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Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) was a Hungarian actor. He was well known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version. In the last years of his career he featured in several of Ed Wood's low budget films.
Lugosi died of a heart attack and was buried wearing one of the Dracula stage play costume.
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Bela Lugosi - what members say
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A Lesson In Film Making 14 November 2004
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Dracula begins here 3 September 2005
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It's Ed Wood - what more could you want 14 September 2006
Bela Lugosi - filmography
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
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With its incoherent plot, jaw-droppingly odd dialogue, inept acting, threadbare production design, and special effects so shoddy that they border on the surreal, Plan 9 From Outer Space has often been called the worst movie ever made. But it's an oddly endearing disaster; boasting genuine ..read more »
 
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from 1,954 member
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Bride of the Monster
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
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To most outside observers, Bride of the Monster probably seems like a ridiculously inept horror film, and in many ways it is just that. To connoisseurs of the work of director Edward D. Wood Jr., however, it is the biggest budgeted film in his entire output, made with the resources of a normal B-..read more »
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from 233 members
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Glen Or Glenda
(1953)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi
Director: Ed Wood
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After a hard day at the movie studio, film maker and director Ed Wood would relax by dressing up in female clothing. If only he could combine his favourite pastime with his job as a movie director! That's exactly what Ed Wood does in this off the wall and hilarious tribute to cross-dressing!
53%
from 229 members
Currently unavailable
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Scared To Death
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, George Zucco
Director: Christy Cabanne
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The legendary Bela Lugosi stars in this sub-B horror film about a woman who narrates the story of her own death from the morgue. Of interest chiefly because it is only one of two color films Lugosi appeared in, SCARED TO DEATH nonetheless features an excellent performance from its star, and over-..read more »
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from 90 members
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The Body Snatcher
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi
Director: Robert Wise
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A 19th-century Edinburgh scientist hires a thief to provide him with corpses for his experiments. But when the supply of fresh cadavers begins to dwindle, the thief begins to taunt the doctor with the knowledge that he holds the power to expose him to the authorities.
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from 100 members
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Voodoo Man
(1944)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine
Director: William Beaudine
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Though no more expensive or ambitious than any of his earlier Sam Katzman-produced vehicles, Bela Lugosi's Voodoo Man is perhaps the best of the batch, if only because of its quirky supporting cast and casually offbeat dialogue. Lugosi plays Dr. Marlowe, a practitioner of voodoo who kidnaps nubile ..read more »
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from 3 members
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Ghosts On The Loose
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner
Director: William Beaudine
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The Bowery Boys (the East Side Kids) end up in comedic horror when they try to renovate a crumbling house for Glimpy's newlywed sister and her husband. When the arrive at the address, they mistakenly start to work on the house next door - which is rumored to be haunted! Instead of ghosts, however, ..read more »
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from 55 members
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The Ape Man
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford
Director: William Beaudine
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A scientist whom the world believes to be dead is secretly working on a serum collected from the spine of a gorilla. He injects himself with this and slowly turns into an ape. Includes an introduction by Tony Curtis and a clip from the theatrical trailer for the film 'Dracula'.
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from 109 members
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The Corpse Vanishes
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters
Director: Wallace Fox
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Bela Lugosi is the evil Dr. Lorenz, a man who has invented a poisoned flower corsage to use on unsuspecting young brides so he can put them in a zombie-like state, steal their blood, and inject it into his aging wife to keep her young forever. Dr. Lorenz' actions are being investigated by an ..read more »
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from 111 members
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The Ghost Of Frankenstein
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill
Director: Erle C. Kenton
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Ygor brings Frankenstein's momster to the original Doctor's son, Ludwig. Unwilling to help in restoring the monster that destroyed his family, Ygor blackmails him to do so. But Ludwig realises if he replaces the monster's brain with that of his recent victim, the noble Doctor Kettering, that he may ..read more »
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from 92 members
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Spooks Run Wild
(1941)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Huntz Hall
Director: Phil Rosen
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The East Side Kids get a chance to sample the other side of life when they are sent to the country to learn how to live beyond the streets. When they get to the house they are supposed to stay in they discover that it is haunted. It is also run by one of the most terrifying men they have ever met. ..read more »
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from 43 members
Currently unavailable
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The Invisible Ghost
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
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A seemingly dead wife returns to hypnotize her husband--a kindly doctor (Bela Lugosi)--into murdering their houseguests. A moody and atmospheric horror thriller, above average from Lugosi's Poverty Row years.
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from 102 members
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Bowery Blitzkrieg
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall
Director: Wallace Fox
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Danny, one of the East Side Kids, must make a choice between pursuing a dream of becoming a boxer, or staying at school. In the meantime, he finds himself getting mixed up with a group of gangsters.
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from 19 members
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The Wolf Man
(1941)
Starring: Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
Director: George Waggner
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Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright. Upon first hearing these words, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) dismisses them as childish folderol. After all, this is the 20th Century; how can a human being turn ..read more »
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from 612 members
Not currently released
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King of the Zombies
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Dick Purcell
Director: Victor Halperin, Jean Yarbrough
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During World War 2, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crashland on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon ..read more »
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from 32 members
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The Saint's Double Trouble
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale
Director: Jack Hively
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George Sanders stars in one his most famous roles as the Leslie Chateris creation, The Saint. When a person resembling The Saint, who is still believed to be in Egypt, suddenly turns up in Philadelphia with a haul of smuggled diamonds, the real Saint struggles to prove his innocence to the police s ..read more »
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from 21 members
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The Gorilla
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Al Ritz
Director: Allan Dwan
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A man hires the Ritz Brothers when he receives threats from notorious killer 'The Gorilla'. Just as the Brothers arrive at the mansion, however, a real gorilla also turns up...
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from 16 members
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Phantom Ship
(1935)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey
Director: Denison Clift
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A famous shocker based on the true story of the 'Marie Celeste', a ship found off the coast of Africa in 1872 with her sails set, but not a soul on board. Starring the great Bela Lugosi (best known for his performances as Dracula) as the religious seafarer Anton Lorenzen.
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from 80 members
Not currently released
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The Raven
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi
Director: Lew Landers
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Bela Lugosi is the brilliant but deranged surgeon who becomes obssessed with a beautiful dancer after saving her life. He must have her but first must deal with her fiance and father and plans to take care of them in his chamber of Edgar Allen Poe-inspired torture devices. To do the dirty work he ..read more »
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from 111 members
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The Black Cat
on DVD
(1934)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
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Dr Werdegast (Lugosi), a Prisoner Of War for fifteen years has been freed and now seeks news of his wife and daughter and vengeance on Hjalmar Poelzig, the man whose betrayal lead to his imprisonment and the deaths of thousands of his countrymen during the war. He tracks him down to the castle he ..read more »
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from 312 members
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The Death Kiss
(1932)
Starring: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi
Director: Edwin L Marin
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After putting up with his wife for too long, a frustrated husband contracts her killing. His choice for the hit man turns out to be rather unstable, however.
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from 4 members
Not available for rental
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Dracula
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Director: Tod Browning
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This is the first screen version of Bram Stoker's famous tale based on the smash hit stage production. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) arrives in London and immediately works to enrapture and transform into vampires young Lucy Weston (Frances Dade) and her friend Mina Seward (Helen Chandler). After he ..read more »
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...lacked elsewhere he made up for with these. For this alone it gets 4 stars.
Bela Lugosi doesn't deserve to be remembered for this... Think back to Dracula, The Black ...
