Dracula (1931)
Universal Pictures (1931) Black & White 1h 25m Director : Tod Browning, Karl Freund Producer : Tod Browning, Carl Laemmle Jr. Screenplay : Tod Browning, Garret Fort, Louis Bromfield, Dudley Murphy, Louis Stevens Starring Bela Lugosi …………………… Count Dracula Helen Chandler …………………. Mina Harker Dwight Frye ........................................... Renfield Edward Van Sloan ……. Abraham Van Helsing David Manners ……………... Jonathan Harker Frances Dade …………………. Lucy Westenra Herbert Bunston ……………. Dr. John Seward Charles K. Gerrard ……………………. Martin Joan Standing ………………….. Nurse Briggs I remember watching this movie for the first time when I was nine or ten years old and not being able to sleep later that night. For me, it was a game changer in how scary movies were made as I’m sure it must have been for people back in 1931. As America transitioned with the newly discovered sound era, as well as the first two years of the historic Great Depression, one of Universal’s