DRACULA (1938): Orson Welles’ Classic Radio Horror w Images & Exclusive Insight

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  • Опубліковано 12 гру 2024

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  • @YesterHear
    @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +32

    Hello, fellow teleporters & esteemed citizens of radio land! 📻✨As we continue dashing thru the mystical portal of space & time together, we humbly ask for your support. Please like, subscribe, comment, share YesterHear. Let’s ensure the enduring legacy & keep the magic of radio alive for generations to come! 🌟✨

  • @michaelwalker8144
    @michaelwalker8144 8 місяців тому +26

    This is probably the greatest adaptation of Dracula ever done.

  • @kristinpanzica8638
    @kristinpanzica8638 8 місяців тому +12

    Love the intro by none other than... Lilith!

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 8 місяців тому +73

    Imagine the family gathered around their radio on a rainy night in the 1930's, imaginations peaked. Must've been pretty cool.

    • @sherrihinton2885
      @sherrihinton2885 7 місяців тому +2

      I too imagine that

    • @frankblack7801
      @frankblack7801 7 місяців тому +4

      Coal or wood open fireplaces on dark winter nights 📻
      Valves instead of transistors.

    • @RichUnclePhil
      @RichUnclePhil 7 місяців тому +2

      It’s “piqued”. Really not hard.

    • @kellywalker1664
      @kellywalker1664 7 місяців тому

      ​@@RichUnclePhilyeah, but auto"correct" makes us proofread twice.

    • @Mounhas
      @Mounhas 7 місяців тому +1

      Then having to take the dog out…

  • @ciaran5588
    @ciaran5588 8 місяців тому +33

    I'm 54 & watching from Ireland & I just subbed!
    I'm just about old enough to remember life while not better, was definitely simpler.
    In the 80's I used to listen to BBC4 plays on MW in the dark every evening. They were in 5 x 10min shows that started on Monday & finished on Friday evening. The radio signal used to fade in & out (depending on the weather!) :)
    Even now I'd watch a B&W film before most of the films after the 80's. With a few exceptions.
    But listening to a radio play is like reading a book. Except it paints a clearer picture, but you still have to fill in the colour of the story.
    Magic!!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +4

      Hello and a big thanks from Chicago! When I conceptualize the image to accompany the audio, I try to ascertain and convey the background and mood settings, so the audience can fill in with the special effects that are their imagination. I also have a spotify podcast for pure listening without the images (link in bio). Thank you again. Be well.

    • @iap-ug3oy
      @iap-ug3oy 8 місяців тому +6

      I used to listen to Saturday night Theatre over 40 years ago they were great….I also saw all the Dracula movies with Peter Cushing and Bela Lugosi I am 83 now and here I am again listening to Dracula ..

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 місяців тому +3

      @@iap-ug3oy Thank you for visiting and for your thoughtful comment! Our family watched the same ones. Family Classics w Frazier Thomas was another great family night for us.

    • @Mounhas
      @Mounhas 7 місяців тому +1

      I used to listen to those plays avidly, and started again recently thanks to posters like this. I remember with frustration the signal disappearing a few minutes before the end, whilst driving.

    • @dorothyjohnson6743
      @dorothyjohnson6743 3 місяці тому

      Yes black and white movies!

  • @MrGordonSims
    @MrGordonSims 8 місяців тому +17

    Brilliant adaptation. Have had this in my (cassette!) collection for many years. Young Welles had the world as his oyster at this time - fascinating to listen to his bravado and talent.

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 8 місяців тому +43

    I haven't had tv for nearly 10 years. And people wonder how I survive‼️😂❤

    • @Bluemax54
      @Bluemax54 7 місяців тому +4

      Same here

    • @2476bunny
      @2476bunny 7 місяців тому +2

      i have one but the wife has that,its me and my pc games with you tube as back ground,the stories are better IE this one.

    • @incominghitdadirt9587
      @incominghitdadirt9587 7 місяців тому +3

      I can relate. It's not what you watch, but what you don't watch (or listen to).

    • @tom-dev
      @tom-dev 7 місяців тому +1

      Doubt it

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee 4 місяці тому

      yup ! very easily and interestingly. :) ✨

  • @MatthewTheWolf2029
    @MatthewTheWolf2029 8 місяців тому +12

    Such an awesome radio drama. Especially one starring the great Orson Welles.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +3

      Thank you for tuning in. Incredulous that he was only 23 when he dominated the airwaves. At 23, I was having a time just managing my shoelaces.

  • @lauralayton3996
    @lauralayton3996 3 місяці тому +4

    When I was young we listened to the radio every night. My mother would turn on the living room radio, loud enough for all of us to hear, and we went to sleep listening to wonderful stories. When I look back to those days, I feel we have lost that magical innocence. I still listen to the radio to sleep at night, and I'm sure that in 70 years my grandchildren will remember the magic of watching movies, anywhere they want, from their phones! Although they might complain of the headaches they get from having it all implanted in their brains.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for tuning in and sharing such a wonderful memory. 🌟

  • @Number4lead
    @Number4lead 9 місяців тому +30

    Radio has always been magical too me. I guess thats the main reason I got into citizen band radio, ameture radio and ham radio. Not to mention listening to police and emergency services on scanners, and shortwave broadcasts. I can only imagine how magical it was for folks to sit in a cozy room in a comfortable chair relaxed and listening to these amazing productions coming across the air from miles away.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +4

      You must have heard some great events. Sometimes, I need to just close my eyes and gain clarity.

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 9 місяців тому +4

      Tea & crumpets >>>

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 9 місяців тому +3

      Pirate radio?
      🎉 I listen to one 🎶 🎶🎶 often; low-powered (9 mile radius? +/-), no "host" and endless Playlist of all genres; banjo to hot 'covers' to rock to country... we're lucky. 😅

    • @peteywheatstraws4909
      @peteywheatstraws4909 8 місяців тому +2

      Might not have been all that cozy if you got the bad news in addition to the baseball games and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater".

  • @SkullyTheHypnoSkull
    @SkullyTheHypnoSkull 9 місяців тому +53

    I have a collection over 100 different versions of Dracula and never heard of this one! This one is great!!!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +4

      Thank you very much. So encouraging to hear.

    • @Cbcw76
      @Cbcw76 9 місяців тому +2

      I have half a dozen and stopped bothering to collect them because I found I didn't listen to anything but snippets. THIS one, though, deserved all of my attention. Maybe I'm just that big o' favorite of Welles.

    • @tokatulu
      @tokatulu 8 місяців тому +2

      You sir are a true Dracularin🫀💋👹

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      @@Cbcw76 I think he made this when he was only 23 yo. Undeniable talent. Thank you for visiting!

    • @Cbcw76
      @Cbcw76 8 місяців тому +2

      @@YesterHear I'd seen THIRD MAN in the late '70s at campus theaters. Then in ?? 1990 or so, I found a few episodes of HARRY LIME on cassette (2 ep per side, 4 total, and never in sequence... not that those needed sequences). That series - to me - was Orson's precise/exact answe to the question, "How did Harry get to be such a well-known scoundrel that he picked up where WWII dropped him? How did he know such a variety of even worse villains?" If I now had a chance to ask Orson anything, I would ask, "Have you ever thought of writing a radio series that posed the exact question to Dracula? Could you have written a radio series using Bela, say, in 1948 or 1960, giving up 30-min episodes of his life pre-Dracula as well as those 1800s episodes? Preying on Europe's villains, perhaps?" I still ;think it would be a grand idea but, in my mind, I'd want to hear Bela's voice-!!

  • @themajesticmagnificent386
    @themajesticmagnificent386 8 місяців тому +13

    There certainly is something about a good radio production that meets directly to our imagination,in a way that television or film cannot..Radio plays that hook us demand ourselves to put our own pictures to the description being told..I believe Radio listening is good for us in expanding our minds..Too much Television and films,we slump into blankly looking at and looking and watching are different..Too much looking and we cease to think straight and let the images install and think for us..We just accept,not think and in accepting so willingly we can be mislead easy..But when listening you have to work to digest what is being told to you and in so you have to think..That’s why listening to music grips us more than looking at a music video..
    This production of Dracula,though partly of its time is wonderful..Wells voice is engaging and entertaining in telling the story of the count..Thank you and please keep up the great work..🇬🇧🇺🇸👍

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +3

      Thank you for such a beautifully generous message. Gives me energy. 💐I absolutely agree; I find that when I'd read a really good book, the movie falls short.

    • @themajesticmagnificent386
      @themajesticmagnificent386 8 місяців тому

      @@YesterHear Thank you for your very kind reply..Please keep up the good work.!

    • @sandarahcatmom9897
      @sandarahcatmom9897 8 місяців тому +2

      I’ve always felt that when media fills in all the blanks, the imagination is stifled and the pleasure as a result, diminished.

    • @themajesticmagnificent386
      @themajesticmagnificent386 5 місяців тому

      @@sandarahcatmom9897 I agree totally..I don’t blame visual media for this..In letting visual media imagine for us is the price of too much watching..To listen and to let you imagine fill in the images is natural and rewarding..It stretches our thoughts to imagine more and so stories are created to pass on and fire others to imagine..This is why proper storytelling and not just watching a story is so important and especially to children to learn and know..
      Thank you for your kind reply which raised a very good point..All the best..

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 8 місяців тому +11

    Its a really good production. Orson Wells had grest talent

  • @Ian-mj4pt
    @Ian-mj4pt 9 місяців тому +55

    I visit whitby whenever i can sometimes 2 a month with my sister. Beautiful place and full of history. This story told this way is awesome a true epic and well done . When entertainment was good not the rot what passes as such nowadays. Keep them coming if you can find more 💯

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +12

      Thank you for a very kind message. I hope to visit someday myself.

    • @bronson1392
      @bronson1392 8 місяців тому +1

      Listen to the Dracula soundtrack by John Williams “To Scarborough” 1979 movie

    • @leespiderpod
      @leespiderpod 8 місяців тому +1

      When I visited a few years ago I was surprised at how many homeless people there were

    • @davidecorbia3601
      @davidecorbia3601 Місяць тому

      I live in London and I've visited all the places.related to the novel, never been to Whitby unfortunately 😢

  • @ssww1976
    @ssww1976 3 місяці тому +4

    The castle in the picture is the place I want to live - away from everyone, fresh air high in the mountains. Peace & quiet! ❤

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому +1

      I hope to visit The Carpathian Mountains someday. Thank you very much for tuning in. ✨

  • @kennethreed2186
    @kennethreed2186 9 місяців тому +18

    My Children
    Of the night
    What beautiful
    Music they
    Make😳👿🕷️🦇🌕

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +1

      To pair that with "The Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera. 🤔

  • @phantomstrangermedia
    @phantomstrangermedia 9 місяців тому +19

    Thank you for uploading this great radio moment!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +6

      Thank you very much for visiting and for the kind comment.

  • @jkvelasquez84
    @jkvelasquez84 8 місяців тому +4

    Never get tired of this story!

  • @juli859
    @juli859 Місяць тому

    Such a great adapation. I just love OTR! Before my time, but I'm so glad my parents introduced me to radio dramas and that we can still listen today! Thank you so much for posting this!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  28 днів тому

      Thanks oodles for tuning in and for your heartfelt comment! 💐 We used to have family nights. Without visuals, our imagination can be wonderfully fantastic.

  • @MichelleL1st
    @MichelleL1st 7 місяців тому +4

    This is my all time favorite episodes. LOVE IT. Thank you.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you so very much for your generous comment. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Valerie-oc3kw
    @Valerie-oc3kw 8 місяців тому +4

    Stellar!
    Thank you for sharing

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for tuning in!

  • @jeanettesdaughter
    @jeanettesdaughter 7 місяців тому +4

    Love Orson Welles. What an actor and director. So daring. Amazing artist. Unsurpassed. That voice!

  • @maxpoe2818
    @maxpoe2818 Місяць тому +1

    Bliss...I was raised in New Zealand in the 60's before tv ever appeared...we were often glued to a living room radio spellbound by the radio dramas on a rainy night...something that the generations today will never really understand...

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  Місяць тому

      Thank you for your valuable insight and thanks oodles for tuning in! I find that when I close my eyes, my imagination can really transport me. Would love to make it to New Zealand some day. 🌟

  • @julianwilkins1669
    @julianwilkins1669 9 місяців тому +13

    Thanks for your efforts this is super.
    Blessings to all

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +4

      Thank you very much. I put a lot of love into these. The intro music from Mercury on Air is a sweet echo. Brightest Blessings!

  • @josenighthawk
    @josenighthawk 9 місяців тому +6

    DRACULA ... more Human, than Human, with his UNFETTERED PURE PASSION! - Passion Beyond DEATH!
    ... (Great Production .. thank you for uploading!)

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +3

      Stoker & Welles: A collaboration through time. ~~ by H.G. Wells 😊Thank you for tuning in!

    • @josenighthawk
      @josenighthawk 8 місяців тому

      @@snakeplissken1087 .. LOL! .. Perfect! ... There is a thought for Riddley Scott - a Tyrell Corp Replicant who is also a Dracula (I'll watch it!)

  • @sarahmarks6743
    @sarahmarks6743 9 місяців тому +12

    Thank you.🙏

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      You are so welcome! Thank you very much.

  • @jamie6819
    @jamie6819 9 місяців тому +8

    This channel is sick, thanks for archiving these.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you, truly. These are definitely labors of love.

    • @jamie6819
      @jamie6819 9 місяців тому

      @@YesterHear may i ask- is that your voice for the introduction?

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@jamie6819 ai voice reading from my script. I also tweaked pauses etc to make it "flow" better. That 1:15 minute piece took about 3 hours from beginning to end. I'm certain someone more skilled could do it more efficiently. I'm a new kid on the block with ai and graphics. I enjoy learning, exploring, crafting. 😀

  • @michaelsmyth3935
    @michaelsmyth3935 8 місяців тому +7

    My Father's Mother had a collection of 33 1/3 rpm vinyl that contained old radio programs.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +3

      I've watched vids of OG producers, musicians who miss vinyl. They say the sounds are deep and rich.

    • @michaelsmyth3935
      @michaelsmyth3935 3 місяці тому

      ​@@YesterHearI buy vinyl.

  • @popeye8120
    @popeye8120 8 місяців тому +7

    Agnes rocks!❤

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi 3 місяці тому +3

    Amazing performance thanks.

  • @darrelneidiffer6777
    @darrelneidiffer6777 3 місяці тому +2

    This is fabulous!

  • @NotoriousNegan
    @NotoriousNegan 9 місяців тому +12

    I live in America now but wanted to live in Whitby due to the book Dracula and loving the place. My dream place to visit is Transylvania. I’m sure I’ll get there some day but life took me another path and I’m not complaining.

    • @NerdFestUK
      @NerdFestUK 9 місяців тому +2

      Transylvania is a beautiful, mountainous area, and Bran Castle is a must-visit place for any Dracula fan.

    • @dianekiley4394
      @dianekiley4394 7 місяців тому +2

      Imabigd=acu)afandianekiley

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for visiting!

  • @catherine59226
    @catherine59226 8 місяців тому +2

    I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.

  • @josebenito15
    @josebenito15 8 місяців тому +7

    Wells and Radio Mercury Theater made this wonderful adaptation of Dracula before they made"The War of the Worlds" and turning America freak up. After that program Wells was offered"Carte Blanche"to go to Hollywood . So He went and shot" Citizen Kane".. The rest is History. Thanks so much for uploading this classic 👍

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +4

      Thank you for tuning in. I stumbled on some good footage of the hoopla surrounding the War of the Worlds broadcast. Will assemble those and share at some point.

  • @toniroan5638
    @toniroan5638 8 місяців тому +2

    Love this ….thank you for uploading 😄

  • @karenbanks5985
    @karenbanks5985 9 місяців тому +7

    This is absolutely wonderful thank you so much for all your hard work it sounds so good and so good to hear these kind of stories I grew up with in white and red the books of from Boston Mass❤😂😅🎉

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      Your comment made my morning. Thank you and have a magical day.

  • @karenmcdonald7801
    @karenmcdonald7801 8 місяців тому +2

    Many thanks for uploading this, I had never heard this version before.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks oodles for your generous comment!

  • @stephenlyall7759
    @stephenlyall7759 7 місяців тому +4

    Orson Welles. Powerhouse. Art on legs.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +2

      What he could do today using all this technology for his storytelling. He was already masterful without too many bells and whistles, though. Thank you very much for listening!

  • @Tyrell_Corp2019
    @Tyrell_Corp2019 8 місяців тому +9

    I grew up in the 70s, but I still remember the waning generation that brought us the beautiful mid Atlantic accent. God how I miss hearing it. Listen to how quickly he starts off his monologue, yet you can understand every single word and every single syllable. Crisp and precise. I don’t understand why we don’t practice it anymore.

    • @BlowinFree
      @BlowinFree 8 місяців тому +1

      Instead we have t😅dreaded vocal fry

  • @lindakambara9005
    @lindakambara9005 2 місяці тому +1

    I love old radio You used your imagination the same as reading the story from a book. This version scarier than watching a movie. ❤❤❤❤

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому

      Wow, thank you very much and thank you for listening! ✨

  • @alwizard5242
    @alwizard5242 8 місяців тому +5

    Thanks !

  • @karenbrown6348
    @karenbrown6348 7 місяців тому +4

    I love the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula and really enjoyed this more detailed version of the story. So romantic ❤

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for tuning in! I love FF Coppola's Dracula. The cinematography was stunning, fantastic, brilliant..

  • @richardjames1946
    @richardjames1946 8 місяців тому +6

    Orson Welles and Dracula, sweet 🦇

  • @sage4nowty129
    @sage4nowty129 3 місяці тому +1

    An excellent performance!! Thoroughly enjoyable!!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for your kind comment. 🌟

  • @sherrihinton2885
    @sherrihinton2885 7 місяців тому +3

    This is amazing

  • @pixiepower9194
    @pixiepower9194 Місяць тому +1

    I love these overly camp melodramatic old recordings! ❤🎉

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  Місяць тому

      Hey, thanks for tuning in! I appreciate your comment. 😊✨Me, too, especially the music intro to the Mercury Theatre ones. Sweet dose of nostalgia.

  • @petertate8366
    @petertate8366 8 місяців тому +2

    Great review Mike, nice to see the 22 running . Looking forward to future reviews from you .Good luck and all the best.😊

  • @ConkerKing
    @ConkerKing 9 місяців тому +12

    Apparently during the broadcast several people in Whitby thought the town was actually being invaded by Vampires and ran in terror through the streets until Police arrived to calm things down.

    • @davym3195
      @davym3195 9 місяців тому +4

      😂

    • @surpenc
      @surpenc 9 місяців тому +1

      Whitby not whitney. Whitney in Oxfordshire nothing to see there.

    • @SpicyTexan64
      @SpicyTexan64 8 місяців тому +2

      I see what you did there

    • @WonHyo69
      @WonHyo69 7 місяців тому +1

      True story!

    • @DonRood-fx3dt
      @DonRood-fx3dt 3 місяці тому +2

      Oh PLEASE forgive us peons for our grievous sin of typos; give us the grace and mercy to realize that we will never be as wise and perfect as those such as yourself.
      Seriously, go touch grass; you’ll feel better.

  • @mortishamusselwhite3048
    @mortishamusselwhite3048 7 місяців тому +3

    Good job!!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @davidwilliams1511
    @davidwilliams1511 8 місяців тому +3

    I just found you and subscribed instantly. love it ❤ thanks

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you very very much! I appreciate your feedback and support!!!! 🎇

  • @twalatka
    @twalatka 8 місяців тому +3

    Fantastic!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

  • @Hypnobunny1
    @Hypnobunny1 7 місяців тому +2

    Loved this Orson Wells as always brilliant Agnes Moorhead a great actress 🥰🥰

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for visiting and for your comment! I'm discovering that Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead were involved in almost all those radio theatres back then.

  • @aaronlalli3730
    @aaronlalli3730 8 місяців тому +2

    Love this....

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for your support!

  • @keithfarrell4882
    @keithfarrell4882 5 місяців тому +4

    Makes me Proud to be Irish.

  • @sapnasarfare2920
    @sapnasarfare2920 2 місяці тому +1

    Loved the way the book has come alive.. the horror is real

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому

      Orson Welles was masterful in his craft. Thank you very much for listening! ✨

  • @PlatosCaveRepublic
    @PlatosCaveRepublic 17 днів тому +1

    This is awesome!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 днів тому +1

      Thanks a bushel for listening and for the kind comment. Orson Welles was only 23 yo at the time. So masterful.

  • @kristenhurst683
    @kristenhurst683 Місяць тому +1

    Full moon tonight. Perfect.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  Місяць тому

      I also pay attention to moon phases and try to include in the images, when possible. Thanks so much for listening! 🌕😊

  • @Mikethemerciless11
    @Mikethemerciless11 7 місяців тому +3

    Wow. Agnes Moorehead is in this? I don't think she gets enough credit for her performances. If you don't know who she was, watch any episode of Bewitched when Samantha's mother shows up. That's her. She was in a great episode of The Twilight Zone, as a woman seemingly in medieval times fending off little aliens on her own. She played Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +2

      Thank you very much for joining! I'm learning that she and Orson Welles were involved in almost all of the radio theatres back then. So fascinating.

  • @ZENmud
    @ZENmud 9 місяців тому +3

    18:00 😂😂 I just noticed that there are two sets of three windows, near the center of this epic Transylvanian castle, 😂 that look like
    Munch's "The Scream" artwork 🎨🖼
    ... and I'm screamin' here... boo! 😮
    ❤😅🎉

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      I finally saw them. 😂

  • @istobh000
    @istobh000 7 місяців тому +2

    I happened upon FF Coppola's Dracula. Sure enough, hair on his palms! 😂

  • @TheRickie41
    @TheRickie41 8 місяців тому +5

    A jewel.

  • @TheAdvencherContinues2022
    @TheAdvencherContinues2022 9 місяців тому +8

    Dracula had hairy palms 🤣

    • @SFGal9
      @SFGal9 9 місяців тому +5

      I had to rewind 2x for that. xD

    • @davidslowhand5172
      @davidslowhand5172 6 днів тому

      He did, read the book

  • @ArchieThomas3seesea
    @ArchieThomas3seesea 7 місяців тому +4

    Ther was a cereal ad that featured Count Chocola.

  • @LabyrinthLurker
    @LabyrinthLurker 7 місяців тому +1

    This was amazing! Genuinely horrifying at times.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you very much for listening and for you kind comment. Orson Welles was a masterful storyteller.

  • @KellyNelson-ek3yy
    @KellyNelson-ek3yy 7 місяців тому +50

    I'm tired of T. V.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +8

      Thank you for visiting! I find that when I close my eyes, I hear better and my imagination is richer, more vivid.

    • @dorothyjohnson6743
      @dorothyjohnson6743 3 місяці тому +1

      I remember thinking the potential TV ability to educate, help people, I was wrong, heck, I haven't seen a PSA in years. Of course the internet is better, but $ talks.
      I don't watch TV occasionally PBS, I read do other stuff.

    • @martinholmes-ue9ko
      @martinholmes-ue9ko 3 місяці тому +2

      Me too. It's mostly terrible and mind numbing. This is a real gem of radio😊

    • @leeyaferguson9019
      @leeyaferguson9019 2 місяці тому +1

      Me too.

    • @jeffmclean9411
      @jeffmclean9411 Місяць тому +1

      Lol , I hear ya. Cheers from 🇨🇦

  • @MsMounen
    @MsMounen 9 місяців тому +11

    There's a Westenra buried in a churchyard near me.

    • @scotsmith2391
      @scotsmith2391 9 місяців тому +3

      Don't wake her!!!

    • @MsMounen
      @MsMounen 9 місяців тому +3

      @@scotsmith2391 😂

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +3

      When art and reality intermix. 🪄

    • @PattyMarshall-l8v
      @PattyMarshall-l8v 8 місяців тому +1

      Interesting Perhaps that is where Stoker got the name.

  • @zeezerzam
    @zeezerzam 23 дні тому +1

    he actually only said IM ALONE IN THE CASTLE once. The room just had a helluva echo

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 днів тому

      🤣thanks so much for tuning in!

  • @artofmusic303
    @artofmusic303 6 місяців тому +4

    Agnes Morehead as Mina!

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +3

      She and Orson Welles were in a majority of all the radio theatre productions. So very talented. Thank you very much for listening!

  • @fincorrigan7139
    @fincorrigan7139 9 місяців тому +8

    The audio is very clear for a 1938 recording. How was this achieved? Normally the level of hiss and noise is very distracting. Did they use spectral editing?

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +5

      Hi. Thank you for visiting! I must have listened to 50+ recordings b4 downloading this. I'm not tech savvy here at all, but I'm trying to learn on Audacity on how to "clean" old recordings.. Audacity is free. I think Adobe has a $$ program. All this AI and new technology are very new to me, but I'm trying to keep my brain active with topics I enjoy. Thank you again for dropping by.

    • @okee9
      @okee9 9 місяців тому +2

      @@YesterHearAnother good one is Reaper, free to try, has a lot of tutorials available

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +3

      @@okee9 I will check it out. Thanks oodles!

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 9 місяців тому

      ​@YesterHear my phone includes all my own ringtones, made with Audacity ❤ including a "bootleg" street concert from Genève, and a Swiss yodeling choir (about 25 women & men🎉), as well as clips from Emerson Lake and Palmer, "Casablanca" etc... people jump when my phone yodels 🔔 ❤❤

    • @richardtibbitts3841
      @richardtibbitts3841 8 місяців тому

      ​@@YesterHearAudacity's noise reduction effect is pretty good, especially considering it's free. I use it all the time.

  • @starmnsixty1209
    @starmnsixty1209 2 місяці тому +1

    🧛🧛🧛🦇🦇🦇 Great adaptation. And only three months away from the Martian invasion...

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  Місяць тому

      Thanks a bunch for your feedback and for tuning in! 🌟❤️✨

  • @tokatulu
    @tokatulu 8 місяців тому +3

    Orson “bloody” Welles!👹👹👹👹

  • @paulcateiii
    @paulcateiii 9 місяців тому +3

    you have another subscriber

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for joining. A lot of these old-time shows were family night for us. Good times.

  • @troyelliott390
    @troyelliott390 8 місяців тому +3

    Sharing

  • @cliffordnewell2445
    @cliffordnewell2445 9 місяців тому +7

    I wish Jimmy Stewart could have played Dracula.

    • @SFGal9
      @SFGal9 9 місяців тому +2

      For sure. What about Cagney, Bogart, Lorre, John Wayne, Cary Grant?

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 9 місяців тому +2

      Peter Lorre should have done it for Mel Brooks 😂😂😂😂

    • @jfrsnjhnsn
      @jfrsnjhnsn 9 місяців тому +2

      Or Dennis Weaver

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      @@ZENmud Young Dracula

  • @mattterranova2654
    @mattterranova2654 8 місяців тому +2

    Mercury Theater Players were Orsons group of steller actors, some would become legends in their own right thanks to two of Orson Wells' film masterpieces, Citizen Cane (1940) & Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Joseph Cotton Agnes Morehead & Ann Baxter. I wish this had the cast because its obviously not just Orson Wells. I recognize Agnes Moreheads voice and I want to say that I hear James Masons voice as well but can't confirm it.

  • @danivarius
    @danivarius 4 місяці тому +2

    Arthur Seward?! John Seward, and Arthur Holmwood!

  • @WaverBoy
    @WaverBoy Місяць тому +1

    Love this adaptation of Dracula, probably better than any film or stage adaptation. However, it’s unfortunate that you clipped off the entire beginning of the broadcast. Also, your cast list is incorrect. Here is the correct cast list:
    Orson Welles - Dracula/Dr. Arthur Seward
    George Coulouris- Jonathan Harker
    Ray Collins - Russian Captain
    Karl Swenson - The Mate
    Elizabeth Farrell - Lucy Westenra
    Martin Gabel - Professor Van Helsing
    Agnes Moorehead - Mina Harker

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you for your feedback and for tuning in! The audio I found had 54 min. I'll keep an eye out for a longer version. 😊

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 7 місяців тому +1

    utter genius. . .

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      And to think Orson Welles was 23 yo at the time. I was still trying to bunny ears my shoelaces at that age. 😂

  • @peteywheatstraws4909
    @peteywheatstraws4909 9 місяців тому +3

    It would be great without the horn blasts.
    The equivalent of pop up ads for me.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      Your comment made me 😂 bc I thought the same. My tech skills are not there yet. Thanks for tuning in!

    • @peteywheatstraws4909
      @peteywheatstraws4909 8 місяців тому +1

      @YesterHear I cannot tell you how much restorative film and music mean to me, I was born in the States, in the 60's.
      It was a different world.
      I love the early talking films, "Dracula" w Bela Lagosi was one of my favorites.
      I had a friend, named James Desmond who's father was invited to sleep for a weekend in Castle Deacule, and I was, and am, envious of that opportunity.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +1

      @@peteywheatstraws4909 NO amount of $ can make me sleep in that castle! 😂Bela, Lon, Boris...those were family nights for us.

  • @CowboyRobot2000
    @CowboyRobot2000 8 місяців тому +2

    "Tonight's tale of Gothic mystery, horror, and suspense is brought to you by Mrs. Pell's Frozen Fish Sticks. Oh---! Oh,YES! Hmmm... They're even better when you're DEAD!"
    -Orson Welles (Possibly...)

  • @danielmartini3229
    @danielmartini3229 9 місяців тому +4

    "Mercury Thatre"?

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      Certainly is! Thank you so much for visiting.

  • @Apple_Beshy
    @Apple_Beshy 2 місяці тому +1

    loveeee

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  2 місяці тому

      Thank you for tuning in! 🌟

  • @ArchieThomas3seesea
    @ArchieThomas3seesea 7 місяців тому +3

    Eddie Murphy starred in the movie Blackula.

  • @larryparis925
    @larryparis925 9 місяців тому +6

    Well, an AI "voice" at the beginning, but it gets better thereafter.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +13

      Thank you so much for dropping by! "Recording my own voice" severely shivers me timbers. Maybe some day...☀️

    • @SkullyTheHypnoSkull
      @SkullyTheHypnoSkull 9 місяців тому

      UA-cam banned me for 24 hours for cyberbullying Jon Stewart and Biden, but UA-cam doesn't mind if you cyberbully ordinary people.

    • @MarcUK
      @MarcUK 9 місяців тому

      @@YesterHear You should create an AI voice of yourself. ;-)

  • @napkin_forgiven
    @napkin_forgiven 8 місяців тому +2

    Radio>>>TV

  • @jasoncollins1702
    @jasoncollins1702 9 місяців тому +3

    A hasty and largely incoherent truncation of the novel. Some good moments.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks a bushel for tuning in!

  • @marc108
    @marc108 9 місяців тому +4

    There is only one Dracular ..Bela lugosi

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +3

      and Lon Chaney Jr (Wolfman) and Boris Karloff (Mummy). I loved those movies.

    • @marc108
      @marc108 9 місяців тому

      @@YesterHear and only one Van Helsing

  • @michaelahern6821
    @michaelahern6821 8 місяців тому +2

    Is it true Orson Wells had a brother named Tonbridge 😂😂

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  7 місяців тому +1

      😂😂Thank you for tuning in!

    • @michaelahern6821
      @michaelahern6821 7 місяців тому

      @@YesterHear Keith Beith has a brother named Cowden as well🤣

  • @joshramirez7
    @joshramirez7 7 місяців тому +2

    The musical instrument noises ruin this experience, not sure why this method was popular back then.

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +2

      😂I agree. I'm starting to isolate those sections, lower the volume, and piece them back for the new videos. Thank you very much for stopping by!

  • @Percenttwoeff
    @Percenttwoeff 5 місяців тому +1

    Yeah, just seems to depress the imagination . Most not all

  • @theylivetogether8533
    @theylivetogether8533 Місяць тому +1

    Mina kills him in this one? Good for her!

  • @christineabercrombie7316
    @christineabercrombie7316 8 місяців тому +2

    Needful.

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 7 місяців тому +1

    Lap…

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for listening!

  • @Catonius
    @Catonius 9 місяців тому +3

    Ah, the French..

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  8 місяців тому +2

      Thanks oodles for visiting!

  • @rollerhockey69king87
    @rollerhockey69king87 9 місяців тому +6

    OMG ❤🥲. This compared to current Hollywood

    • @YesterHear
      @YesterHear  9 місяців тому +2

      It's amazing what can be done these days...and technology advances minute by minute.