Joining Lugosi’s Count Mora was Carroll Borland as his incestuous daughter, Luna. Browning had directed that notorious lost classic and having Lugosi fill Chaney’s shoes as the faux vampire seemed an inspired choice.īrowning’s remake, Mark of the Vampire would wing its way to theaters in 1935. They secured the services of Lugosi and director Tod Browning for a remake of Chaney’s silent classic, London After Midnight (1927). The success of Universal’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi made not only a cycle of similar horror films inevitable, it virtually demanded the studio turn their attention to a direct sequel.Īs had happened with Lon Chaney in the silent era, MGM was quick to top Universal at its own game.
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