..about Bela Lugosi. I don't even have to look it up. I KNOW!
Ge'hed-ask me-I dare ya. I double dare ya!
Would y'blow him?
What size shoes did his first girlfriend wear?
Size 50-his girlfreind is a gorilla.
Your making this too easy. Ask me really hard questions!
How many films was he in, & how many of those have fallen into the public domain?
What was his blood type?
it was type O. He gave blood for the War . This is true.
Did he have any offspring?
Did he shave between his eyebrows?
Quote from: Pacman000 on March 23, 2018, 12:34:54 PM
How many films was he in, & how many of those have fallen into the public domain?
That will take some time. Most of his B-films with Monogram and PRC are public domain. WHITE ZOMBIE is also public domain. His Ed Wood films are not-simply because of the cult of bad movies-they became hot items-I think Wade Williams owns them. And Universal has the rights to his classic films with them.
Quote from: LilCerberus on March 23, 2018, 12:45:19 PM
Did he have any offspring?
Did he shave between his eyebrows?
Yes-he has a son- Bela Lugosi Jr.- he's a lawyer in California.
As far as the eyebrows-I reckon-don't we all?
Interview with Bela Lugosi Jr.
http://youtu.be/Fbjm_N2tCLM (http://youtu.be/Fbjm_N2tCLM)
http://youtu.be/EM88vyxN82k (http://youtu.be/EM88vyxN82k)
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:07:39 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on March 23, 2018, 11:50:46 AM
Would y'blow him?
No...would you? :lookingup:
I did not state "ask me anything".
:bouncegiggle:
I can't kid you no more?
Here's one: What was Bela doing when he first met Maila "Vampira" Murni in Horrorwood, Karloffornia?
(I only know 'cause I just re-read David Skal's THE MONSTER SHOW)
Was he good friends offscreen with Boris Karloff?
i Believe they went on a TV show-Red Skeleton-and they also did some ballyhoo for BRIDE OF THE MONSTER-and I know Tor and Bela did some ballyhoo for the BLACK SLEEP- and I have heard rumors that Vampira was in his funeral ride-but thats rumors.
(this is a reply to Raffine-but it got lost in the mix!)
Quote from: Trevor on March 23, 2018, 01:09:19 PM
Was he good friends offscreen with Boris Karloff?
No. Not at all. Bela hung out with the Hungarian folks-Karloff played crickett with the English people.
If he was still alive today, would Lugosi put out a novelty rap single with Kanye West?
Quote from: Raffine on March 23, 2018, 01:04:45 PM
Here's one: What was Bela doing when he first met Maila "Vampira" Murni in Horrorwood, Karloffornia?
(I only know 'cause I just re-read David Skal's THE MONSTER SHOW)
I love Skal's stuff- I have yet to read that book! If I'm wrong-please tell me! I talk to Frank Dello Stritto once in a while-but I'm not in the mainstream of 'experts" though I know just as much and find s**t they missed.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 23, 2018, 01:28:46 PM
If he was still alive today, would Lugosi put out a novelty rap single with Kanye West?
You know he would.
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:37:21 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 23, 2018, 01:28:46 PM
If he was still alive today, would Lugosi put out a novelty rap single with Kanye West?
You know he would.
Yeah, I knew it... but I wanted to hear it from YOU. :wink:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 23, 2018, 01:46:01 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:37:21 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 23, 2018, 01:28:46 PM
If he was still alive today, would Lugosi put out a novelty rap single with Kanye West?
You know he would.
Yeah, I knew it... but I wanted to hear it from YOU. :wink:
Man-you read me like a book!
A weird book-but you get it!
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:16:29 PM
i Believe they went on a TV show-Red Skeleton-and they also did some ballyhoo for BRIDE OF THE MONSTER-and I know Tor and Bela did some ballyhoo for the BLACK SLEEP- and I have heard rumors that Vampira was in his funeral ride-but thats rumors.
(this is a reply to Raffine-but it got lost in the mix!)
Yep, I think they first worked together on The Red Skelton Show (supposedly he was great, not like what was in that ED WOOD movie) but according to Vampira when she first ran into him accidently he was on the sidewalk roller skating to the cigar store! That must have been a sight!
Skal's book is interesting as a overview of horror from THE CABINET OF DR. CALGARI to the book-play-movie DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN all the way up to Dracula (James Woods!) on
Saturday Night Live making his victim take an AIDS test.
He also covers the horror comics from the 50s and the monster fad of the 50s and 60s. He seems to really like the weird photos Dian Arbus was taking at the time.
Not a lot of details but it does a good job of cover the whole horror entertainment from the early folktales to the 1990s.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-8yTlO_CclA/SwRImz50TBI/AAAAAAAAABA/z2C9pPhHook/s1600/jewish+giant.jpg)
"A Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents" by Dian Arbus
The 'Jewsish Giant' is none other than Eddie Carmel, who played the "Thing in the Closet" in THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE!
What was his favouite film (not counting ones he was in)?
Did he have any pets? What species?
Quote from: Dark Alex on March 23, 2018, 02:40:35 PM
What was his favouite film (not counting ones he was in)?
Mickey Mouse cartoons. Not making this up.
Quote from: indianasmith on March 23, 2018, 03:51:25 PM
Did he have any pets? What species?
Dogs. He loved dogs. He had German shepards and Dobermans at one time. He hated cats. I have pictures of him with his dogs.
Quote from: Raffine on March 23, 2018, 02:32:08 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:16:29 PM
i Believe they went on a TV show-Red Skeleton-and they also did some ballyhoo for BRIDE OF THE MONSTER-and I know Tor and Bela did some ballyhoo for the BLACK SLEEP- and I have heard rumors that Vampira was in his funeral ride-but thats rumors.
(this is a reply to Raffine-but it got lost in the mix!)
Yep, I think they first worked together on The Red Skelton Show (supposedly he was great, not like what was in that ED WOOD movie) but according to Vampira when she first ran into him accidently he was on the sidewalk roller skating to the cigar store! That must have been a sight!
Skal's book is interesting as a overview of horror from THE CABINET OF DR. CALGARI to the book-play-movie DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN all the way up to Dracula (James Woods!) on Saturday Night Live making his victim take an AIDS test.
He also covers the horror comics from the 50s and the monster fad of the 50s and 60s. He seems to really like the weird photos Dian Arbus was taking at the time.
Not a lot of details but it does a good job of cover the whole horror entertainment from the early folktales to the 1990s.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-8yTlO_CclA/SwRImz50TBI/AAAAAAAAABA/z2C9pPhHook/s1600/jewish+giant.jpg)
"A Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents" by Dian Arbus
The 'Jewsish Giant' is none other than Eddie Carmel, who played the "Thing in the Closet" in THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE!
The ED WOOD movie-a great film-was nowhere near accurate. At the time he worked with Ed--it doesn't mention he was married to Hope, and he didn't swear around women-or anybody else. He was very much the Europeon gentleman. He was a lady's man,though, and was known to put the moves on actresses he worked with.
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Quote from: indianasmith on March 23, 2018, 03:51:25 PM
Did he have any pets? What species?
I went on my Tumblr-yep- I found the pictures. He was actually offered to star in a series of films in England-turned it down-because he couldn't take his dogs.
(https://i.imgur.com/wdg4Oap.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kHlRr55.jpg)
Very cool! Thanks!
Is it true he learned his lines phonetically and couldn't read English very well?
what was his favorite food?
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: LilCerberus on March 23, 2018, 12:45:19 PM
Did he have any offspring?
Did he shave between his eyebrows?
Yes-he has a son- Bela Lugosi Jr.- he's a lawyer in California.
As far as the eyebrows-I reckon-don't we all?
So he played a bloodsucker, and his son is a real one.
Quote from: AoTFan on March 23, 2018, 05:25:16 PM
Is it true he learned his lines phonetically and couldn't read English very well?
At first-when he was on stage-yes. But by the 1930's he spoke it very well.
Quote from: 316zombie on March 23, 2018, 06:20:35 PM
what was his favorite food?
Hungarian stuffed cabbage.
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on March 23, 2018, 07:42:02 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: LilCerberus on March 23, 2018, 12:45:19 PM
Did he have any offspring?
Did he shave between his eyebrows?
Yes-he has a son- Bela Lugosi Jr.- he's a lawyer in California.
As far as the eyebrows-I reckon-don't we all?
So he played a bloodsucker, and his son is a real one.
Oooh...cold...brrrr...! :bouncegiggle: