Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924
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Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula
Edward Van Sloan (Van Helsing) showing Lugosi a mirror.
Dracula is a stage play written by the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane in 1924, then revised by the American writer John L. Balderston in 1927. It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram
1928 poster for Dracula at Ford's Theatre
The work of Edward Gorey won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design for the 1977 Broadway revival.
Raúl Juliá took over the role of Count Dracula in October 1978.
The story was adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker.