dracula movies

The first stage-adaption of "dracula movies" was written by Bram Stoker himself in 1897, but his "Dracula or the Un-Dead" was in contrary to his famous novel a total fiasco. With 4 hours the stage-play was much to long and to confused. But the new adaption, written by Hamilton Deane in 1923, first night in 1924 was a great success. In 1927 the stage-play "Dracula" reached the USA. John Balderston wrote a new version for the american audience and transfered the plot into the present. In the american version Count Dracula, for the first time, wear his black-red Satincape, which should become his prefered clothing in the movies of the next decades. One of the stage-Draculas was Bela Lugosi. He was born as Ferenc Deszö Blasko 1882 in Hungary and emigrated 1921 into the USA. His foreign accent and his diabolic appereance made him the perfect actor for the role as Dracula.