The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela LugosiUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2013 M07 24 - 560 páginas Bela Lugosi won immediate fame for his portrayal of the immortal count in the 1931 film Dracula. After a decade of trying vainly to broaden his range and secure parts to challenge his acting abilities, Lugosi resigned himself to a career as the world's most recognizable vampire. His last years were spent as a forgotten and rather tragic figure. When he died in 1956, Lugosi could not have known that vindication of his talent would come—his face would adorn theaters, his image would appear on greeting cards and postage stamps, his film memorabilia would sell for more than he earned in his entire career, and his Hungarian accent would be instantly recognized by millions of people. Martin Landau's Oscar-winning role as Lugosi in the 1994 film Ed Wood added an ironic twist to a career that had ended in oblivion. In 1974, devoted Lugosi fan Arthur Lennig published a highly regarded biography of the unsung actor. More than twice the length of the original and completely rewritten, The Immortal Count provides deeper insights into Lugosi's films and personality. Drawing upon personal interviews, studio memos, shooting scripts, research in Romania and Hungary, and his own recollections, Lennig has written the definitive account of Lugosi's tragic life. |
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... become a fan of his in the mid-forties was not very rewarding, because the movies to come were only of the lowest grade. In 1946, I wrote Lugosi a long, effusive letter in care of Universal and received photos from him signed in ink ...
... become respectable, and the horror genre—and anyone connected with it—was held in even lower regard. Professor Paul Jensen and I planned a book called Titans of Terror, in which he would write on Boris Karloff and I on Lugosi. Most ...
... become a famous horror film star. For someone who had been a matinee idol during certain parts of his Hungarian career and later starred on Broadway, becoming universally known as Count Dracula was a mixed blessing. He confessed to his ...
... become emaciated. Toward the end only the strange intonation and measured cadence of That Voice persisted, and ... becoming an icon, but it is gratifying to know that the passion and sincerity and emotion he placed in his performances ...
... becomes the harbinger of the future by trying to push man's knowledge beyond where perhaps it should go, to venture into “God's domain.” Dracula and Frankenstein created an appetite for horror that Hollywood's energies would attempt to ...
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PHOTOGRAPHS | 103 |
5 DRACULATHE FILM | 103 |
6 FAME | 133 |
7 THE PEAK | 183 |
9 THE WAR YEARS | 283 |
10 THE DECLINE | 349 |
11 THE FINAL YEARS | 415 |
EPILOGUE | 53 |
FILMOGRAPHY | 67 |
LUGOSIS EARNINGS | 91 |
NOTES | 93 |
INDEX | 127 |