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Dracula [videorecording] : complete legacy collection / Universal.

Dracula legacy collection (portion title)

Abbott, Bud, 1897-1974 (actor.). Allbritton, Louise, 1920-1979 (actor.). Barton, Charles, 1902-1981 (film director.). Browning, Tod, 1880-1962 (film director.). Carradine, John, (actor.). Chandler, Helen, 1906-1965 (actor.). Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973 (actor.). Churchill, Marguerite, (actor.). Costello, Lou, (actor.). Hillyer, Lambert, 1893-1969 (film director.). Holden, Gloria, 1908-1991 (actor.). Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969 (actor.). Kenton, Erle C., 1896-1980 (film director.). Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974 (actor.). Laemmle, Carl, 1908-1979 (film producer.). Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956 (actor.). Manners, David, 1901-1998 (actor.). O'Driscoll, Martha, 1922-1998 (actor.). Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973 (film director.). Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 Dracula. (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.).

Summary:

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Abbott and Costello, as railroad baggage clerks, receive a strange shipment-- the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster. But this deadly duo is still very much alive. So when the shipment arrives at the House of Horrors, the monsters are not in their crate but have disappeared to a secret hideaway island. Blamed for the disappearance, Abbott and Costello follow their trail to the island, where not only do they meet up with Dracula and the Monster but a mad scientists who wants to switch Costello's brain with that of the Monster.

Dracula: The vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the young and virtuous Mina.

Dracula's daughter: A hypnotic woman steals the body of Count Dracula and bloodless corpses start appearing in London again.

House of Dracula: Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism.

House of Dracula: Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism. However, this is a ruse by Dracula to get near Dr. Edelman's beautiful female assistant and turn her into a vampire.

House of Frankenstein: After escaping from an asylum the mad Dr. Niemann and his hunch back assistant revive Count Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Frankenstein monster in order to extract revenge upon their many enemies.

Son of Dracula: Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the United States by a young and morbid heiress.

Record details

ISBN: 6315609511
ISBN: 9786315609510
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 447 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	"All 6 films from the original legacy, 1931 - 1948"--Container. Bonus features: The 1931 Spanish version of Dracula ; The Road to Dracula documentary ; Lugosi, the dark prince ; Dracula archives ; Alternate Dracula score by Philip Glass ; Universal Horror documetary ; Abbott and Costello meet the monsters ; 3 feature commentaries ; Production photographs ; Theatrical trailers. Dracula based on the novel by Bram Stoker and on the play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Dracula (1931) (75 min.) / directed by Tod Browning ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. and Tod Browning ; screenplay by Garrett Fort -- Dracula's daughter (1936) (71 min.) / directed by Lambert Hillyer ; produced by E.M. Asher ; screenplay by Garrett Fort -- Son of Dracula (1943) (80 min.) / produced by Ford Beebe ; directed by Robert Siodmak ; screenplay, Eric Taylor -- House of Frankenstein (1944) (70 min.) / produced by Paul Malvern ; directed by Erle C. Kenton -- House of Dracula (1945) (67 min.) / produced by Paul Malvern ; directed by Erle C. Kenton -- Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948) (83 min.) / produced by Robert Arthur ; directed by Charles T. Barton.
Participant or Performer Note:	Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bella Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Charles Bradstreet. Dracula: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler. Dracula's daughter: Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Nan Grey, Hedda Hopper. House of Dracula: Lon Chaney Jr., Martha O'Driscoll, John Carradine, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Glenn Strange, Jane Adams, Ludwig Stossel. House of Frankenstein: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Elena Verdugo, Lionel Atwill. Son of Dracula: Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven, J. Edward Bromberg, Samuel S. Hinds, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) ; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	English dialogue ; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.