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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... out their experiments with such monomaniacal devotion that they violate the law. What is the fate of a few mortals compared with their earthshaking plans? Lugosi was the maddest scientist of them all. Sometimes he E ELA.
... plans. Lugosi was not the only mad scientist. Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Lionel Atwill, Peter Lorre, George Zucco, and many others pursued nefarious goals, but the most memorable were Karloff and Lugosi. Whereas Lugosi was flamboyant ...
... plans begin to succeed, the scientists again become interested in mankind, but only to control it and to punish it for its errant lack of respect. Sick, maybe, but fun. That the “extraordinary” Lugosi suffers defeat at the hands of the ...
... plan to socialize the theater and turn it into a state-run concern shocked the Budapest Theater Society, which began a countermovement and demanded Lugosi's expulsion. But the turmoil created by the fall of the monarchy and 32 THE | N ...
... plans, he intentionally disgraces himself by striking an admiral and as a consequence is court-martialed and ... plan to blow up the Atlantic Fleet as it sails through the locks of the Panama Canal. The purpose of such an attack—as we ...
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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 |