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music

was

old fashioned and constituted

an

intrusion

upon the natural sounds and dialogue of the new
talkies. In this context the long silent sequences which
occur

through much of the picture

are

daring and

effective.
And what of the Spanish version? An incom¬
plete print exists at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York. Even with a full reel missing it is considerably
longer than the English edition. A complete print in the

Cuban Film Archive is listed at 102 minutes

-

a

full 27

minutes

longer than the standard version. It's easy to
agree with the El Cine Espanol critic Fillipe Veracoechea, who said in 1931 that "Spanish American
audiences will receive Dracula as the most
fascinating
picture made." There was only one squawk from the
audiences: the clash of different dialects spoken by
actors who hailed variously from Spain, Mexico, and
Central and South America.

A

Dracula

(English Language Version)
A Universal Picture

presented by Carl Laemmle; a Tod Brown¬
ing production; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr.; directed by Tod
Browning; associate producer, E. M. Asher; by Bram Stoker; from
the play adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston;
play
script, Garrett Fort; art director, Charles D. Hall; recording
supervision, C. Roy Hunter; cinematographer, Karl Freund,
ASC; film editor, Milton Carruth; supervising film editor,
Maurice Pivar; continuity, Louis Bromfield; added
dialogue,
Dudley Murphy; adaptation, Louis Stevens; treatment, Fritz
Stephanie; scenario supervision, Charles A. Logue; set de¬
signers, Herman Rosse, John Hoffman; photographic effects,
Frank J. Booth; musical conductor, Heinz Roemheld;
make-up
artist, Jack P. Pierce; set decorations, Russell A. Gausman;
costumes, Ed Ware, Vera West; casting, Phil M. Friedman;
research, Nan Grant; art titles, Max Cohen; Western Electric

recording. Running time, sound on film and disc versions, 75
minutes; Running time, silent version, 78 minutes. Released Febru¬
ary 24, 2932.
Count Dracula, Bela Lugosi; Mina, Helen Chandler;
John Harker, David Manners; Renfield, Dwight Frye; Van Helsing, Edward van Sloan; Dr. Seivard, Herbert Bunston; Lucy,
Frances Dade; Briggs, Joan Standing; Martin, Charles Gerrard;
Maid, Moon Carroll; Nurse, Josephine Velez; Innkeeper, Michael
Visaroff; English Passenger, Daisy Belmore; Transylvanian Pas¬
senger, Nicholas Bela; Girl, Carla Laemmle; Passenger, Donald
Murphy; Harbor Master, Tod Browning.
Dracula

(Spanish Language Version)
A Universal Picture
Carl Laemmle,

presented by Carl Laemmle; produced by

Jr.; associate producer, Paul Kohner; directed by

George Melford; by Bram Stoker from the play adapted by Ham¬
ilton Deane and John L. Balderston; screen play by B. Fernandez
Cue from a screenplay by Garrett Fort; art director, Charles D.
Hall; cinematographer, George Robinson, ASC; editorial supervi¬
sion, Maurice Pivar; sound supervisor, C. Roy Hunter; film editor,
Arturo Tavares; make-up artist, Jack P. Pierce; Western Electric
recording. Running time, 102 minutes. Released January, 1931.
Count Dracula, Carlos Villar; Eva, Lupita Tovar; Juan
Harker, Barry Norton; Renfield, Pablo Alvarez Rubio; Professor
Van Helsing, Eduardo Arozamena; Lucia, Carmen Guerrero; Dr.
Seward, Jose Soriana Viosco; Martin, Manuel Arbo; Marta,
Amelia Senisterra.

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