Dear dracula full movie halloween kids spooky by ruin schwack. Draculas daughter 1936 traces the struggle of hungarian countess marya zaleska who, upon learning of the death of her father count dracula, believes the curse of her being a vampire. Lugosi also appeared on some promotional stills, but he isnt featured in the actual film. Possibly there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your psychiatry, mr. Cast and crew credits for draculas daughter, 1936, directed by lambert hillyer, with otto kruger, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, at turner classic movies. Directed by lambert hillyer from a screenplay by garrett fort, the film stars otto kruger, gloria holden in the title role, marguerite churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, edward van sloan although his characters name was. Five years after universal launched a bela lugosi inspired dracula upon the film loving world, the sequel arrived only not with lugosis count dracula in it. Draculas daughter 1936 shines despite universals failure. In the last outing we saw the demise of the titular character at the hands of professor van helsing, played once again by edward van sloan, and the only returning character to the franchise who interestingly enough is. Full of clever and often surprising little touches few other films of the mid1930s would kill off a comedyrelief character in the second reel.
Draculas daughter tells the story of countess marya zaleska, the daughter of count dracula and herself a vampire. Although a 1930s audience, who had neither television nor home video, could never notice this, it is obvious to modern dvd enthusiasts that the positions of the bodies and furniture, scattered about, are grossly inconsistent. A quickie sequel to tod brownings 1931 version of dracula, lambert hillyers draculas daughter 1936 is an odd movie, weird enough to the hold the attention the first time you watch it, though it probably wouldnt stand up to repeated viewings. Trying to ride the popularity train of tod brownings 1931 film dracula, draculas daughter falls flat on its face. For all i know, you may be right and i a complete idiot as you two seem to be. This 1936 release suffers from the absence of bela lugosi and the graceless hand of silentwestern director lambert hillyer. We talk about how it created the modern vampire character. The production code, which was in full swing in 1936, left. Draculas daughter is a great vampire movie, with the dramatic story of a vampire woman that wishes to be free from the curse of her father, dracula. Draculas daughter universal, 1936, directed by lambert hillyer, based on bram stokers story, draculas guest, is a long overdue sequel to the 1931 classic, dracula, starring bela lugosi, the film that started the universal horror cycle of the 1930s. Dracula s daughter is a 1936 american vampire horror film produced by universal pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film dracula. Draculas daughter 1936 ultimate guide magazine classic.
This popular horror classic picks up where dracula left off. This week we are looking at how coding in a film works. The plot is naive and funny, and the relationship between the annoying jeffrey and the witty janet is amusing. Meanwhile, the mysterious countess marya zeleska, who is draculas daughter, compels the policeman that is in charge to take care of the bodies and takes draculas body with her to bury him with her assistant sandor before dawn, expecting to be released from the familys curse. I watched the movie again the other day with the full intention of seeing where i may be wrong. Draculas daughter 1936 page 70 classic horror film. Last week we took a look at how the legion of decencys strict moral code caused horror filmmakers to get creative in their depictions of queerness. And i too always thought of edlemann as something less than a full fledged vampire. Draculas daughter 1936 directed by lambert hillyer. In foggy london sandor irivng pichel, aide to the title character, solicits pretty vagrant lili nan gray as a model for countess marya gloria holden who, it turns out, has not quite overcome her cravings after all, in universals draculas daughter, 1936.
Dracula s daughter 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Following draculas death, she believes that by destroying his body she will be free of his influence and can live as a human. The writer saw draculas daughter 1936 as a chance to revel in unprecedented onscreen sadism. Draculas daughter 1936 sequel to dracula with van helsing on trial for the murder of draci. Draculas daughter 1936 page 69 classic horror film. In this episode peter and tim discuss the universal monster movie, and sequel to dracula, dracula s daughter.
Looking back at draculas daughter, the 1936 monster movie thats really about love and lesbians. Are you going to do house of horrors or some other movie with rondo hatton. Draculas daughter is a 1936 american vampire horror film produced by universal pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film dracula. Draculas daughter 1936 opens showing the aftermath of the mayhem at carfax abbey, which happened in dracula 1931. Dracula s daughter tells the story of countess marya zaleska, the daughter of count dracula and herself a vampire. Draculas daughter contains a scene which was deemed rather suggestive for the times. The draculas daughter signed ultimate guide from classic monsters is a signed magazine guide to the 1936 universal horror movie starring gloria holden. Directed by lambert hillyer from a screenplay by garrett fort, the film stars otto kruger, gloria holden in the title role, marguerite churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, edward. Lugosi dracula, vintage lesbian, fantasy movies, fantasy art, evil queens, horror posters, bride of frankenstein, vintage horror, classic monsters. Selznick and based on a bram stoker short story, is the chronicle of hungarian countess marya zaleskas gloria holden attempt to free herself from a. A quickie sequel to tod brownings 1931 version of dracula, lambert hillyers dracula s daughter 1936 is an odd movie, weird enough to the hold the attention the first time you watch it, though it probably wouldnt stand up to repeated viewings. Draculas daughter 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Read the full synopsis of draculas daughter, 1936, directed by lambert hillyer, with otto kruger, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, at turner classic movies.
The first sequel to the universal dracula franchise would be released just five years after its predecessor. The host mentioned that draculas daughter was originally intended to have an opening sequence with lugosi as dracula in the middle ages combing the woods for women for his harem. A strange woman steals the corpse and cremates it and van helsing is let go. Its difficult to understand why universal studios choose this film as an official sequel to the legendary bela lugosis dracula, more than five years after, since dracula s daughter works better as a female vampire film rather than the follow up to such landmark movie. Draculas daughter, universals first followup to their original classic monster success story, was released on the 11th of may, 1936 a sequel to the 1931 dracula, the film picks up exactly where its predecessor leaves off, and sees that vampires daughter, the countess marya zaleska gloria holden, destroying her fathers body in the hope that she will then be free of his. Following dracula s death, she believes that by destroying his body she will be free of his influence and can live as a human. Trying to ride the popularity train of tod brownings 1931 film dracula, dracula s daughter falls flat on its face. Both draculas daughter the movie and the character are worthy members of universals illustrious monster legacy. When the homeless young lady is invited back to the rooms of the undead countess, there is a hint of lesbianism. The film ended up being exactly what you would anticipate from such a production history, a patchwork effort full of inconsistent characterisations and gaping plot holes. This movie is boring, dull and has nothing going for it. Starring otto kruger, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, edward van sloan, gilbert emery, irving pichel, billy bevan, nan gray, hedda hopper, halliwell hobbes, claude allister, edgar norton and e. Although count dracula was destroyed by van helsing edward van sloan, who is now being tried for his murder, draculas daughter, the countess marya zaleska gloria holden, is still alive and. In this episode peter and tim discuss the universal monster movie, and sequel to dracula, draculas daughter.
This is one of the best movies of universal studios in this genre. This sequel starts at the exact point the earlier film ended, with dr. It was the first sequel to the bela lugosi vehicle dracula. Lambert hillyers draculas daughter 1936 is an odd movie, weird enough to the hold the attention the first time you watch it, though it probably wouldnt stand up to repeated viewings.
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