Bauhaus bela lugosis dead original internet archive. Now we hit hard times as bela is forced to play as an extra in ed wood s unintentionally hilarious glen or glenda. Bela lugosi horror collection box set lugosi, bela actor rated. Johnny carson interview drew barrymore age 7 duration. A distinguished stage actor in his native hungary, he ended up a drugaddicted pauper in hollywood, thanks largely to. This includes rare outtakes and interviews with dolores fuller, kathy wood, stephen apostolof, and brooks. Bride of the monster, also known as bride of the atom, is the 1956 ed wood film where bela lugosi wrestles with a giant fake octopus oh, that ed wood film. Bela lugosi boris karloff film collaboration 2 god rock radio excerpt by archive grr. Late in his life, bela lugosi again received star billing in films when the ambitious but financially limited filmmaker ed wood, a fan of lugosi, found him living in obscurity and nearpoverty and offered him roles in his films, such as an anonymous narrator in glen or glenda 1953 and a dr. In tim burtons ed wood, lugosi is portrayed by martin landau, who received the 1994.
Look back in angora, released in 1994 by rhino home video, is a onehour documentary on woods life and films. I live my life in my own way and nobody can change it. He remained an enigma in hollywood even as his career dwindled into the weird worlds of drug abuse and filmmaker ed wood. Read about the man and his life on stage and screen as his legacy continues today. Clip from the film ed wood1994 directed by tim burton copyright. Only white zombie and invisible ghost are watchable. Bela lugosi, abbott and costello meet frankenstein. Pull the strings bela lugosi in ed woods glen or glenda.
Bela lugosi, hungarianborn motionpicture actor who was most famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire count dracula. By the early 1950s, bela was all but forgotten, until he met up with ed wood, who starred lugosi in three of his strange little films. Its ironic that martin landau won an oscar for impersonating bela lugosi in ed wood 1994 when lugosi himself never came within a mile of one, but thats just the latest of many sad ironies surrounding lugosis career. Boris karloff and bela lugosi play chess, 1960s film 92120. Ed wood must have had a hand in 6 of these classics. The film concerns the period in woods life when he made his bestknown films as well as his relationship with actor bela lugosi, played by martin landau.
Audio clips of bela lugosi, a hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of count dracula. As far as achieving this, i am unsure if his goal was reached or not, but nonetheless we. Wood, jrs proposed projects for lugosi that never materialized. Quotes never has a role so influenced and dominated an. Bela lugosi discusses his drug habit as he leaves the. Martin landau as bela lugosi fighting an octopus in the movie ed wood. Ed wood 1995 no one gives two fucks for bela youtube. Martin landau as bela lugosi in classic karloff sidekick scene in ed. Bela ferenc dezso blasko known professionally as bela lugosi was a hungarianamerican. Bela lugosi celebrity profile check out the latest bela lugosi photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. This is the original version of glen or glenda by one of the most misunderstood directors in hollywood history.
In the biographical film ed wood, lugosi was played by martin landau for which he won an best suppoting actor. Aside from the obvious horror theme of the post because both major players mentioned had some type of impact on the genre, which makes this somewhat of a natural october post, both ed wood and bela lugosi celebrated birthdays this month. The argument here is not that this is a good movie, but we are talking ed wood, which means a whole different criteria for evaluating a film and your enjoyment in viewing same. The life and films of bela lugosi and other sources suggest that lugosis money troubles were wellknown in. Com internet radio station the ed wood zone came into. I think tim burton tips his hat to this show in ed wood, where bela appears on a tv show in a twominute skit spoofing his vampire movies. Ed wood is a 1994 american biographical dramedy film directed and produced by tim burton and starring johnny depp as the eponymous cult filmmaker. This song was the bands first single, released on 6 august 1979 by record label small wonder. Wood made this semi autobiographical film to help explain why some men feel the need to be transvestites. And lugosis fusion with the famed vampire became more permanent than ever when he was buried in his dracula cape in 1956. At the opening of ed wood by tim burton, the camera tracks down from the hollywood hills over a model of some office buildings in downtown hollywood and goes over the one i had offices in by the way, i made a little film for youtube about belas houses. The life and films of bela lugosi, arthur lennig writes.
Acting like this is why martin landau won the oscar for best supporting actor in 1994. Ed wood 1994 ed wood meets bela lugosi angelcorps90. Bela lugosis dead is a song by the english postpunk band bauhaus. With amanda barron, flora diaz, julia granacki, puy navarro.
Landau got an oscar for ed wood he was the only reason i took an interest in universal monster films landau did so much to show what. He originated the role on broadway in 1927 and reprised it for the 1931 film. While at the hospital, lugosi had been given the script of his next ed wood picture, the ghoul goes west, a strange concoction in which a mad doctor goes out west to carry out his. During wwi, volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant. It was highly controversial for the time period it was filmed and released in. A scene from ed wood, where martin landaus character voices a thrilling monologue. Ed wood not available on your favorite video service. The set is region 0, no matter what amazon says, with the only catch being occassionally slightly dodgey transfers though perfectly watchable and the slight annoyance of having the words the ed wood collection emblazoned on each film on the bottom righthand. Listen, download this episode, or find on itunes forgotten by hollywood, struggling with morphine addiction and a dependency on alcohol, at the end of his life bela lugosi was welcomed into a rag tag bunch of microbudget moviemaking freaks led by edward d.
What a great actor he was, and he was a total genius in his oscarwinning role in tim burtons ed wood 1994, one of. Bela lugosi fansite via bela dracula lugosi may 18, 2015 whether it was in actual fact the first time they had met is unknown, but the official first meeting of bela lugosi and boris karloff took place at universal city in march of 1932. Bela lugosi played a pivotal role in the modern mythology and rich legend of the iconic count dracula. Experimental dance video set to nouvelle vagues rendition of the bela lugosis dead. Maila nurmi on bela lugosi, ed wood and james dean duration. October 10, 1924 december 10, 1978 was an american filmmaker. Born bela ferenc dezso blasko on october 20, 1882, lugos, hungary now lugoj, romania. The internet radio stations were really playlists with options to play all or download selected tracks. Following the success of frankenstein, universal paired up bela lugosi and boris karloff.
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