Count Bela and His Guest in Color
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Courtesy of the Internet Archives: Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye enact one of the most iconic scenes in the history of horror films. Filmed in 1931 and now with colorization that looks almost like the real thing.
Dracula's voice, intonations and accent !!!! What a great actor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A real vampire would be jealous of his talent, I guess......
When Bela Lugosi died in 1956, his family arranged to have him buried in his Dracula clothing including his cloak.
@@RobertFells Oh,my God !!!!!!!!!!!!The best of tributes to him !!!!!!!
Such a gracious host that Bela.
It's a real gem !!!!!!!!!!!! The decor, the dialogues, the sounds, the silences, the slowness, the attitude and the gestures of the actors !!!!!!!!!! Hypnotic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it !!!!!!!!!!Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
indeed
@@ki809
I concur!
Well, yeah, the movie itself was fantastic. But this colorizing has undead Dracula with the same skin tone as a healthy jogger!
@@bartstewart8644 I agree if this were the Bram Stoker novel where the Count kept pretty much to himself. But in both the play and film version, he cuts quite a stylish figure in society so sporting a death pallor would not likely make him appealing.
Really good I would like to have the entire movie in color on a disc
The last time I looked, the color version is on RUclips.
When I was 4 years old, my parents left me playing in the livingroom with the TV on past midnight and the local channel was showing the Universal Monster films and this was my first scene and I was hooked, brings many memories of sharing them with friends.
Magnificent Film With The Best Actor To Play The Part!! If They Colorize It I'll Be The First To BUY IT!!
DR. G.
In this scene ,since Dracula doesn’t get the opportunity to interact socially much,he seems to enjoy being almost non monstrous for a time ,or trying to remember what it was like .
LOVE that set and the restrained set decoration. That fireplace alone dominates the scene.
How many people notice that the doors open / closes by themself?
Also, Renfield never questions the fact that when Dracula takes his hat and coat, he carries them outside (the same side door where the Vampire Women appear).
Critics of this movie always say this opening sequence is better than the rest of it. I never understood that. If anything, DRACULA succeeds brilliantly because it maintains this same eerie tone throughout -- it never falters.
I agree but after the opening Transylvania scenes that are wonderfully cinematic, the plot picks up from the stage play and becomes rather "stagey." I think this jarring change of styles - most early talkies were stagey - is what viewers today are complaining about. I wish the planned ending had been filmed where Van Helsing and Harker pursue Dracula back to his castle in Transylvania and destroy him there. This action follows the Stoker novel and was actually used for the ending in DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936).
@@RobertFells
Even in those so-called 'stagey' parts the film employs a generous amount of moving camera -- dollies and tracking shots effectively enhance the narrative. Browning uses them for that purpose and not just for 'show'. Critics have been harping on what they believe is the film's lack of moving camera, and only relatively recently have more astute viewers pointed out the error of that ridiculous claim. Personally, I've never had any issues with this movie, and I don't mind its use of the play as the source. The quiet, eerie mood it generates and maintains is quite unique, which sets it apart from the other Universal horrors.
that's the sentiment i have about bram stoker's dracula (1992), that it's a great movie for the first half but then it completely falls apart for me. this version though is brilliant through its entire length.
An interesting effect with color. The restored BW was beautiful. This was the first "horror" film I saw, staying up late with my best friend in 1st grade on a Friday watching a tiny 13" TV with lousy reception. Scary nonetheless. During the pandemic, I adapted John Williams' stunning score from the 1979 version. A difficult task, but one that I was mostly satisfied with. It's available on my channel for those interested.
Que cenas mais preciosas!!! Sou apaixonada por esse filme e pelo Bela Lugosi! Um ator tão incrível, tão charmoso, sem falar na voz belíssima! Fico perdida de amor a cada cena! Esse sotaque maravilhoso traz tanta personalidade para o Drácula! Uma lenda!
Ngl I lowkey love the orange hue, it reminds me of gas lamps and it just makes me wish we didn't make every light white nowadays.
Beautifully done!
I love this in color
You can get in colour from film classics
There was a medieval order of St George and the Dragon. _The Dragon_ is _Draco Ille_ in Latin, or Dracul in Romanian. Bram Stoker rendered it as Dracula, but there is nothing sinister about the name at this stage.
Interesting. Thank you for posting.
Reminds me of Reflections in a Golden Eye!
Looks authentic. Subtle.
Cool.
Did you do the colorization? Beautiful!
No, but most of the credit goes to the software anyway.
They just can’t make films like this anymore
Sería una pasada ver esta joya del cine de terror en color
This would be better with music
Some of Jay Zee or other black rap artist.
Phillip Glass composed a score about 20 years ago that was added to a Universal video release of the film. Check it out.