This was a film directed by lambert hillyer and written by garrett fort. Jess franco had a habit of making multiple movies at once without his producers or even actors knowing. Draculas daughter this cutrate sequel to dracula, sans bela lugosi, turns out. In 1936 draculas daughter was released by universal pictures, being directed by lambert hillyer.
An italianspanishfrench coproduction, the film is argentos first 3d film. While son of dracula references the possibility that alucard may be a descendant of the count, its also inferred that he is the mythic count dracula, as well. Lugosi also appeared on some promotional stills, but he isnt featured in the actual film. A quickie sequel to tod brownings 1931 version of dracula, lambert hillyers draculas daughter 1936 is an odd movie, weird enough to the hold the attention the first time you watch it, though it probably wouldnt stand up to repeated viewings. A countess from transylvania seeks a psychiatrists help to cure her vampiric cravings. Australia canada china denmark france germany hong kong india. Draculas daughter 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watch dracula s daughter full movie in hd visit a countess from transylvania seeks a psychiatrists help to cure her v. Gloria holden is firstrate as the title character, alias countess marya zaleska, who after stealing her father s body from the authorities with the help of her faithful hunchbacked assistant sandor irving pichel, sets fire to the. They are both very good, especially son but the 1936 movie showed a lot of. However, ive never watched draculas daughter, but i do know you have. Edward van sloan, irving pichel, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, otto kruger.
An italianspanishfrench coproduction, the film is argento s first 3d film. The glorious gloria holden plays countess zaleska as what. When her hope is not fulfilled, she enlists the assistance of psychiatrist dr. While we can wish that whale, a far better director than lambert hillyer, had done the job, draculas daughter has its own dark charms. This was from the start and still is one of my very favourite vintage horror films and in my opinion is equal to or perhaps even better than the 1931 bela lugosi dracula. Draculas daughter is a 1936 american vampire horror film produced by universal pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film dracula. See more of draculas daughter 1936 film on facebook. Devaughn and i decided to take another look at draculas daughter the film was released in 1936 and picks up immediately where the 1931 original left off and finds prof. Dracula 3d is a 2012 vampire horror film cowritten and directed by dario argento and starring thomas kretschmann, rutger hauer, marta gastini, and unax ugalde. Draculas daughter 1936 universal studios gloria holden, otto kruger, marguerite churchill, edward van sloan. Gloria holden has a memorable part in test pilot running after an ambulance carrying her dying husband, and another, really beautiful moment with clark gable in the mortuary. Draculas daughter 1936 full movie download full hd youtube. In fairness to draculas daughter however, at least zaleskas subtextual lesbianism is treated seriously and with some degree of empathy, rather than objectified for the male gaze as would be the case by the time hammer got its hands on the literary wellspring for lesbian vampires, sheridan lefanus novella carmilla. Jun 22, 2015 draculas daughter 1936 traces the struggle of hungarian countess marya zaleska who, upon learning of the death of her father count dracula, believes the curse of her being a vampire will be lifted.
Jan 09, 2012 dracula s daughter trailer directed by lambert hillyer and starring otto kruger, edward van sloan, gilbert emery, irving pichel, halliwell hobbes. Draculas daughter 1936 watch hot english movies free online. Draculas daughter wasnt part of the magicimage collection, but now that gap has been filled by gary d. With the aid of her manservant, sandor irving pichel, she. Oct 03, 2016 visit to a small planet 1960 jerry lewis full length comedy movie duration. Jeffrey garth whom she believes has the power to cure her. Dracula s daughter 1936 universal studios gloria holden, otto kruger, marguerite churchill, edward van sloan. Tonally, draculas daughter shows a marked shift from its predecessor, as the film feels a lot more light and fun. Dracula s daughter tells the story of countess marya zaleska, the daughter of count dracula and herself a vampire. Draculas daughter 1936 draculas daughter movie draculas.
Free watching draculas daughter 1936, download draculas daughter. Dracula s daughter is a 1936 film about a hungarian countess who seeks the aid of a noted psychiatrist, in hopes of freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence. Directed by lambert hillyer from a screenplay by garrett fort, the film stars otto kruger, gloria holden in the title role, marguerite churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, edward van sloan although his characters name. Following dracula s death, she believes that by destroying his body she will be free of his influence and can live as a human. Draculas daughter 1936 traces the struggle of hungarian countess marya zaleska who, upon learning of the death of her father count dracula, believes the curse of her being a vampire will be lifted. Dracula s daughter cast starring eric wilton, edward van sloan, george kirby, john bld, david dunbar. Draculas daughter is a film not much known these days, but as far as it is known, it is for the confrontation between marya and the destitute young girl brought to her by sandor. This was the last laemmle film produced by universal and truly marked the end of the first golden age of classic universal horror. A vampire countess gloria holden in black falls in love with a psychologist otto kruger and kidnaps his fiancee marguerite churchill. Lambert hillyers draculas daughter the sequel to tod brownings 1931 classic dracula has long been considered an inferior followup and a forgettable film by many horror fans and critics, despite the fact that it is one of the best universal sequels and horror tales of the period. The count of darkness has all the problems you might expect of the father of two halfvampire daughters, from garlic experimentation to rebellious blood drinking.
Hungarian countess marya zaleska seeks the aid of a noted psychiatrist, hoping to free herself of a mysterious evil influence. Otto kruger gloria holden marguerite churchill 1936 a vampire countess. In many respects it was your original piece on countess marya zaleska that i thought of while watching the 1936 film. Gloria holden is firstrate as the title character, alias countess marya zaleska, who after stealing her fathers body from the authorities with the help of her faithful hunchbacked assistant sandor irving pichel, sets fire. Draculas daughter 1936 horror, drama, fantasy movie. Draculas daughter 1936 this project started out as a james whale film, but the original screenplay was deemed too strange to pass the censors. Van helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of dracula. The writer saw dracula s daughter 1936 as a chance to revel in unprecedented onscreen sadism. Although count dracula was destroyed by van helsing edward van sloan, who is now being tried for his murder, draculas daughter, the countess marya zaleska gloria holden, is still alive. Ondertussen blijkt dat dracula nog een dochter heeft. It was the first sequel to the bela lugosi vehicle dracula.
After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of count dracula, the two head to london where the vampire hopes to stroll among. Draculas daughter decides to embrace her evil inheritance and her sapphic incestuous desires with her cousin. With otto kruger, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, edward van sloan. Although count dracula was destroyed by van helsing edward van sloan, who is now being tried for his murder, dracula s daughter, the countess marya zaleska gloria holden, is still alive and. The blu in the new dracula collection looks great and i hope universal continues to release these sets. Draculas daughter is een amerikaanse horrorfilm uit 1936, geproduceerd door. Draculas daughter 1936 directed by lambert hillyer. Tonally, dracula s daughter shows a marked shift from its predecessor, as the film feels a lot more light and fun. Following an iconic and legendary film such as dracula is never an easy task, for any director in. Dracula s daughter 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although usually overshadowed by bela lugosi and christopher lees portrayal of the countess marya zaleskas famous father, draculas daughter is a trailblazer in its day, one that decades later would inspire a more humanistic portrayal of the vampire in not just the tv series dark shadows but also anne rices vampire chronicles rice has been quoted as saying of this.
See more of dracula s daughter 1936 film on facebook. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. It was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Trying to ride the popularity train of tod brownings 1931 film dracula, dracula s daughter falls flat on its face. Towering ominously among the shadows of the carpathian mountains, castle dracula strikes fear in the hearts of the transylvanian villagers below. His 42page essay on the making of this movie begins by charting the history of some of the vampire and vamp movies of the silent era and then tackles the convoluted story of the onagain offagain process of planning and. It may be sacrilege to say so, but dracula s daughter is an immense improvement over the original 1931 dracula, despite the absence of bela lugosi in the cast. Two constables stumble upon the corpses of renfield and count dracula.
Bela lugosi stars as dracula in the 1931 original screen version of bram stokers classic tale. Draculas daughter cast starring eric wilton, edward van sloan, george kirby, john bld, david dunbar. Gone are the foreboding and atmospheric moors, sunsets, and baying hounds of the original. Dracula s daughter otto kruger gloria holden marguerite churchill 1936 a vampire countess gloria holden in black falls in love with a psychologist otto kruger and kidnaps his fiancee marguerite churchill. When a production of dracula is taken over by an audience member who demands more romance, dracula marries mina and moves to the suburbs of transylvania to raise their two daughters. Usage public domain topics horror, dracula, daughter, trailer. Gloria holden has a memorable part in test pilot running after an ambulance carrying her dying husband, and another, really beautiful moment with. I can only imagine that daughter of dracula is one of those byproducts, as each scene lacks connectivity. This time we are given a villain with more dimension, plane rides instead of boat rides, a few good looks at draculas staked corpse even if it is an obvious dummy. Draculas daughter movie 1936 otto kruger, gloria holden.
It may be sacrilege to say so, but draculas daughter is an immense improvement over the original 1931 dracula, despite the absence of bela lugosi in the cast. Dracula s daughter is a 1936 american vampire horror film produced by universal pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film dracula. Draculas daughter is a horror film from 1936 by universal. Draculas daughter stands as an early example of hollywoods timetested sequel methodology take what worked in the first film to a new level bigger is better. With fellow tombraiders tom weaver and michael lee, he discovers longforgotten lore, presentedherein with the films original shooting script, pressbook and a large array ofother freshly exhumed extras. The writer saw draculas daughter 1936 as a chance to revel in unprecedented onscreen sadism. Draculas daughter trailer directed by lambert hillyer and starring otto kruger, edward van sloan, gilbert emery, irving pichel, halliwell hobbes. Overview of draculas daughter, 1936, directed by lambert hillyer, with otto kruger, gloria holden, marguerite churchill, at turner classic movies. Dracula s daughter is a horror film from 1936 by universal.
A quickie sequel to tod browning s 1931 version of dracula, lambert hillyer s dracula s daughter 1936 is an odd movie, weird enough to the hold the attention the first time you watch it, though it probably wouldnt stand up to repeated viewings. Directed by lambert hillyer from a screenplay by garrett fort, the film stars otto kruger, gloria holden in the title role, marguerite churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, edward van sloan although his characters name was. Visit to a small planet 1960 jerry lewis full length comedy movie duration. In 1936, universal released draculas daughter, a sequel to their 1931 classic, dracula. She gave hollywood a second chance in 1935, but except for her intriguing damselindistress portrayal in draculas daughter 1936, most of her film roles were eminently forgettable. Coded queerness in draculas daughter 1936 horror movie. Rhodes reenters the sepulcher of supernatural cinema, casting his lanternslight on universals 1936 classic draculas daughter. Having done script duty on dracula, frankenstein 1931, and the mummy 1932, balderston felt his inclination towards the grotesque was undervalued at universal, whom he felt bungled all three of its seminal monster romps. Dracula s daughter extends the universal horror myth in an interesting direction, but the talky script and mild atmosphere undermine its ambition. Draculas daughter 1936 yify download movie torrent yts.
Draculas daughter tells the story of countess marya zaleska, the daughter of count dracula and herself a vampire. A drawing room, front porch, and swamp, with a graveyard and dining room downstage. Draculas daughter extends the universal horror myth in an interesting direction, but the talky script and mild atmosphere undermine its ambition. Choosing to approach our next universal monsters installment a little differently, z. Intended to be a film version of stokers draculas guest a chapter from his famous novel dracula that was cut due to length and later reissued as a separate short story, draculas daughter came out, looking nothing at all like stoker. Dracula is a 1931 vampirehorror film directed by tod browning and starring bela lugosi as the title character. Following draculas death, she believes that by destroying his body she will be free of his influence and can live as a human. After years and years of being a universal horror fan, i finally see draculas daughter. Hammers early 70s karnstein trilogy the vampire lovers.