Béla Lugosi appreciation thread

RCMerchant · April 01, 2011, 06:29:49 AM

Quote from: bob on March 31, 2011, 10:12:43 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xmz-p9FYW8

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.

Lee wore the original Dracula crest ring that Lugosi wore in the first film. It was given to him by sci fi fan and horror historian Forrest J. Ackerman!

bob · April 06, 2011, 08:18:49 PM

After I finish 6 movies I borrowed from the library I will continue on with the Béla pack that was in my signature a while ago. I felt a needed a break from Béla for a while, it was like I was overdosing on his movies. Too much of a good thing I guess will do that.

RCMerchant · April 06, 2011, 08:26:06 PM

Quote from: bob on April 06, 2011, 08:18:49 PM
After I finish 6 movies I borrowed from the library I will continue on with the Béla pack that was in my signature a while ago. I felt a needed a break from Béla for a while, it was like I was overdosing on his movies. Too much of a good thing I guess will do that.

Yeh...I get that problem with booze.
Pace yourself.

bob · April 07, 2011, 01:46:33 AM

Here's what I got left to finish in the Béla Lugosi pack: Devil Bat, The (1941); Corpse Vanishes, The (1942); Bowery at Midnight (1942); Ape Man, The (1943); and Scared to Death (1947).

I'm looking forward to them greatly.

Criswell · April 09, 2011, 08:40:48 PM

The Devil Bat is the best out of all of those.

bob · April 13, 2011, 11:00:24 PM

Quote from: indianasmith on March 24, 2011, 11:35:45 PM
A fine actor, a determined and sometimes tormented individual.
But he never quit trying to face down his personal demons and
continue his career. There is a lesson in that.

well said

RCMerchant · April 14, 2011, 05:48:13 AM

Random Bela pics!

On a Count Choukula box in the early 80's....it was discountinued due to complaints that Drac's medallion looked like the Star of David

Christmas with Ed Wood!

Ad from 1960's HORROR MONSTERS mag-selling rare Lugosi recordings...

bob · May 04, 2011, 03:41:29 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8j8c7iL3E

bob · May 13, 2011, 05:06:24 PM

Today I finally got around to seeing Dracula!

Lugosi along with everyone else was great.

And I can now see why most people didn't like Van Helsing movie which came out in 2004.

bob · February 08, 2015, 04:40:30 PM

The man was buried in his Dracula cape.....how cool was that

RCMerchant · February 27, 2015, 06:58:10 AM

Long thought lost-Lugosi on the Red Skelton Show!!!!! And thats Lon Chaney Jr as Bela's monster assistant!

http://youtu.be/vORF-mFnLi8

More rare Lugosi pics-
Lugosi with the future editor of Famous Monsters Forrest J Ackerman and Forry's wife Wendayne

more little seen pics from various times in his life-

In the Army-

Got lots more rare treats-I'll post later!

bob · February 27, 2015, 12:03:23 PM

He was in the army?

RCMerchant · February 27, 2015, 06:06:11 PM

Quote from: bob on February 27, 2015, 12:03:23 PM
He was in the army?

Indeed he was-and after his service in he got involved with politics-because he joined a quasi communist faction that opposed dictator Bela Kun-and fled for his life to Germany-did some films there-than stowed away on a boat and that brought him to us-the U.S.!
I own six books on Bela Lugosi!

You could say I'm a Lugosiphile!

bob · May 06, 2023, 05:24:52 PM

bumping this for Ronnie

RCMerchant · May 06, 2023, 06:34:57 PM

Gee- Thanks!
Some more cool pics!