Casey62 wrote:
...I also question calling the re-edit the 'purist' version.

Sorry, Casey, the reason I called it the "purist" version is because I've made two re-edits of DRACULA. One uses elements from both the Browning film and from the Melford film. At the request of another member of this board, who identified himself as a "purist" because he preferred having a copy of the film without the addition of the Melford elements, I later made an edit using only elements from the Browning film. I've been referring to that cut as the purist version just to separate it from the version that includes the Melford elements.