the bat under the opening credits of the film. Thanks for posting it.GARY L. PRANGE "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos...
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Inscribed to Jack Pierce? I thought that those two had very, very little use for each other!
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The actual inscription was "To my friend Jack - In rememberance and appreciation for the famous makeup in Dracula - Bela Lugosi" This also goes against the stories of Lugosi insisting he do his own...
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That's where my photo went! The same photo is shown in that "movie interviews" reel that's been floating around... you know, the one where a female reporter goes to Bela's house and he ends up scaring...
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When the interviewer comments on the ghastly make-up, Lugosi says something like, "It's not so much a make-up, it's more of an expression." Guess he didn't want Pierce's make-up getting credit for his...
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It looks like Bela's wearing the Pierce piece on his head. But the cape looks a little different -- the lining seems a little dark. I've read that the stage version involved green make-up. Anybody...
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Lugosi wore two capes in DRACULA. During the scenes in the castle he had one with a dark lining. In the rest of the film he wore the one with a lighter gray lining. Several publicity stills feature...
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There is also a few publicity shots with another cape that has swirly appliques on the shoulders, not used in the film. How large was his hairpiece? Mostly to fill in the widows peak area or?
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>> How large was his hairpiece? Mostly to fill in the widows peak area or? >> It came about a third of the way down the temple, as can be seen more noticeably when Carlos Villarias sports...
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The hairpiece covered the entire top of Lugosi's head like a full toupee. It gave his hair a thicker look and a slight waviness. You can see in this side shot that it continues from the corner of the...
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