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Post by Steve Miller on Sept 1, 2010 16:05:23 GMT -8
Born October 20, 1882, Bela Lugosi was a celebrated theatrical actor in his home country of Austria-Hungary before immigrating to the United States. He found fame as a movie star, helping to formally create the horror movie genre with the title role in Universal's "Dracula" and as voodoo master Murder Legendre in the independent film "White Zombie." His career encompassed some of the greatest early horror and sci-fi flicks, as well as some of the worst dreck to appear on screens during the 1940s and 1950s. No matter how bad the movie, however, Bela Lugosi could always be counted on for a great performance, even with his end-of-the-road performances in "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" and "Bride of the Monster." Lugosi passed away on August 16, 1956. Visit The Bela Lugosi Collection for a fairly comprehensive overview of his movies from the 1930s onward. Trivia: Although most famous for his role as Dracula, Lugosi only portrayed the character twice on screen. Quote: "Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed." Attachments:
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Post by Steve Miller on Sept 15, 2010 2:18:00 GMT -8
This event is being held to celebrate the career of horror icon Bela Lugosi and the launch of MONSTERVERSE's new horror anthology comic book, BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE. Bela Lugosi, Jr., artist/Monsterverse publisher Kerry Gammill, as well as contributors to the BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE horror anthology comic book series will be in attendance. There will also be a special panel discussion on Lugosi's career and the new comic book between films Follow this link for more information: www.americancinematheque.com/egyptian/egypt.htm"The Black Cat" and "The Raven" are two of Lugosi's finest films. You can click here to read my reviews of them at The Bela Lugosi Collection along with a third Poe adaptation, "Murders in the Rue Morgue." (BTW, "The Black Cat" is one of the Lugosi films covered in 150 Movies. It's a great movie, but it got very little to do with the Poe story it's supposedly based on, so it ended up in the chapter titled "Kinda-Sorta Based on the Book.")
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