Lugosi
Americannoun
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She incorporates films as seemingly irrelevant but surprisingly apropos as the Bela Lugosi horror movie “The Black Cat” and an Astaire-Rogers musical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
He explains as a child he'd seen the Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi do the same when playing Count Dracula in the 1931 movie.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
Bela Lugosi, the star of Dracula, served on the Russian front and was wounded three times, surviving one attack by burrowing beneath a pile of the corpses of his friends.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
I thought vampires were great fun until I saw “The Horror of Dracula” with Bela Lugosi on TV when I was about 8.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Laughing, he said, “Totally okay. This gives me a chance to convert another unsuspecting human to becoming a Bela Lugosi nerd, which is my mission in life anyway. I’ll bring you the DVD tomorrow.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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