It's the kind of thing that as a little kid would've given me nightmares. It's as though they were playing off every Dracula/haunted house cliche in this sequence and it's done so beautifully especially with the wolves howling ominously outside. I can't even see the wires moving that bat around.
Given the ending of this flick, I can't help but wonder how she would have felt if her "vamping" had caused that pair of jumpy idiots to crash fatally. That said, I love Bela's look of eerie paternal pride as he sends his "daughter" out on her solo "hunt" (which makes total sense, in context, insofar as this film does at all).
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (current owner) Turner Entertainment (current owner) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (Distributor and Presentation) Bela Lugosi Horror Classics (copyright holder) Tod Browning Productions (production)
#BelaLugosi gave us the unquestionable vampire archetype (as #Dracula), but did you know that the female #vampire was also created for a Tod Browning film, that starred Bela Lugosi? Browning had featured shrouded vampire women with tightly wrapped hair in both London After Midnight and Dracula , but a different kind of femme fatale was sought for Mark of the Vampire . Lugosi had pretty much standardized the expected appearance of a male vampire , but the female conventions had not really gelled . Borland was short , almond - eyed , and had a luxurious mane of dark hair that fell halfway to the floor . " They kept trying to make me over into the girl of the times , ' with waved hair . They'd marcel and curl it . They kept trying to give me cupid - bow lips , " Borland said . Finally , she was sent to makeup artist William Tuttle for a fresh approach . Tuttle simply had her part her hair in the middle , adhered it to her forehead with spirit gum - and in stantly created the lank - haired prototype of the female vampire that has haunted popular culture ever since . Browning explained what he wanted from her in a scene when she is startled while hovering over the female lead , Elizabeth Allan . " You growl like a wolf , " he said . " You know , deep in your throat . " " I can see your point , " Borland said airily , " but how about a hiss , like an angry cat ? " " Try it , " the director said , a little surprised at having his direction challenged . They shot the scene and Browning said " Print it " without additional comment . On another occasion she turned her ankle and grimaced while drifting down a row corri dor . Browning said , " You gave me something with your mouth . " Borland told him she had twisted her ankle . He suggested that she twist it again . Browning marshaled all the studio resources at his disposal to create a gothic mood approaching parody . Mist effects involving an industrial - strength mixture of dry ice and water liquefied piles of earth used in the graveyard sets . " We worked in mud all the time , " Borland laughed . " It was really messy . Every night the costume had to be cleaned . It got shorter and shorter . "
When the film was titled "The Mark of the Marsupial" the opossum had a more prominent role. Lugosi demanded top billing, though: a typical clash of Hollywood egos! 😡
Tod Browning's remake of the lost Lon Chaney Sr version...Even for a "B" movie those plush MGM production values make this film glisten...We will probably NEVER get a chance to see the Chaney version since it is gone? Ms Borland set the style for what a seductive female vampire was supposed to look like.. In fact as much as I like Universal's DRACULA that film is dowdy compared to this film...
I hope "London After Midnight" will be Restored one day. There was a time when films from the 1940s were considered lost. Today we have almost completely restored the amount of films that were lost in the 1930s and the 20s are next.
I disagree I think it’s implemented into the plot in a very sloppy way and leaves me disappointed that everything with the vampires was fake. Had they stuck to the supernatural elements I think this could of been more well regarded and even rival the 1931 version of Dracula.
I've always loved this movie. I watched it so many times as a kid. Bela is one of my favourite actors of all time.
Carol was so stunning
Amazing underated movie
Bela Lugosi and Carroll Borland did great as Count Mora and Luna
It's the kind of thing that as a little kid would've given me nightmares. It's as though they were playing off every Dracula/haunted house cliche in this sequence and it's done so beautifully especially with the wolves howling ominously outside. I can't even see the wires moving that bat around.
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
When do you think we will be able to see the original London After Might after it has been completely restored from the archives?
Huh? Hasn't it been lost for decades?
Calm down, I haven't said anything.
And I said IF, not just fuck you. Don't take things so personally.
I feel like there's meme potential for the clip of them stopping to look at the bugs then continuing like nothing happened.
Given the ending of this flick, I can't help but wonder how she would have felt if her "vamping" had caused that pair of jumpy idiots to crash fatally. That said, I love Bela's look of eerie paternal pride as he sends his "daughter" out on her solo "hunt" (which makes total sense, in context, insofar as this film does at all).
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. (current owner)
Turner Entertainment (current owner)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (Distributor and Presentation)
Bela Lugosi Horror Classics (copyright holder)
Tod Browning Productions (production)
Of all the big MGM names in the cast, Carroll Borland is the one you remember most ... probably much better than London After Midnight
Those movies were scary and fun back in the day.⚡👻👿🐺
#BelaLugosi gave us the unquestionable vampire archetype (as #Dracula), but did you know that the female #vampire was also created for a Tod Browning film, that starred Bela Lugosi?
Browning had featured shrouded vampire women with tightly wrapped hair in both London After Midnight and Dracula , but a different kind of femme fatale was sought for Mark of the Vampire . Lugosi had pretty much standardized the expected appearance of a male vampire , but the female conventions had not really gelled . Borland was short , almond - eyed , and had a luxurious mane of dark hair that fell halfway to the floor . " They kept trying to make me over into the girl of the times , ' with waved hair . They'd marcel and curl it . They kept trying to give me cupid - bow lips , " Borland said . Finally , she was sent to makeup artist William Tuttle for a fresh approach . Tuttle simply had her part her hair in the middle , adhered it to her forehead with spirit gum - and in stantly created the lank - haired prototype of the female vampire that has haunted popular culture ever since .
Browning explained what he wanted from her in a scene when she is startled while hovering over the female lead , Elizabeth Allan . " You growl like a wolf , " he said . " You know , deep in your throat . " " I can see your point , " Borland said airily , " but how about a hiss , like an angry cat ? " " Try it , " the director said , a little surprised at having his direction challenged . They shot the scene and Browning said " Print it " without additional comment . On another occasion she turned her ankle and grimaced while drifting down a row corri dor . Browning said , " You gave me something with your mouth . " Borland told him she had twisted her ankle . He suggested that she twist it again . Browning marshaled all the studio resources at his disposal to create a gothic mood approaching parody . Mist effects involving an industrial - strength mixture of dry ice and water liquefied piles of earth used in the graveyard sets . " We worked in mud all the time , " Borland laughed . " It was really messy . Every night the costume had to be cleaned . It got shorter and shorter . "
This aisle so cool thanks for sharing 🖤🥀
got to wonder how much it differs from London After Midnight
The ending threw me! Like WTF?
It threw the actors too, from what I heard.
A opossum?Is this Transylvania county North Carolina?
When the film was titled "The Mark of the Marsupial" the opossum had a more prominent role. Lugosi demanded top billing, though: a typical clash of Hollywood egos! 😡
10/10 comment
Tod Browning's remake of the lost Lon Chaney Sr version...Even for a "B" movie those plush MGM production values make this film glisten...We will probably NEVER get a chance to see the Chaney version since it is gone? Ms Borland set the style for what a seductive female vampire was supposed to look like.. In fact as much as I like Universal's DRACULA that film is dowdy compared to this film...
Great twist ending
I hope "London After Midnight" will be Restored one day. There was a time when films from the 1940s were considered lost. Today we have almost completely restored the amount of films that were lost in the 1930s and the 20s are next.
Like most lost films it will turn up eventually.
I disagree I think it’s implemented into the plot in a very sloppy way and leaves me disappointed that everything with the vampires was fake. Had they stuck to the supernatural elements I think this could of been more well regarded and even rival the 1931 version of Dracula.
0:46 They have possums in Transylvania?
And possums in Europe anyway?
In Browning's DRACULA remember he had armidillos....
as a Romanian I'm going to confirm the fact that we don't have possums 😔
@@mihaelavulk5759 I have them in my basement. I'd be glad to send some to Romania.
little known fact vampires spend a lot of time in possum form.
That chick is SCARY and yet I can't look away! Please stop frightening me!
A True Story !
I see where Pee-wee Herman got his look from.
The ambient moaning sound throughout the movie gives me the creeps.
Of course the end cards ruin everything
Bela didn't die in the other movie?🤔🤣
She looks like Kendall Jenner.