Labour And Capital (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Interesting factoid that I discovered via a documentary today - in addition to being a trade union activist, Bela Lugosi was actually involved with the 1919 communist revolution in Hungary, led by another Bela - Bela Kun. He was heavily involved in the Hungarian actors' union and it appears he was actually had a minor role in Kun's administration. This was a problem for...
The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | yesterday
Google featuring Sesame Street images in its logo continues with Count von Count today. I believe Google will continue featuring individual Sesame Street character to mark the 40th anniversary of the the popular TV show.Count von Count, often known as The Count, is one of the Muppet characters on Sesame Street, performed by Jerry Nelson. The Count is a vampire modeled after Béla Lugosi's...
The SEO Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Count von Count, often known as The Count, is one of the Muppet characters on Sesame Street, performed by Jerry Nelson. The Count is a vampire modeled after Béla Lugosi's interpretation of Count Dracula. from Wikipedia You might also be interested in Google's other logos for the 40th anniversary celebration of Sesame Street Google logo of Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street Google logo...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It's fitting on multiple levels that the "Bela Lugosi's Dead" singer reportedly has a flashback cameo as an old-timey vampire in the David Slade-directed Twilight: Eclipse . Equally telling: Only Billy Burke, the guy who plays Bella's father, seems excited about it .
Loving True Blood in Dallas (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... vampires of Bram Stoker's Dracula, from the silent movies like Nosferatu, and from the films of Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee. They are the vampires and their opponents as imagined by the likes of Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis (From Dusk Till Dawn). They are the spawn of the darkest corners of the imagination of directors such as George A. Romero...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
FROM MTV.COM: Tim Burton digs supernatural stories: the goth-comic ghost tale of "Beetlejuice," the headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi — the definitive cinematic Count Dracula — in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood."...
Cinema Treasures (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... starring Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, and W.C. Fields, and the 1932 Charles Laughton / Bela Lugosi classic "Island of Lost Souls". A 3-D print of Andy Warhol's "Frankenstein" will be introduced by star Udo Kier and we also celebrate the 20th anniversary of All Freakin' Night with an all-35mm print extravaganza featuring "Starchaser: The Legend of Orin in 3-D",...
/Film (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... H. Macy news, with Juno Temple, and an on-the-nose vampiric turn from the guy who reminded us that Bela Lugosi is dead. Macy will also be in Dirty Girl, with a cast that now includes Lisa Kudrow, Sally Hawkins and Juno Temple. First-timer Abe Sylvia is directing the film about "a high ...
TrueBloodNet.com - True Blood News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... on the energy of the living, in one way or another. Yet, very few of them bear any resemblance to Bela Lugosi descending the staircase, holding a flickering candle that improbably lights the cavernous great hall of his castle for the legendary cinematographer Karl Freund. And while some of these other folklores around the world are similar to the traditional Central European myths...
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... film of the Transylvanian vampire performing his malevolent spell on puzzled group of Londoners. Lugosi’s most renowned role with his definitive explanation of the Tally, ditto Frye as loony Renfield and Van Sloan as unflappable Professor Van Helsing. Cast includes Bela Lugosi, David Behaviors, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston, and Frances Dade....
Celebrity Dirty Laundry (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... is a big fan of "Barnabus" will play the lead role of Barnabas. (left) Count Dracula was played by Béla Lugosi. Béla was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. Through his association with Dracula (in which he appeared with minimal makeup, using his natural, heavily accented voice), Lugosi found himself typecast as a horror villain in such movies as Murders in the Rue...
