Bela Lugosi died on this day in 1956.
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The idiots can't do math. He was indeed 73, but he was born on Oct.20th, 1882.
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Damn, I never knew he was married!
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Quote from: claws on August 16, 2019, 01:56:12 PM
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY#)
That's where I thought this was going too!
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 16, 2019, 01:39:18 PM
Damn, I never knew he was married!
He was married 4 times!
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 16, 2019, 02:00:30 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 16, 2019, 01:39:18 PM
Damn, I never knew he was married!
He was married 4 times!
Yeesh, that ed wood movie made it like old ed was the only person he had in his last days.... I never really studied him asa person.
I know he had at least one kid. Didn't know he was married at he time of his death.
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 16, 2019, 02:03:51 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 16, 2019, 02:00:30 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 16, 2019, 01:39:18 PM
Damn, I never knew he was married!
He was married 4 times!
Yeesh, that ed wood movie made it like old ed was the only person he had in his last days.... I never really studied him asa person.
I know he had at least one kid. Didn't know he was married at he time of his death.
The movie was mostly bulls**t.
His son's name is Bela Lugosi Jr. He's still alive and is a retired lawyer.
I know alot about Lugosi- I have 10 books on him!
Wouldn't dispute you RC. I never read anything much about him , I mean I know he was buried in this cape, everyone knows that.
Let us know immediately if there is any change in his condition!!!
Quote from: indianasmith on August 16, 2019, 03:22:33 PM
Let us know immediately if there is any change in his condition!!!
Nope. Still dead.
his movies are great but the stuff in "Nightmare of Ecstasy" is so amazing. really the best book
UPDATE!
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Breaking news-
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According to Joan Jett you'd better watch your step on Hollywood Boulevard or you know who might get you ...
https://youtu.be/jEZz6IAFyVk
^ I saw Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Cass County fair in 1987!
The stage was some stacked pallets. Me and my buddy Sam were so close to her we could have touched her.
The music they played over the loud speaker while they were setting up was the Sex Pistols! :buggedout:
UPDATE!
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"...To die...! To really be dead...!"
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Bela's death certificate.
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http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8 (http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8)
https://findadeath.com/bela-lugosi/
Quote from: Allhallowsday on August 19, 2019, 10:47:03 PM
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That's still one of the creepiest scenes I have ever seen. Of ANY movie !
Lugosi in an early Hungarian film- 1918.
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Quote from: RCMerchant on August 19, 2019, 10:50:33 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on August 19, 2019, 10:47:03 PM
http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8 (http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8)
That's still one of the creepiest scenes I have ever seen. Of ANY movie !
I've heard that the Spanish version was in some ways better than the English because it used some gear still regarded as experimental back then. This scene, in the Spanish version I think it used a long flying dolly system to make one long shot sweeping all the way from he door to dracula's face.
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 19, 2019, 11:56:10 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 19, 2019, 10:50:33 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on August 19, 2019, 10:47:03 PM
http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8 (http://youtu.be/o_N-H_5Pvu8)
That's still one of the creepiest scenes I have ever seen. Of ANY movie !
I've heard that the Spanish version was in some ways better than the English because it used some gear still regarded as experimental back then. This scene, in the Spanish version I think it used a long flying dolly system to make one long shot sweeping all the way from he door to dracula's face.
Yeah. I heard that too.
I seen the Spanish version. Only one problem. It can be technically better.
But without Lugosi? It's like spaghetti without sauce.
And of course Dwight Frye!
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Yeah RC, but you may undervalue Edward sloane's contribution to the movie.
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Every villain needs a hero to foil with.
^ Not at all. But any old actor could have done the role just as well. He wasn't a star by any means.
And oh -hate to be a nit-picker- but it's Edward VAN Sloan. That's like calling Van Gough just Gough.
Among the few who attended Bela's funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Tor Johnson, Ed Wood Jr. and his wife Kathy, his then current wife Hope, his wife and mother of his son Lillian, Bela Jr., and Wood's usual entourage of stars Dudley Manlove, Conrad Brooks, and Paul Marco. Future Famous Monsters editor Forrest J. Ackerman and MARK OF THE VAMPIRE actress Carroll Borland and
Bela's agent Don Marlowe were also there.
As was his teenage friend and fan who helped him and kept him company in his final years, Richard Sheffield who photographed Bela in his coffin.
It's odd that Lugosi is advertised in this 1929 film fan magazine for the then-unmade movie DRACULA, which considered Conrad Veidt and Ian Keith before Lugosi!
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