Silver Screen (Nov 1930-Oct 1931)

Page scan 000189 from Silver Screen

Record Details:

Title:
Silver Screen
Date:
Nov 1930-Oct 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Screenland Magazine]
Volume:
Silver Screen (Nov 1930-Oct 1931)
Leaf #:
000189
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals","Celebrities -- United States -- Periodicals","Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Periodicals","Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Periodicals","Entertainers -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 22, 2024
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Is HE the Second Chaney? IS NAME is Bela Lugosi. Like the beloved Lon, he is a man of mystery JL Jl and a master of make-up. He is working in movies at Universal, where Lon Chaney worked, being directed by Tod Browning, the man who directed nearly all of Lon's greatest pictures. His great role, "Dracula," is that of an undead vampire who lives on the blood of humans, a part, that had he lived, would inevitably have gone to Chaney. Lugosi, when first approached to make a picture ot "Dracula"— he had played it on the stage— refused. Tests of other players were made. No one could be discovered who could effectively portray this supernatural character. Finally Lugosi signed for four weeks. Before the cameras, he completed his work in one day. Again like Lon— an artist who knows his )ob and does it quietly and quickly. _ . Only in appearance does he differ. He is six teet one in height, with the dreamy, strange face of a niystic. His deep-set eyes have a peculiar fascinating quality. _ Lon is gone but his art lives after him. May Lugosi be worthy of following in the path he made so thoroughly his own.