Ted Newsom wrote:
Not just Roland West (who would've been excellent), but

Jacques Tourneur

Lambert Hillyer

the slightly-dead Paul Leni

the slightly-dead Fred Murnau

Robert Florey

Victor Halperin

Jack Conway

Rouben Mamoulian

Frank Strayer

... I think every one of them would have made DRACULA far more inventive and interesting, based on their other works. John Huston was noodling around with screenwriting about that time; considering the respect he had when adapting literary material (e.g. THE MALTESE FALCON), a 20-something Huston directing DRACULA could've been astounding.
Edward D. Wood, Jr...smiley: eeksmiley: eeksmiley: eeksmiley: eek