#Edward van Sloan

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Dracula (1931)

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Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, and Colin Clive in Frankenstein (1931)

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DRACULA (1931) dir. Tod Browning

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Promo images from 1931’s Dracula, with the cast reading a copy of Bram Stoker’s novel.

Picture credits to Universal.

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Dracula 1931

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Rewatching 1931 Dracula and oh boy, why is this so hilarious

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Dracula (1931)

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Universal Monsters: Dracula

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Happy 136th Birthday, Boris!

Source: The Washington Times, Friday, December 30, 1932.

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In the 1931 film `Dracula,’ count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) meets his nemesis, Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan).

Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty

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I just wanted to thank the mutals who hang around to really up my confidence in my art. Makes it so fun to post it.

Trigger Warning for blood and Implied violence/Gore: Major Character Death

I had this idea while after thinking about Renfield 2023 being a continuation of Dracula 1931 as a different ending.

Van Helsing pursues Dracula back into his coffin. Ready to drive a stake through his heart. Ending his terror once and for all. Renfield arrives in a panic. He couldn't allow Van Helsing to murder his master. He had to do something. And what he did was drastic and unforgivable. There was no talking Van Helsing down. Dracula was an evil threat to every sense of good in the world. With no other option, Renfield picks up a large stone and strikes Van Helsing in the back of the head with it. He goes down but when he groans and twitches Renfield sees no going back and takes the stone back down into his face. Again and again until Van Helsing stops moving.

In shock and horror Renfield drops the stone and crumbles to his knees.

Renfield: "I'm truly a madman. What have I done." From behind him, Dracula begins to emerge from his coffin.

Dracula: "What you did, my dear servant, is prove your worth to me. This is only the beginning. You and I, for all eternity."

And that's how Renfield did his first murder. :3

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Edward Van Sloan and Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

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The cast of Dracula (1931)

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"Frankenstein"

"IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!" haha, I think everyone knows the famous line by Colin Clive.

I'm surprised I haven't added an entry about this cult horror movie yet. Either way, the movie is great everyone certainly associates the Monster with the appearance of Boris Karloff, another character who contributed to the initiation of the cult. In animations and comics, monster look like Boris Karloff, something wonderful the man who created the appearance of the monster.

Unlike modern films based on Mary Shelley's book, there are no special effects in this Frankenstein, it is a unique film like any other from that decade that has been preserved.

Well, let's get back to the movie itself. On the screen we can see Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight frye, John Boles and others. Initially, the role of the Monster was to be played by Bela Legusi, but after achieving great success in the "Dracula", he rejected the offers and gave a chance to the then unknown Boris Karloff. Similarly, Leslie Howard and Bette Davis were initially supposed to play the main roles, but this idea was rejected.

Karloff was the first actor in the film industry to obtain a clause in acting contracts. According to her, the time of several hours of makeup was included in the actor's working time. Artificial rubber eyelids covering half of the monster's eyes were Boris Karloff's idea, this is how the author achieved the effect of an "inhuman look"

The items used by Jack Pierce to create the monster include: a bucket full of blue lipstick, several bolts and rivets, a pair of shoes used by asphalt workers, an old suit and two pairs of pants worn at the same time. The monster's unnaturally elongated arms were inspired by a custom from ancient Egypt. Criminals had their hands and feet tied before being buried alive. Then, after death, the blood turned into water and flowed to the limbs, making them long and swollen. The make-up artist achieved this effect on the monster by putting a jacket with too short sleeves on the actor.

time for a summary.

Henry Frankenstein and his hunchbacked assistant Fritz create a new life... a life created from the remains of the dead. At night, they sneak into cemeteries and execution sites, where they steal corpses, the fragments of which are to be used to create a new creature. Unfortunately, the brain stolen from the university laboratory comes from the murderer, and the unaware Henry Frankenstein places it in his 'work'. This, and the environment's hatred of the hideous monster that is Frankenstein's creation, cause him to fly into a murderous rage. The monster escapes from the laboratory where it was created and begins to terrorize the area.

I'm sorry for the long absence, but it was due to health problems, now I'm better and I will post regular entries every day or every two days.

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Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing and Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula (1931)