Mark of the Vampire

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feeds@yuku.com (AnthonyOsika2) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:33:05 PST

Ted Newsom wrote: Because he was a great promoter of soccer in Los Angeles, and remained so at least into the mid-1940s and probably beyond. There are quite a few pictures of him posing with amateur soccer teams in the late 30s and early 40s.Thanks; th...
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feeds@yuku.com (Ted Newsom) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:07:23 PST

Because he was a great promoter of soccer in Los Angeles, and remained so at least into the mid-1940s and probably beyond. There are quite a few pictures of him posing with amateur soccer teams in the late 30s and early 40s.

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feeds@yuku.com (clore1030) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:10:42 PST

AnthonyOsika2 wrote:Why did the Los Angeles Junior Soccer League have a Bela Lugosi Trophy?That is a puzzlement. Were it softball, I'd say that they all had bats in common.

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feeds@yuku.com (AnthonyOsika2) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:17:53 PST

Why did the Los Angeles Junior Soccer League have a Bela Lugosi Trophy?

Re: Mark of the Vampire

feeds@yuku.com (oregan) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:11:09 PST

Allen Champion wrote:And you are certainly entitled to your opinion. It's all in fun. I love all these movies--even the ones I hate.Of course.

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feeds@yuku.com (Allen Champion) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:56:19 PST

And you are certainly entitled to your opinion. It's all in fun. I love all these movies--even the ones I hate.

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feeds@yuku.com (oregan) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:30:08 PST

Allen Champion wrote:Yeah, better executed like when Carlos....er....I mean Dracula says several minutes of lines while blocked by the candelabra! Or when some unknown vampire (stock of Lugosi) opens the coffin, followed by footage of Carlos.....I mean D...
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feeds@yuku.com (Allen Champion) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:32:26 PST

Yeah, better executed like when Carlos....er....I mean Dracula says several minutes of lines while blocked by the candelabra! Or when some unknown vampire (stock of Lugosi) opens the coffin, followed by footage of Carlos.....I mean Dracula rising from a ...
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feeds@yuku.com (oregan) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:07:24 PST

I know I'll be very much in the minority but I personally think that Browning is somewhat overrated as a director, particularly in the talkie era. He was certainly above the level of the average journeyman churner but....the whole atmosphere of "Dracula" ...
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feeds@yuku.com (telegonus) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:23:29 PST

Yeup. Browning really wasn't cut out for talkies, was he? Aside from "gobble, gobble", that is .

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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:16:20 PST

>He had good ideas and could visualize, pictorialize, if you will, but he wasn't so good when it came to dramatizing and, especially, where dialogue was concerned.< That's pretty much my feeling, tele.

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feeds@yuku.com (NoeticHatter) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:06:01 PST

It may be that this film will grow on me. I often find that to be the case with early horror. It took me three viewings of Dracula, and then I was in love with it. Had I stopped at one, I might have rated it the same way others here do or the same way I r...
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feeds@yuku.com (telegonus) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:05:53 PST

Tod Browning was a genius, for sure, but an erratic one. He seemed at his best working with Chaney, Sr. in the silent days, began to lose ground when talkies came in. Also, his (literally) weird kind of movie was better suited to the silent screen. He had...
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feeds@yuku.com (NoeticHatter) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:19:51 PST

Recent viewings of 'Freaks' and 'Dracula' have taught me that Tod Browning is something of a forgotten genius. The man knew from spooky, and he could put together a lovely scene. I am a fan. Here we have Browning remaking 'London After Midnight', the holy...
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feeds@yuku.com (Jay Maggio) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:51:43 PST

yea, agree w/ u Carl, it probably would have been better played straight as a vampire flick.. 'yea,blondes are scarce around here' Carl Denham to his crew in King Kong, l933.

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feeds@yuku.com (CarlDenham) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:50:49 PST

I gave this flick a whirl last night. Truthfully, it was going fine, up until Browning and his scenarists abruptly flip the script on everything. Think of how much more worth-while Mark of the Vampire might have been (and more popular in general, I think)...
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feeds@yuku.com (Jay Maggio) — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:55:21 PST

like this movie lots, but the plot is kind of mixed up, and intentionally or unintentionally comedic, when Donald Meeks and the Butler, hear the cat coming out of the suit of armor, and when the maid and butler see Lugosi materialize as a bat out of thin...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:53:40 PST

In dates from even before the early '30s, BL - - the early '30's B.C.E.!

Re: Mark of the Vampire

feeds@yuku.com (bela lugosi) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:37:45 PST

TomWeaver999 wrote:<< the mysterious 4th vampire is James Bradbury, Jr. He was a bit actor, who never did anything "big", and died 8 months after the film's release (which probably accounts for why it has been so difficult to identify him). <<...
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feeds@yuku.com (CarlDenham) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:14:37 PST

Mark of the Vampire p*sses me off with all of its ineptitudes, but I can't say that I hate it. To me, Tod Browning's static, "pedestrian" style of directing was perfect for stories about vampires, because it creates alot of "dead-air" (no pun intended, re...
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Mark of the Vampire

feeds@yuku.com (japfeif) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:49:11 PST

Question: we just watched this one today & it reminded me of something I've always wondered about this movie. During the scene where Sir Karel, Luna, & Bela are in the castle (the famous "Luna-on-bat-wings segment, with Karel at the organ), who is...
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