The Behind-The-Scenes Battles That Landed Boris Karloff In Bela Lugosi's Frankenstein Role

Jan 8 2023 by /Film

 

When people picture Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster, they think of the classic versions played by Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Lugosi's suave, mysterious, and authentically European Dracula has informed all subsequent portrayals while Karloff's lumbering, green-skinned monster has eclipsed Mary Shelley's original description of the Creature in her novel.

The actors (and their respective characters) headlined many of Universal Pictures' classic horror monster movies. It all began in...

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