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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... began shooting 16mm films, which made me more aware of lenses, composition, camera placement, and, of course, editing. Hollywood, however, seemed an impossible place for an idealistic youth devoted to The Cinema. So, I went to college ...
... began work on a biography of D.W. Griffith, but my attention turned back to my childhood hero, Bela Lugosi. I temporarily put aside the Griffith project and started research on Lugosi. A full-length study, I felt, shouldn't take much ...
... began rehearsals at the Magyar Szinhaz (the Theater of Hungary). For the first time using the name “Lugosi,” he made his debut on September 3 as Vronsky in Anna Karenina, after which he appeared in other plays. In November 1911, he left ...
... began in 1912. In the year that followed, only ten films were made, but soon a number of new companies sprang up and production increased. From the industry's very beginning, artists and writers took the new medium seriously and tried ...
... an interview with the Hungarian magazine Cine-Weekly, which he had founded three years before: “In the last three years of the war Hungarian studios have achieved more than in the previous fifteen. We began to 3 | THE EARLY YEAR E.
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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 |