Dracula (1931)


Dracula
Release Date12 February 1931
TaglineThe story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!
GenreFantasy, Horror
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsChatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England, UK
LanguageEnglish, Hungarian, Latin
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassGothic Film
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesVampires, Haunted By the Past, Love Triangles, Obsessive Quests, Reincarnation, Woman In Jeopardy
TonesAtmospheric, Creepy, Goth, Lavish, Dreamlike, Ominous, Stylized
TagsBlood, Bloodsucker, Castle, Coffin, Dracula, Gothic, Immortality, Vampire, Vampire Bat

Dracula is a 1931 horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Béla Lugosi as the title character. The film was produced by Universal and is based on the stage play of the same name by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.


Cast and Crew


Briggs

Charles K. Gerrard
Martin

Anna Bakacs
Innkeeper's daughter

Nicholas Bela
Coach passenger

Daisy Belmore
Coach passenger

Barbara Bozoky
Innkeepers wife

Voice of Harbormaster

Moon Carroll
Maid

Dracula's wife

John George
Small Scientist

Anita Harder
Flower Girl

Coach passenger

Donald Murphy
Coach passenger

Dracula's wife

Dracula's wife

Josephine Velez
Grace

Innkeeper

Director

Writer

Hamilton Deane

John L. Balderston

Dudley Murphy
uncredited

uncredited

uncredited

Max Cohen
titles

Louis Stevens
uncredited

Producer

E.M. Asher
associate producer

producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Milton Carruth
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Maurice Pivar
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Production Designer

John Hoffman
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Herman Rosse
-

Art Director

Charles D. Hall
-

Set Decorator

Russell A. Gausman
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Costume Designer

Ed Ware
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Vera West
-

Makeup Department

Jack P. Pierce
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Scott R. Beal
first assistant director

Herman Schlom
second assistant director

Art Department

John Hoffman
set designer

Charles A. Logue
scenic artist

Herman Rosse
set designer

Sound Department

C. Roy Hunter
recording supervisor

Jack Bolger
boom operator

Jack Foley
foley artist

William Hedgcock
sound mixer

Visual Effects

Frank H. Booth
photographic effects

William Davidson
miniatures

matte artist

Camera and Electrical Department

Frank H. Booth
second assistant camera

Joseph Brotherton
director of photography: second unit

Roman Freulich
still photographer

King D. Gray
first assistant camera

Editorial Department

Maurice Pivar
supervising editor

Music Department

Heinz Roemheld
conductor, music supervisor

Other Crew

Carl Laemmle
presenter

Max Cohen
title designer

Nan Grant
researcher

Charles Logue
scenario supervisor

Dudley Murphy
continuity

Aileen Webster
script supervisor

Production Company

Universal Pictures
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Distributor

Universal Pictures
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Realart Pictures

Screen Gems

Universal Studios

Universal Home Entertainment

Emerald

MCA/Universal Home Video
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Miscellaneous

Nonesuch Records
soundtrack






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