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This episode is a summary and review of the 1931 motion picture of Dracula.  The episode talks about some of the dynamics and film history surrounding the filming, and offers some opinion from a current viewpoint. The episode ends with a section from Bram Stoker’s book - pointing out that Stoker (like Poe) could create vivid images in your mind - images that would be all but impossible for a film to convey.

• What two actors seem to “steal the show?”
• What effect did the Depression have on the filming of “Dracula?”
• Who was the first choice for Dracula?
• What does a cinematographer do?
• What is the  Dracula connection to I Love Lucy and Friends?
• How did Alice Cooper play tribute to Dracula?
• What changes does the movie make to the Renfield character?
• What changes does the movie make to the three sinister women?

• 00:00 Intro
• 04:16 A debanoir Dracula?
• 07:04 Movie premiere
• 10:42 Director Todd Browning
• 12:46 Karl Freund as cinematographer
• 16:04 Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye
• 19:12 Conveying images verus language
• 30:46 Summary
• 34:07 Sources
• 34:50 Future episodes
• 36:07 Outro 

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