As mentioned in the thread on Gary D. Rhodes' new book, Tod Browning's Dracula, I'd like to document on CHFB that the continuity of my re-cut matches the continuity of both Melford's version of DRACULA and the published shooting script. Just to be clear, by "continuity" I mean the chronological scene order in all three sources. I am ignoring scenes from the script that have been omitted from both the Melford and Browning versions. To manage post size, this will be done in two parts. This is the first.

I've prepared a table in ascending chronology, with a range of scenes from the release version of Browning's film, Melford's film, and the corresponding scenes from my re-cut (purist version). The corresponding scene numbers from the shooting script and running times are listed after each sequence for each version. Where a number of scenes run consecutively in a particular sequence, I'll include both a beginning and ending scene for clarity. 


  Browning version    Melford version    My re-cut
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.01.1

BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.30.1
Scenes A-1 through D-11
00:01:09 through 00:29:51
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.01.1

DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_00.33
Scenes A-1 through D-11
00:01:07 through 00:33:34
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.01.1

BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.30.1
Scenes A-1 through D-11
00:01:09 through 00:29:51
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.31.5
Scenes E-1 and E-2
00:29:51 through 00:31:10
DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_00.33
Scenes D-12 through D-21
00:33:34 through 00:35:11
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.30.1
Scenes D-12 through D-21
00:29:51 through 00:31:28
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.30.1
Scenes D-12 thorough D-21
00:31:10 through 00:32:49
DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_00.35
Scenes E-1 and E-2
00:35:11 through 00:36:36
BrowningMelford1080.mp4_snapshot_00.31.5
Scenes E-1 and E-2
00:31:28 through 00:32:45
Browning1080.mp4_snapshot_00.32.59_2015.
Scenes E-3 through E-30
00:32:49 through 00:36:28
DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_00.36
Scenes E-3 through E-30
00:36:36 through 00:45:22
Browning1080.mp4_snapshot_00.32.59_2015.
Scenes E-3 through E-30
00:32:45 through 00:36:24
DRACULA_G51.Title800.m2ts_snapshot_00.36
Scenes G-12 through G-18
00:36:28 through 00:37:26
DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_00.45

DRACULA_G51.Title320.m2ts_snapshot_01.11
Scenes E-31 through G-11
00:45:22 through 01:11:35
Browning1080.mp4_snapshot_00.36.27_2015.

Browning1080.mp4_snapshot_00.51.54_2015.
Scenes E-31 through G-11
00:36:24 through 00:52:21


As you may note, the Melford version and my re-cut proceed along the same continuity as the shooting script. The Browning version has moved scenes around in a way that differs from the script's continuity. The second part of this chart will be posted later.   


Last Edited By: cjh5801 Feb 14 15 5:29 AM. Edited 2 times.