After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.
Statement of Responsibility:
Universal Studios
Title:
Dracula
[videorecording]
Publisher:
Universal City, CA :, Universal,, c1999
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (179 min.) :,sd., b&w ;,4 3/4 in
Notes:
This DVD features the restored version, a version with new music by Philip Glass and the original full-length Spanish version
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker and the play adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
DVD release of the 1931 motion pictures
Includes theatrical trailer
Special features: The road to Dracula, an origianl documentary ; feature commentary with film historian David J. Skal ; new score by Philip Glass performed by Kronos Quartet ; poster and photo montage ; production notes ; cast and filmmakers ; theatrical trailer ; Universal web link
Credits:
English version: directed by Tod Browning ; screenplay by Garrett Fort ; produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. and Tod Browning.
Performers:
Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston, Frances Dade, Joan Standing, Charles Gerrard (English version) ; Carlos Villar, Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton, Pablo Alvarez Rubio, Eduardo Arozamena, Jose Soriano Viosca, Carmen Guerrero, Amelia Senisterra, Manuel Arbo (Spanish version).
Summary:
After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, full screen, Dolby digital
Other Language:
(English version, 75 min.) English and French language tracks with French subtitles; (Spanish version, 104 min.) Spanish, English and French language tracks with subtitles in English and French
Closed captioned
Genre/Form:
Vampire films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Additional Contributors:
Browning, Tod
- 1882-1962
Laemmle, Carl
- 1908-1979
Fort, Garrett
Melford, George
- d. 1961
Kohner, Paul
Lugosi, Bela
- 1882-1956
Chandler, Helen
- 1906-1965
Manners, David
- 1901-1998
Frye, Dwight
- 1899-1943
Glass, Philip
Deane, Hamilton
- Dracula
Balderston, John L.
- Dracula
- 1899-1954
- (John Lloyd),
Stoker, Bram
- Dracula
- 1847-1912
Publisher No:
20324
ISBN:
0783227450
9780783227450
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Add a CommentReleased in 1931 - I think Dracula is something of a rare phenomenon, in that, over 80 years have now passed and it still remains one of the most compelling horror movies ever made._____ This bit of eerie fascination for Dracula cannot only be credited to the fine direction by Tod Browning (as well as this film's absolutely spectacular sets and excellent production values), but, it's also directly attributed to the mesmerizing performance given by Bela Lugosi in the title role._____ This 2-DVD set also contains the Spanish-speaking, sister production of Dracula released in the same year, which was filmed simultaneously with the Hollywood version - At night, using the very same sets._____ Featuring an all-Spanish cast, this film's Dracula was played by actor Carlos Villar who clearly didn't have the acting chops needed to project the same level of sinister evilness that Lugosi did._____ Both filmed in b&w, the Spanish version of Dracula is 103 minutes long, while the Hollywood version is only 75 minutes.