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« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2011, 06:10:25 PM »



For some reason when I saw that I immediately thought of Béla Lugosi as a farmer.
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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2011, 07:24:58 PM »

...I'll post some more Lugosinia later...cuz I want to give others a chance-or I'll turn this into a loooong scrolling post! And who wants to read long posts? I'll break it up...and spare you the eye strain.  Wink
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« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2011, 09:50:21 PM »

Of course, Bela was fantastic adding entertainment value even to the cheesiest of movies...Naturally there's the classic Dracula appearances but he was also terrific in White Zombie. A movie not mentioned as much I really liked him in was The Dark Eyes of London although it was fully convincing with its final revelation. He even made stuff like Bowery At Midnight, The Ape Man, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and One Body Too Many surprisingly entertaining at least when he was on screen.



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« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2011, 10:01:58 PM »

He was always excellent in his roles.  He brought a certain zealotry to his roles that embodied the characters very well.  You believe him in parts as mad scientist, vampire, zombie master, and others.  He also has a presence that gives movies an offbeat charm.  He did well in many parts but unfortunate he was never able to really get much further.  He could have done more but seemed held into certain roles and typecast.  While excellent for those roles, it would have been nice to see him stretch out of those roles.  :( Never the less he was the perfect embodiment of the roles he did take on. 
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2011, 11:36:06 AM »

I was reading this article yesterday and right in the middle of it, I got a knock on the door.  It was the mailman delivering the Dracula figure I'd ordered and been waiting for. 

I thought that was a clever enough coincidence to mention. 
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« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2011, 11:39:02 AM »

I echo all of RC's sentiments in this thread.   BounceGiggle  Bela is an icon.   Thumbup
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« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2011, 10:24:50 PM »

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« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2011, 10:42:06 PM »

He just wanted us all to pull strings.
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2011, 01:41:54 PM »

I loved him as the hero in the serial The Return of Chandu. He plays a magician who has mastered the Secrets of the East and uses his powers to save an Egyptian princess who has been targeted for human sacrafice by the mysterious Cult of Ubastis. This is good stuff. It's one of my favorite serials.

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« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2011, 04:21:57 PM »

First, I'd love to give kudos to RC, for knowing his stuff so well and having great taste!

Do I like Bela? Well, enough to name my child after him. Enough said... hahaha
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« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2011, 06:23:35 PM »

First, I'd love to give kudos to RC, for knowing his stuff so well and having great taste!

Do I like Bela? Well, enough to name my child after him. Enough said... hahaha

Now THATS dedication!  Cheers
(Believe it or not-I wanted to name my son Jed Bela...but my dum hillbilly wife didnt-so I named him Jed-from the Beverly Hillbilly's show-this was not Tara Sue- this was my first wife that I met inna bar and got pregnate the same night. STOOPID STOOPID HUMANS!)
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« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2011, 07:12:29 PM »

First, I'd love to give kudos to RC, for knowing his stuff so well and having great taste!


To RC, my fellow Bela fanatic.

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« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2011, 09:16:09 PM »

Bela, the only guy who could be mentioned in Dracula as well as Plan 9 From Outer Space in the same sentence! Cheers
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« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2011, 09:22:59 PM »

When it really comes down to it-ask someone to inmatate Dracula-do the do Christopher Lee? Or John Carradine? Both actors portrayed the role more than Lugosi.
No.
They do Lugosi,
Bela is DRACULA.

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"Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
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« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2011, 10:12:43 PM »

When it really comes down to it-ask someone to inmatate Dracula-do the do Christopher Lee? Or John Carradine? Both actors portrayed the role more than Lugosi.
No.
They do Lugosi,
Bela is DRACULA.

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Damn right! Although, Christopher Lee did it well. And everytime he played Dracula he always wore a silver thing on his costume as a tribute to Legosi which is cool and classy.
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