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Title: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 11:37:27 AM
..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!
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 23, 2018, 11:50:46 AM
Would y'blow him? 
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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:
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: Alex on March 23, 2018, 12:17:00 PM
What size shoes did his first girlfriend wear?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:21:56 PM
Size 50-his girlfreind is a gorilla.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:27:39 PM
Your making this too easy. Ask me really hard questions!
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: claws on March 23, 2018, 12:36:02 PM
What was his blood type?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:42:06 PM
it was type O. He gave blood for the War . This is true.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: LilCerberus on March 23, 2018, 12:45:19 PM
Did he have any offspring?
Did he shave between his eyebrows?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 12:46:03 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:00:07 PM
Interview with Bela Lugosi Jr.

http://youtu.be/Fbjm_N2tCLM (http://youtu.be/Fbjm_N2tCLM)

http://youtu.be/EM88vyxN82k (http://youtu.be/EM88vyxN82k)
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 23, 2018, 01:03:30 PM
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? 
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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)
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: Trevor on March 23, 2018, 01:09:19 PM
Was he good friends offscreen with Boris Karloff?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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!)
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:18:25 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:36:10 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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:
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 01:52:34 PM
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!
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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!
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: Alex on March 23, 2018, 02:40:35 PM
What was his favouite film (not counting ones he was in)?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: indianasmith on March 23, 2018, 03:51:25 PM
Did he have any pets?  What species?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 04:04:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 04:06:26 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 04:14:20 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 04:36:07 PM
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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)

Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: indianasmith on March 23, 2018, 05:23:30 PM
Very cool!  Thanks!
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: AoTFan on March 23, 2018, 05:25:16 PM
Is it true he learned his lines phonetically and couldn't read English very well?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 316zombie on March 23, 2018, 06:20:35 PM
what was his favorite food?
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 11:19:40 PM
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.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 11:20:12 PM
Quote from: 316zombie on March 23, 2018, 06:20:35 PM
what was his favorite food?

Hungarian stuffed cabbage.
Title: Re: Ask me anything...
Post by: RCMerchant on March 23, 2018, 11:21:09 PM
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: