Lugosi
His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers
Gary Don
Rhodes
Foreword by F. Richard Sheffield ISBN
978-0-7864-2765-9
69 photos, filmography, bibliography, index
430pp.
softcover
2006 [1997]
Temporarily out of stock while McFarland awaits the reprint - accepting backorders
Description
He was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Hungary. He joined Budapest’s National Theater in 1913 and later appeared in several Hungarian films under the pseudonym Arisztid Olt. After World War I, he helped the Communist regime nationalize Hungary’s film industry, but barely escaped arrest when the government was deposed, fleeing to the United States in 1920.
As he became a star in American horror films in the 1930s and 1940s, publicists and fan magazines crafted outlandish stories to create a new history for Lugosi. The cinema’s Dracula was transformed into one of Hollywood’s most mysterious actors. This exhaustive account of Lugosi’s work in film, radio, theater, vaudeville and television provides an extensive biographical look at the actor. The enormous merchandising industry built around him is also examined.
About the Author
Gary D. Rhodes, a documentary filmmaker, is a professor at the Queen’s University, Belfast.
Other Book(s) by Gary Don Rhodes Available from McFarland:
Docufictions
White Zombie
Stanley Kubrick
Horror at the Drive-In
Reviews
"everything Lugosi ever said or did"--Library Journal
"highly engaging...exhaustive...a magnificent collation of facts and figures"--Film Review
"for serious students of Lugosi, this is the place to start"--Movie Collector’s World
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