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Monsterpal	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#21	[-]
Aug 18 06 4:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree, BB. Carlos Rivas is the film's main weakness. The Spanish Renfield was great, though.
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Monsterpal	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#22	[-]
Aug 18 06 4:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Carlos Villarios, I shoulda typed.
The Batman of Gotham	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#23	[-]
Aug 18 06 4:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Carlos Villarios, I shoulda typed. No, VILLIARIAS is what you should have typed. It's pronounced: Vee-Ya-Ree-Us. - GJS
Joe Karlosi	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#24	[-]
Aug 18 06 5:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Viaalrios, Villerrias, Villaris.... He ain't no Bela Lugosi! ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
Koukol 5	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#25	[-]
Aug 18 06 5:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Right on Joe!
Count Crooklock	Although not my favourite classic horror by a long stretch	#26	[-]
Aug 18 06 6:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i think some of the critcisms of Dracula are a little unfair. there are some wonderful moments and its pretty easy to look on a film made 75 years ago and sneer , but just imagine going to a theatre then and watching Lugosi do his thing !!!!! i imagine it was something akin to first seeing the dinosaurs on screen in jurassic park. and lets not forget all the iconic imagery from the film too if nothing else , it was successful enough to kick off the whole universal classic horror era
Monsterpal	Re: Ain't gonna do it without my fez on...	#27	[-]
Aug 18 06 8:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* No, VILLIARIAS is what you should have typed. Not according to the IMDb. Take a look for yourself. It would be pronounced the way you phonetically spell it out, however, because two "L"s are prounced like a "Y" in Spanish.
LesDaniels	Waddayou Mina?	#28	[-]
Aug 18 06 8:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Time for my annual defense of Helen Chandler, whose dreamy, fey, neurotic Mina is the perfect foil for Lugosi. By comparison, Lupita Tovar's performance is very ordinary, even if her personality is closer to what modern audiences have been trained to expect from every actress.
Joe Karlosi	Re: Waddayou Mina?	#29	[-]
Aug 18 06 8:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm with you all the way on Ms. Chandler, Les! ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
HalLane	Re: Waddayou Mina?	#30	[-]
Aug 18 06 9:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Helen Chandler, whose dreamy, fey, neurotic Mina is the perfect foil for Lugosi. By comparison, Lupita Tovar's performance is very ordinary Elizabeth Allen does an interesting variation on the character in MARK OF THE VAMPIRE. I swear the scene where she freaks out sitting in the bedroom by the window with the boyfriend is like a clone of DRACULA. When Browning finds something that works, he sure sticks with it! He even leaves the camera running while the poor schmo sits there with nothing to do, just like in DRACULA. I can't believe it wasn't intentional.
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The Batman of Gotham	Re: Count Carlos	#31	[-]
Aug 18 06 9:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Not according to the IMDb. Take a look for yourself. I've seen it spelled both ways but, you are probably correct that VILLARIAS is the more acceptable. The fact that the credits for the SLV of DRACULA lists him as CARLOS VILLAR only makes the matter more confusing. - GJS
Renfield	Re: Count Carlos	#32	[-]
Aug 18 06 9:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* The fact that the credits for the SLV of DRACULA lists him as CARLOS VILLAR only makes the matter more confusing. See? At least Bela Lugosi could get his name listed right. Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
blackbiped	Re: Count Carlos	#33	[-]
Aug 18 06 10:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I find Helen Chandler's performance very interesting. And the movie as a whole is fascinating to me. It's one of my all-time favorite horror movies. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
Dr Mirakle32	Re: Count Carlos	#34	[-]
Aug 18 06 11:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love DRACULA for it's early, 1930's creakiness. I think it just adds to the atmosphere. I also filnd the Transylvania scenes very atmospheric and entertaining to watch, however during the rest of the film, I prefer to view it with the David J. Skal commentary ON :)
Renfield	Re: Count Carlos	#35	[-]
Aug 19 06 1:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, but Skal gives up about halfway though the film and talks about other stuff...I found that annoying. Wonder why TCM didn't have Dracula as part of its "Summer Under the Stars" tribute yesterday? Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
jimrnemeth	Re: Count Carlos	#36	[-]
Aug 19 06 5:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I find Chandler and Manners add to my list of DRACULA woes (but don't get me wrong, I LOVE the film!)...to me, they are a snoozefest. Tovar's more energetic performance at least helps "snaps me to attention", so to speak, during the stagy parts of the film. Jim N
Joe Karlosi	Re: Count Carlos	#37	[-]
Aug 19 06 5:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* See? At least Bela Lugosi could get his name listed right. Poor Carlos. ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
The Batman of Gotham	Re: Count Carlos	#38	[-]
Aug 19 06 11:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Wonder why TCM didn't have Dracula as part of its "Summer Under the Stars" tribute yesterday? I can't presume to speak for TCM, however, I'm glad that 'Dracula' was represented, at least, in A&C Meet Frankenstein. My take on the movies presented was that they were, generally speaking, the lesser known or, at least, lesser seen films. There were, of course, some notable exceptions. DRACULA, however, is the one that gets the most airplay where Lugosi is concerned. - GJS
Lunkenstein	Re: DRACULA, then and now...	#39	[-]
Sep 1 06 6:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Why cant we have a world where both Franky and Dracula are great? In my world Koukol 5, they're both great, and so is THE MUMMY.
paleoguy	Re: DRACULA, then and now...	#40	[-]
Sep 1 06 7:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think so, too. Martin
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