@@kyleshiflet7932 Lugosi is not just more iconic but more recognizable which is why Lee managed to adopt some of his style but a style Lugosi started and delivered which Nosferatu didn't despite being the first dracula
crashpal true. I still think Lee was scarier as Dracula though. Lugosi was amazing as Dracula but he should’ve developed a bit more versatility after that role. He literally rode the Dracula role to the grave.
People complained that the depiction of Dracula became campy and weak over the years. The reaction to that was to create vicious animal like vampires like Blade, 30 Days of Night, Don't Let..........etc, which i love as well. But the reason Lugosi's portrayal is so good, is the fact that he is very charming. The accent adds the perfect touch. Nobody did it better.
ptothej100 Lugosi was actually born in Transylvania so he spoke like Dracula would if attempting English, plus he had played the character over 1,000 times on the Broadway stage, so he had it down to a tee.
@@GooglFascists Lugosi wasn`t born in Transylvania but he was born in Lugos,Austria-Hungary(Hence the stage name he chose,his real name was Bela Ferenc Deszo Biasko,he later legally changed his name to his stage name) and like The Character was of Szekler descent.
Lugosi was the key to the Dracula lock! Being humble and welcoming was to his appetite's advantage!! Just like real, human monsters, who gain trust and admiration before the victim realizes it's too late......
Bela Lugosi: King of Dracula's Christopher Lee: Prince of Dracula's Gary Oldman: Knight of Dracula's Van Helsing Dracula: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!!
Bela Lugosi is irreplaceable. And the many silences throughout this film are superior in effect to all the soundtracks ever committed to a vampire film. I say that as a huge admirer of the soundtrack to Let The Right One In.
Pausing at 0:52 I am fascinated by the way Bela Lugosi made his fingers turn into seemingly sinuous dead tree branches one would find in a desolate graveyard in the dead of night. Just brilliant, not just the way he speaks but the way he moves, the transformation is breathtaking -- and beyond spectacular!
There are many actors who have won Oscars and are largely forgotten, and there is lugosi who will always be remembered for making this role unforgettable. Why wasn't he nominated?
"...I thought i was in the wrong place". Dude, you ARE in the wrong place. Still what an impressive place: that set is terrific even by today's standards.
One of the most iconic scenes of all time in cinematic history. What a privilege this is! I consider myself truly honored to watch such posthumous talent. (Or is it watch it posthumously?) It's almost as if when I press play, Bela lives again, he mesmerizes again, transcending time for the pleasure of all of us, and of those who will come long after us. And somewhere, somehow, his spirit shines happy. At least, that's how I choose to view it. Pity I didn't live in his era. He truly is immortal in that sense; until the next time someone remembers and rewinds and summons his cinematic greatness. My undying thanks to the Frères Lumière!
A splendid performance from Lugosi, forever imitated, seldom equalled, but never surpassed. Incidentally, I wonder how Christopher Waltz might fare as Dracula. I'm certain he would be a perfect van Helsing, but his approach to villains is like no other.
This one is the Dracula we love or the Dracula we would like to watch on the big screen: someone fine, a fine lenguage (such as british english), a fine costume and finally someone who has a fine, but at the same time someone who has a really wicked gestures such like this one, like Bela Lugosi or even Cristpher Lee, another legend and even the more similar to Bela Lugosi as Dracula character.
Ben17TheNerd me too. This is the best and even if I dressed as Dracula in Halloween I would try to imit Bela Lugosi's Dracula. It's the best Dracula and perhaps the most perfect Dracula's version.
Oh I love Dead and Loving It, I don’t usually like parodies, but this one has such a gentle humour, it’s hilarious while being a great tribute to the story. :)
The look on his face when he introduces himself says, “ I know you are in trouble, you don’t know you are in trouble, but you are and you will find out soon enough.”
I noticed that as Dracula ascends the staircase we see him in front of the cobwebs then we see Johnathan Harker then we see Dracula again on the other side of the cobwebs. Dracula didn't have to push the cobwebs aside or pull them down, he just walked through them.
Being the OG Dracula is Iconic. The theatric mannerism and the mood is very era sentric. Considering this the first iteration of the character...(not counting the silent count orlac version). Well dresses...pseudo ghoulish palor...not being very athletic...the accent. This made Legosi famous. This even added a bit more bite.. when the C Lee dynamic Drac showed up in the Hammer films. Renfield is also a perfect character. Love the channel.
I marathoned all the movies with Dracula last October, and I saw the origins of many jokes and cliches used in cartoons and parodies, but none of them used Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for Dracula, nor did Dracula ever say “Good Evening”. So what’re the origins of those cliches? Sure wasn’t the Universal movies.
I think the music you mention was from Phantom of the Opera. D does say, “…tomorrow evening” but, like you, I am not sure where the world got “Good evening.”
It's sad that we Did not get His Origin Story, In Dracula's Daughter Originally There was Supposed to be a Flashback to the Middle Ages and we would of Seen Bella Lugosi as a Count of the Castle he Would of Been with Friends partying. Boris Karloff Would of Been a Demon Who Got into the Castle he would of Turned The Counts Friends into Pigs before Cursing the Count and Turning him Into Dracula, I Would of Loved to see this Backstory Sadly The Sensors at the Time Would not Allow it to be Filmed.
Lugosi is and always will be Dracula. Nobody can ever replace him. No reboot, remake or retelling. Much like how Kane Hodder will always be Jason Voorhees, Robert Englund will always be Freddy Krueger, Brad Dourif will always be Chucky and such, Lugosi will always be Count Dracula! Bleh bleh bleh
After nearly one hundred years of parody, when one sees the original, it is quite clear why Lugosi owned this role both on Broadway and in Hollywood. True, the original film lacks musical enhancement, but his performance in the key scenes is devastating. I have heard - although I have not seen - the Spanish version, which was filmed at the same time as the 1931 classic. I have heard it is superior. I would like to see it. Help?
Sorry for replying late but the remake, imho, is superior only in script. The dialogue is way better written, the film is longer (and they fixed the plothole with Lucy, it is good). The acting is way stranger in Spanish version, especially the cross-wielding scene, the faces that characters make are hilarious! The most moral way to see the remake for me was by pirating it, owning the original legally. (For some reasons, I found Spanish version easily on our national social media VK with subs, that was kind of surprising!" I still would like to find legal Spanish version but it seems nearly impossible..
Browning ransacked his own earlier work for ideas ; preliminary set sketches by the designer John Ivan Hoffman are obviously based on production stills of Cedric Gibbons ' settings for London After Midnight . The director based his conception of Dracula's wives on actress Edna Tichenor's makeup as Lunette , the bat - girl in the same film , and as a final , perhaps tongue - in - cheek private joke , imported a passel of armadillos to scurry around the great hall of Dracula's castle , just as they had patrolled the shadows of Chaney's creepy house four years earlier . Regarding London after midnight, Forrest J Ackerman , one of the country's leading collectors of fantasy - film memorabilia , saw the film as a boy in San Francisco during its initial release , and likened Chaney's bizarre , scuttling posture to a macabre variation on Groucho Marx . The late horror writer Robert Bloch , who also saw the film as a child , recalled one of Browning's oddest bits of atmosphere : a pride of scurrying armadillos , hardly indigenous to London , but glimpsed nonetheless through the cobwebs of the vampire's mansion .
Bela Lugosi was the best Count Dracula of all time (only Gary Oldman runs a close second). Bela moved with the grace of Astaire and evoked a charm and refinement that fit the character like a glove. As a child watching this movie, it provided a safe kind of scary fun because we knew it was a made up story. It wasn't like the gory horror movies of today that seem too real in which some nutzoid human chases teenagers and kills them. We were better off with Count Dracula. Thank you Bela, for your stellar portrayal - I wish you could know that you haven't been forgotten.
Gary Oldman played a more true to the novel Dracula. That makes Lugosi’s even better as this was his spin on the literary character that became an icon of horror
FYI: Gary D. Rhodes has a book out called TOD BROWNING'S DRACULA which gives new and additional details to this film. A real eye opener. They even have their own Facebook page: facebook.com/todbrowningsdracula/
“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.” Dracula….nature lover.
LOL My father loves that scene
Lugosi is the eternal Dracula and there will never be another. The iconic Dracula is Bela Lugosi.
What about Christopher Lee
@@kyleshiflet7932 Lugosi is not just more iconic but more recognizable which is why Lee managed to adopt some of his style but a style Lugosi started and delivered which Nosferatu didn't despite being the first dracula
he was buried in the count outfit can you imagine
crashpal true. I still think Lee was scarier as Dracula though. Lugosi was amazing as Dracula but he should’ve developed a bit more versatility after that role. He literally rode the Dracula role to the grave.
@@jstarks123 That seems an appropriate place for Lugosi to drive the "Dracula" role lol
You know, aside from the whole, blood sucking demonic monster of the night thing, Dracula seems like a cool dude
He has a cool house, too.
Wow, I wonder if thats intentional.
@@annepurcell4495 And cool clothes.
"I bid you welcome." 😍 He was perfection..
Yeah no one can play Dracula like Bela Lugosi.
The first to bring charisma to vampire stories, and the portrait of Count Dracula. Still makes us feel like not watching a movie. Bela
People complained that the depiction of Dracula became campy and weak over the years. The reaction to that was to create vicious animal like vampires like Blade, 30 Days of Night, Don't Let..........etc, which i love as well. But the reason Lugosi's portrayal is so good, is the fact that he is very charming. The accent adds the perfect touch. Nobody did it better.
ptothej100 Lugosi was actually born in Transylvania so he spoke like
Dracula would if attempting English, plus he had played the character
over 1,000 times on the Broadway stage, so he had it down to a tee.
@@GooglFascists Lugosi wasn`t born in Transylvania but he was born in Lugos,Austria-Hungary(Hence the stage name he chose,his real name was Bela Ferenc Deszo Biasko,he later legally changed his name to his stage name) and like The Character was of Szekler descent.
yeah the natural Hungarian accent was a great aspect of the character unlike Lee's and Oldman's accent
those were ALL total crap! Lugosi was born to this role with need of little makeup
Lugosi was the key to the Dracula lock! Being humble and welcoming was to his appetite's advantage!! Just like real, human monsters, who gain trust and admiration before the victim realizes it's too late......
Great, great actor, and a very good person!
The way Dracula is today was all started by him.
Yes very true
Actually Dracula existed irl, but was he a vampire or not, no one knows
Bela Lugosi is the eternal cinematic Dracula. There will never be another performance like this.
Nah, Sir Christopher Lee was far better
@@tonylast9181 Talk about losing all credibility with a single statement.
Run along. The adults are talking.
Best Dracula ever.
Bela Lugosi: King of Dracula's
Christopher Lee: Prince of Dracula's
Gary Oldman: Knight of Dracula's
Van Helsing Dracula: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!!
Best vampire ever, period!
So true!
BeautyByEmma505 Sir Christopher Lee's version being a close second?
@@mitchelanhalt5261 and Twilight Dracula?
Bela Lugosi is irreplaceable. And the many silences throughout this film are superior in effect to all the soundtracks ever committed to a vampire film. I say that as a huge admirer of the soundtrack to Let The Right One In.
"Ah the children of the night what music they make"
Someone should form a music band called "Children of the Night" because of this, haha.
The Phantom of the Opera be like: They make music, do they? Where can I get an army of them?
Pausing at 0:52 I am fascinated by the way Bela Lugosi made his fingers turn into seemingly sinuous dead tree branches one would find in a desolate graveyard in the dead of night. Just brilliant, not just the way he speaks but the way he moves, the transformation is breathtaking -- and beyond spectacular!
Dracula: "The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield."
Me as Renfield: "Right. I'm out of here."
I always love how he seems to walk right through the spider webs.
There are many actors who have won Oscars and are largely forgotten, and there is lugosi who will always be remembered for making this role unforgettable. Why wasn't he nominated?
Just because he had an audience, it doesn't make said audience intelligent enough to realize they're viewing a once in a lifetime acting experience.
@@milojanis4901 you tell me who was a better Dracula then lugosi, one reason that yes his performance to the core of classic fans is iconic.
Horror movies don't typically get nominated for Oscars.
Sir Christopher Lee is the definitive Dracula
Lugosi was a total natural in the role He had me in his first three words "I am Dracula" It was major spooky before major spooky was RIP SIR.
The best Dracula in history of that kind of films. Bela lugosi perfect in everything real count he was brilliant .
I never drink...wine!
he was perfect
"...I thought i was in the wrong place". Dude, you ARE in the wrong place. Still what an impressive place: that set is terrific even by today's standards.
One of the most iconic scenes of all time in cinematic history. What a privilege this is! I consider myself truly honored to watch such posthumous talent. (Or is it watch it posthumously?) It's almost as if when I press play, Bela lives again, he mesmerizes again, transcending time for the pleasure of all of us, and of those who will come long after us. And somewhere, somehow, his spirit shines happy. At least, that's how I choose to view it. Pity I didn't live in his era. He truly is immortal in that sense; until the next time someone remembers and rewinds and summons his cinematic greatness. My undying thanks to the Frères Lumière!
-'I am Dracula.'
-'Holy shit...'
I thought, he said it lol
Dracula: I BID YOU WELCOME!! ...... Sure looks though Mr. Renfield here just didn't know what he's getting himself into!
A splendid performance from Lugosi, forever imitated, seldom equalled, but never surpassed.
Incidentally, I wonder how Christopher Waltz might fare as Dracula. I'm certain he would be a perfect van Helsing, but his approach to villains is like no other.
+Hau Tak Leighton Tam - Waltz as VanHelsing is a GREAT CASTING move!
Ive had the same exact thought!
Lugosi...best Dracula ever!
Bela lugosi is the real count dracula!
Bela Lugosi, the REAL Dracula!!
:'( We miss you, Bela Lugosi.
You just don't get subtlety like this in horror movies these days. And only a handful of horror movies give you atmosphere remotely like this.
Bela Lugosi really enjoyed playing Dracula - it's obvious in his performance. He seems quite playful at certain moments.
The perfect Dracula.
This one is the Dracula we love or the Dracula we would like to watch on the big screen: someone fine, a fine lenguage (such as british english), a fine costume and finally someone who has a fine, but at the same time someone who has a really wicked gestures such like this one, like Bela Lugosi or even Cristpher Lee, another legend and even the more similar to Bela Lugosi as Dracula character.
Totally agree
Daniel Steven This is is my favorite version
Ben17TheNerd me too. This is the best and even if I dressed as Dracula in Halloween I would try to imit Bela Lugosi's Dracula. It's the best Dracula and perhaps the most perfect Dracula's version.
"Listen to them,children of the night...what music they make"
I BID YOU WELCOME..WHAT POWERFUL WORDS...HIS WAS THE BEST EVER...
Boy Renfield must have nerves of steel to set foot in that hell.
El mejor Drácula que ha habido y habrá.
The blood...is the life, Mr. Renfield.
Look at that set...wow. Imagine watching that in 1931, you'd be blown away.
That bit with the web scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
No one can touch Bela. Mr Cool.
Bela Lugosi was Dracula. Every other Vampire movie has played on his portrayal.
He set a benchmark.
Watching the good classics like this make Mel Brook's spoof more hilarious.
[bat shits on floor]
"Children, of the night, what a mess they make."
Oh I love Dead and Loving It, I don’t usually like parodies, but this one has such a gentle humour, it’s hilarious while being a great tribute to the story. :)
But Lucy.... i`m British
Well so are these." Thats my favorite part
Remember seeing this back in 31.GOOD TIMES!
The 'Spider' baits the unwary 'Fly' into his web !!
Many Happy Returns, Bela...where ever you are.
"Ah, the children of the niiight. What music they make!"
in accordance with his last wishes, bela lugosi was buried in the costume that you seem him wearing in this scene....im not kidding
In case of emergency…
What is wonderful about this movie is there is no music as it should be
The one &only Dracula. I love the silence &lack of dialogue.
That is one my favorite lines from this movie. The other one I really like is "I never drink...wine."
The look on his face when he introduces himself says, “ I know you are in trouble, you don’t know you are in trouble, but you are and you will find out soon enough.”
I noticed that as Dracula ascends the staircase we see him in front of the cobwebs then we see Johnathan Harker then we see Dracula again on the other side of the cobwebs. Dracula didn't have to push the cobwebs aside or pull them down, he just walked through them.
Or the cobwebs parted from dread...
"Damn it, this is the last time I get a rental on Airbnb"
wonderful Reply!
"Children of the night! Shut up!"
This is such a creepy scene. Everything about it is perfectly directed here.
If he's as scared as he looks, he probably left a brown trail behind him on the steps. I know I would've.
No doubt. As soon as those hounds start howling and Lugosi said, 'What music they make.' I would have high tailed it right out of there!!!!!
I saw this movie in the theater on October 25th, Cinemark showed it as part of their cinema classics.
children of the night....what music they make :))))
Being the OG Dracula is Iconic. The theatric mannerism and the mood is very era sentric. Considering this the first iteration of the character...(not counting the silent count orlac version). Well dresses...pseudo ghoulish palor...not being very athletic...the accent. This made Legosi famous. This even added a bit more bite.. when the C Lee dynamic Drac showed up in the Hammer films. Renfield is also a perfect character. Love the channel.
Bela Lugosi As Dracula
goosebumps!
¡Maravilloso, hermoso, pura belleza, una Obra de Arte!...
👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻🌻🌷🌷🌷💐💐💐💐
A very warm welcome to a cozy home.
Bela was the best Dracula~
I like how Renfield goes from this eager to please dupe to Gollum
"The Blood is the Life. . . . Mr. Renfield" I always say that before I make Homemade Beef Noodle soup!
:) children of the night... what music they make :)
We will be leaving... Tomorrow evening...
say "night" if you're a child of the night!
night
Night!
Night
NIGHT!!!!!!
Night.
oh i remember watching this scene...the most convincing vampire I ever seen
I marathoned all the movies with Dracula last October, and I saw the origins of many jokes and cliches used in cartoons and parodies, but none of them used Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for Dracula, nor did Dracula ever say “Good Evening”. So what’re the origins of those cliches? Sure wasn’t the Universal movies.
I think the music you mention was from Phantom of the Opera. D does say, “…tomorrow evening” but, like you, I am not sure where the world got “Good evening.”
Only after watching this do you realize how much later versions - even the very good Bram Stoker's Dracula - borrowed from the original.
stunningly!
It's sad that we Did not get His Origin Story, In Dracula's Daughter Originally There was Supposed to be a Flashback to the Middle Ages and we would of Seen Bella Lugosi as a Count of the Castle he Would of Been with Friends partying. Boris Karloff Would of Been a Demon Who Got into the Castle he would of Turned The Counts Friends into Pigs before Cursing the Count and Turning him Into Dracula, I Would of Loved to see this Backstory Sadly The Sensors at the Time Would not Allow it to be Filmed.
The One and Only Dracula.
Dracula was very charming I believe. It's hard not to listen to him.
wow!!! que magnifica escena!!
One of the Best Scenes in the Whole Movie #BelaLugosi #Dracula #fan
Belá my love ,Belá Lugósi ♥
Lugosi is and always will be Dracula. Nobody can ever replace him. No reboot, remake or retelling. Much like how Kane Hodder will always be Jason Voorhees, Robert Englund will always be Freddy Krueger, Brad Dourif will always be Chucky and such, Lugosi will always be Count Dracula! Bleh bleh bleh
He's does not say bleh bleh bleh!!!
My favorite movie
After nearly one hundred years of parody, when one sees the original, it is quite clear why Lugosi owned this role both on Broadway and in Hollywood. True, the original film lacks musical enhancement, but his performance in the key scenes is devastating. I have heard - although I have not seen - the Spanish version, which was filmed at the same time as the 1931 classic. I have heard it is superior. I would like to see it. Help?
Sorry for replying late but the remake, imho, is superior only in script. The dialogue is way better written, the film is longer (and they fixed the plothole with Lucy, it is good).
The acting is way stranger in Spanish version, especially the cross-wielding scene, the faces that characters make are hilarious!
The most moral way to see the remake for me was by pirating it, owning the original legally. (For some reasons, I found Spanish version easily on our national social media VK with subs, that was kind of surprising!" I still would like to find legal Spanish version but it seems nearly impossible..
RIP Bela Lugosi
0:12 I'am Dracula
Dracula (1931)
1:00 Erik Destler, the Phantom of the Opera: Fine, Christine, you can marry the Viscount. I’m off to Transylvania to get some dogs.
Cheers, Bela.
Browning ransacked his own earlier work for ideas ; preliminary set sketches by the designer John Ivan Hoffman are obviously based on production stills of Cedric Gibbons ' settings for London After Midnight . The director based his conception of Dracula's wives on actress Edna Tichenor's makeup as Lunette , the bat - girl in the same film , and as a final , perhaps tongue - in - cheek private joke , imported a passel of armadillos to scurry around the great hall of Dracula's castle , just as they had patrolled the shadows of Chaney's creepy house four years earlier .
Regarding London after midnight, Forrest J Ackerman , one of the country's leading collectors of fantasy - film memorabilia , saw the film as a boy in San Francisco during its initial release , and likened Chaney's bizarre , scuttling posture to a macabre variation on Groucho Marx . The late horror writer Robert Bloch , who also saw the film as a child , recalled one of Browning's oddest bits of atmosphere : a pride of scurrying armadillos , hardly indigenous to London , but glimpsed nonetheless through the cobwebs of the vampire's mansion .
You knew he meant business. No whining backstory no psych crap just a truly bad dude who took pride in being a bad dude
Bad to the bone. 💀
Bela Lugosi was the best Count Dracula of all time (only Gary Oldman runs a close second). Bela moved with the grace of Astaire and evoked a charm and refinement that fit the character like a glove. As a child watching this movie, it provided a safe kind of scary fun because we knew it was a made up story. It wasn't like the gory horror movies of today that seem too real in which some nutzoid human chases teenagers and kills them. We were better off with Count Dracula. Thank you Bela, for your stellar portrayal - I wish you could know that you haven't been forgotten.
Gary Oldman played a more true to the novel Dracula. That makes Lugosi’s even better as this was his spin on the literary character that became an icon of horror
i wanna be dracula when i grow up
Nice.
Bella Lugosi was the quintessential Dracula
Long Live Count Dracula!!!!
Iyammmmm...drakiula😍
GNARLY!!!!
BELA LUGOSI,I LOVE YOU!!
FYI: Gary D. Rhodes has a book out called TOD BROWNING'S DRACULA which gives new and additional details to this film. A real eye opener. They even have their own Facebook page: facebook.com/todbrowningsdracula/
Hail Dracula😎👍
This is my favorite scene and the fate every blood sucking realtor should suffer. But really, absolutely positively most awesome Dracula scene!!!
True, they ARE real bloodsuckers.
cool fact: according to his last wishes, bela lugosi was buried in the costume he was wearing in this scene