Bela Lugosi
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- Born
- October 20, 1882 · Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]
- Died
- August 16, 1956
- Birth name
- Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó
Bela Lugosi was born Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó on October 20, 1882, Lugos, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blaskó, a banker. He was the youngest of four children. During WWI, he volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant, and was wounded three times. A distinguished stage actor in his native Hungary, Austria-Hungary, he began his stage career in 1901 and started appearing in films during World War I, fleeing to Germany in 1919 as a result of his left-wing political activity (he organized an actors' union). In 1920 he emigrated to the US and made a living as a character actor, shooting to fame when he played Count Dracula in the legendary 1927 Broadway stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. It ran for three years, and was subsequently, and memorably, filmed by Tod Browning in 1931, establishing Lugosi as one of the screen's greatest personifications of pure evil. Also in 1931, he became a U.S. citizen. Sadly, his reputation rapidly declined, mainly because he had been blacklisted by the main studios and had no choice but to accept any part (and script) handed to him, and ended up playing parodies of his greatest role, in low-grade poverty row films. Due to shady blacklisting among the top Hollywood studio executives, he refused to sell out or to compromise his integrity, and therefore ended his career working for the legendary Worst Director of All Time, Edward D. Wood Jr.. Lugosi was married to Ilona Szmik (1917 - 1920), Ilona von Montagh (? - ?), and Lillian Arch (1933 - 1951). He is the father of Bela Lugosi Jr. (1938). Lugosi helped organize the Screen Actors Guild in the mid-'30s, joining as member number 28. Bela Lugosi died of a heart attack August 16, 1956. He was buried in a Dracula costume, including a cape, but not the ones used in the 1931 film, contrary to popular--but unfounded--rumors.
Ed Wood and the Fear of Not Trying
Hollywood vampires: An unstoppable obsession.
Adolfo Aristarain y La discoteca del amor
MI PELICULA FAVORITA 2025, CONTRA TODO PRONOSTICO
Ed Wood y el miedo a intentarlo
La evolución del terror
Desde lo clásico a lo actual
Como ha ido cambiando el cine de terror con el paso del tiempo
La Evolución del Terror: Un Espejo Nostálgico de Nuestros Miedos Colectivos
El nacimiento del cine de terror y la irrupción en él del sonido.
Vamos a entender como terror el sentimiento a priori de un suceso, esto es el miedo.
Con los cambios del miedo humano, también cambia el cine
UN HALLOWEEN CON BELA LUGOSI EL RETORNO DE LA LEYENDA
O fracasso é uma sombra
Yo, el peor de todos. Ed Wood (1994)
Título: "Sombras y Silencio en la Penumbra del Teatro" Efren amado Aponte Ruiz.
Cuna de lo eterno: entendiendo las etapas de la vida desde el cine de vampiros
DUNA PARTE DOS, ALIEN ROMULUS y RENFIELD ASISTENTE DE VAMPIRO: GUIÑOS
Revisitando el Terror: El origen del terror, los monstruos de la Universal y el expresionismo Aleman (PARTE 1)
Ed Wood (1994), el iluso que jugaba a ser cineasta
