USA, 1943
80m, 2203.40 metres
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Robert Siodmak.
Plot Summary
Dr Brewster and Frank Stanley arrive at the station expecting to meet a Count Alucard who fails to turn up. They do find a large amount of luggage all with Alucard's crest and Brewster notices that Alucard is Dracula spelt backwards…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Copyright MCMXLIII [1943] by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal presents a Universal picture
Produced by: Ford Beebe
Associate Producer: Donald H. Brown
Screenplay: Eric Taylor
Original Story: Curt Siodmak
Assistant Director: Melville Shyer
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Film Editor: Saul Goodkind
Music Score: H.J. Salter; Werner R. Heymann *; Charles Previn *; Frank Skinner *
Sound Director: Bernard B. Brown
Technician: Charles Carroll
Western Electric Recording
Gowns: Vera West
Special Make-up Effects: Jack P. Pierce *
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Martin Obzina
Set Decorations: R.A. Gausman [real name: Russell A. Gausman], E.R. Robinson
Cast
Robert Paige (Frank Stanley)
Louise Allbritton (Katherine ‘Kay' Caldwell)
Evelyn Ankers (Claire Caldwell)
Frank Craven (Professor Harry Brewster)
J. Edward Bromberg (Professor Laszlo)
Lon Chaney as Count Dracula [Alucard]
Samuel S. Hinds (Judge Simmons)
Adeline DeWalt Reynolds (Madame ‘Queen' Zimba)
Patrick Moriarity (Sheriff Dawes)
Etta McDaniel (Sarah)
George Irving (Colonel Caldwell)
Alternative Titles
Destiny – working title
Draculan poika – Finnish television title
Draculas son – Swedish title
Il figlio di Dracula – Italian title
El hijo de Drácula – Argentinian title
Links
Sequel to
Dracula (1931)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Sequels
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Extracts included in
Coming Soon (1982)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997)
References
Periodicals
- We Belong Dead no.29 (Autumn 2021) pp.30-31 – illustrated article (Ansel's asylum for the psychotronic No.3 by Ansel Faraj)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.84
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson p.176 – note
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.49-52
- Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted (3rd Edition) by Lyndon W. Joslin pp.172-179
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.29-30; 31
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart p.168
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.361-362
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.96-99 – article
- The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.28 – credits, review
- The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur pp.114-118 – illustrated credits, article
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.450 – credits
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.131-133
- Universal Horrors by Michael Brunas, John Brunas, Tom Weaver – article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory pp.54-56 – illustrated article
Other sources
- BFI Southbank Guide November 2011 p.8 – illustrated listing
- BFI Southbank Guide April 2015 p.30 – illustrated listing
