Dracula (1931) DVD

Although there have been numerous screen versions of bram stoker's classic tale, none is more enduring than this 1931 original with a masterful performance by bela lugosi. Filmed simultaneously with the english version, the spanish version utilizes the same sets and script but with a different cast.

Editor's Note

This is the first screen version of Bram Stoker's famous tale based on the smash hit stage production. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) arrives in London and immediately works to enrapture and transform into vampires young Lucy Weston (Frances Dade) and her friend Mina Seward (Helen Chandler). After he succeeds in turning Lucy, and Mina's health suddenly deteriorates, Mina's father (Herbert Bunston), calls in a specialist, Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan). Van Helsing quickly recognizes Dracula's vampirism, and sets about saving Mina (and in the process, becomes Dracula's archenemy). The film, arguably the most influential of the legend's film versions, launched Lugosi's career in horror movies and forever invited vampires across Hollywood's threshold.

Features

DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby, Mono Audio

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Universal
	Release Date: 9/1/2009
	Running Time: 75 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1931
	Catalog ID: 20324
	UPC: 00025192032424
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: French
	Video: B&W

Cast & Crew

	David Manners
	Frances Dade
	Herbert Bunston
	Helen Chandler
	Dwight Frye
	Bela Lugosi
	Edward Van Sloan
	Karl Freund - Cinematographer
	Milton Carruth - Editor
	Charles D. Hall - Art Director
	Hamilton Deane - Source Writer
	John L. Balderston - Source Writer
	Bram Stoker - Story
	Garrett Fort - Screenwriter
	Tod Browning - Director

Professional Reviews

Chicago Sun-Times
"...It is Lugosi's performance, and the cinematography of Karl Freund that make Tod Browning's film such an influential Hollywood picture..." 09/19/1999 p.5

Total Film
"...Where this version really scores is in its sheer strangeness..." 10/01/1999 p.102