Casey62 wrote:
Nevertheless, the fact that the script was a hodge-podge of at least six primary sources, Stoker, Deane/Balderston, Stephani, Bromfield, Murphy, and Fort, with even the final version being judiciously altered during production, indicates that Browning had issues with it and felt he could improve upon it. Whatever Browning's vision was, it certainly wasn't confined to the script as Melford's version was, so why use it as a guide to determine Browning's 'true' intentions - assuming he had any other than what we actually see realized in the film? If we reconstruct DRACULA in an attempt to create a version that is faithful to Browning - whatever we think we know that is - then going back to the final shooting script shouldn't enter the picture.
I don't understand this thinking. Everything in the movie we have is right out of the script, with only the usual minor changes in dialog which happens in almost any movie. If you look a the version I put together you'll see that everything Browning shot, including scenes not included in the final movie were in the script. Yes, there were some reshoots and a few changes like dropping the scenes inside the cemetery. But everything seems to point to Browning shooting pretty much according to the script before he or the studio whittled it down, either before or during editing. Can you point out one thing in the movie that wasn't in the script in some form?

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Last Edited By: Count Gamula Mar 16 15 1:13 PM. Edited 2 times.