Bronxgirl48 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 So I'm surfing the Web last night and am updating some Lugosi information. I came upon this tidbit: According to his son, Bela Jr., his father's favorite actor was Marlon Brando. "I coulda been a contender, instead of a vampire, which is what I am, let's face it." Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 I can just see Stanley Kowalski at the bottom of the stairs yelling "Bela! Bela!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 LOL. Somehow I can't quite picture the old world Lugosi in the movie theatre watching a Brando film; Marlon in his undershirt talking about the Napoleonic Code, and the Count intoning, "Ah, vunderful, vunderful". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 "I nefer knew until today it was Count Barzini all along. I vill make him an offer he canNOT refussse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineSage_jr Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 So I'm surfing the Web last night and am updating some Lugosi information. I came upon this tidbit: According to his son, Bela Jr., his father's favorite actor was Marlon Brando. "I coulda been a contender, instead of a vampire, which is what I am, let's face it." Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Don' ya unnerstan', Charlie? I coulda had a cape; I coulda had fangs. I coulda been some bloody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Don "Vino" Corleone Message was edited by: scsu1975 Message was edited by: scsu1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaRialtoStudios Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Lugosi's stagework in Europe coincided with the ascent of the Stanislavski method. Two of Stanislavski's disciples were Maria Ouspenskaya and Joseph Buloff. Lugosi worked with Ouspenskaya at Universal (she was his mother in THE WOLF MAN) and with Buloff in NINOTCHKA at MGM. Coicidentally, these films feature two of Lugosi's best and understated performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 "This isn't what I wanted for you, Michael, to sleep all day and bite necks at night". Michael: "We'll get there, Pop, we'll get there...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 "You wanna know my philosophy of life? Bite them before they bite you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 LOL -- put an orange in his hand and you couldn't tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Chelsea, that's fascinating info and good insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 I should also tell everyone that I remember in an old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, editor Forry Ackerman printed a rare 1933 publicity sheet where actors listed personal information, and Lugosi filled his out. Under favorite actors, he whimsically put "Mickey Mouse". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I once saw a photo of Lugosi as Christ, from a stage production in Europe. I wish I could remember where I saw the photo ... must have been a biography of him, or of horror stars. Anyone know of such a book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 I saw a photo of Bela as Jesus at Forrest J Ackerman's house in the late 1970's. I can't recall the name of the production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 I believe Robert Cremer, in his Lugosi bio The Man Behind The Cape, included that photo. I used to own a copy of that book. I vaguely recall it in there. He might have gotten it from FJA's still collection. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Since Maria Ouspenskaya is mentioned here,I'll pass on a somewhat tasteless "gallows humor" anecdote about her death. Supposedly a degenerate smoker,who smoked 3 or more packs a day, she would literally light a cigarette before going into the water at the beach,keeping it in her mouth. She died from burn wounds she obtained when she fell asleep while smoking,setting the whole place up. Now I don't know who the insider was who made this statement,but it's a beaut. "She went down in a blaze of Luckies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 I've heard those stories over the years about her death. I'm not the cigarette police, but, that's a lotta smokin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK_fhqXmqds&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Great clip, Barbara! I have SCARFACE in 1 minute, 40 seconds, but unfortunately it's not something I should post Message was edited by: scsu1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 lol, I'd love to see that. The five second BRAVEHEART is also hilarious. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 As is the 5 second ROCKY compilation. As for SCARFACE, it's basically one scene after another where a certain word is used ... not for family time viewing. Message was edited by: scsu1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 lol, hmmm, I wonder what that word could be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 It ain't phooey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 "They vill send someone you absolutely trust to set up the meeting, someone who can guarentee your security. Once you get to that meeting, they vill gang up and push you out into the bright sunlight[/b]!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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