Dracula's Daughter

AKA's:

Daughter Of Dracula / Figlia Di Dracula, La / Fille De Dracula, La / Hija De Dracula, La

Release date:	1936 USA
Running time:	71' (cover 72') - Source: DVD (RC 1/NTSC) b/w 68' (cover 68') - Source: VHS PAL b/w
Rating:	Germ.: 12; UK: PG; US: NR
Main Crew:	Director: Lambert Hillyer (The Invisible Ray 1936) Producer: Universal Pictures Score: Heinz Roemheld Writer: Garrett Fort (based on Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula's Guest") Director of photography: George Robinson
Cast:	Use the dropdown menu to see the full cast Otto Kruger / Dr. Jeffrey Garth Gloria Holden / Countess Marya Zaleska, Dracula's Daughter Marguerite Churchill / Janet Blake Edward Van Sloan / Professor Von Helsing Gilbert Emery / Sir Basil Humphrey Irving Pichel / Sandor Halliwell Hobbes / Constable Sergeant Hawkins Billy Bevan / Constable Albert Nan Gray / Lili Hedda Hopper / Lady Esme Hammond Claude Allister / Sir Aubrey Vail Edgar Norton / Hobbs, Sir Basil's Butler E.E. Clive / Sergeant Wilkes Clive Morgan / Desk Sergeant John Power / Police Official George Sorel / Police Officer Wilhelm Von Brincken / Policeman John Blood / Bobby David Dunbar / Motor Bobby George Kirby / Bookstore Proprietor William Schramm / Groom in Transylvania Agnes Anderson / Elena, Bride in Transylvania Owen Gorin / Groom's Friend Pietro Sosso / Priest Elsa Janssen / Wedding Guest Bert Sprotte / Wedding Guest Douglas Gordon / Attendant Vernon Steele / Squires Paul Weigel / Transylvanian Innkeeper Hedwiga Reicher / Innkeeper's Wife Christian Rub / Coachman Eric Wilton / Butler Vesey O'Davoren / Butler Joseph R. Tozer / Dr. Graham, attending Lili Douglas Wood / Dr. Townsend, attending Lili Fred Walton / Dr. Beemish, Chief of Staff Paul Mitchell / Messenger Gordon Hart / Mr. Graham, Host Eily Malyon / Miss Peabody, Nurse Edna Lyall / Nurse Silvia Vaughan / Nurse Guy Kingsford / Radio Announcer
Summary:	This popular horror classic picks up where Dracula left off. Dr. Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), thinking he has rid London of all vampires, is instead arrested for murder. Just when Von Helsing's fate seems sealed, the bodies suddenly disappear. Soon several people are found mysteriously killed, their bodies drained of all blood. Meanwhile, beautiful and mysterious Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden) appears in London. The troubled woman seeks the understanding Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), Von Helsing's psychiatrist, for consultation. A mysterious sequence of events surrounding a disorientated young girl (Nan Grey) leads Von Helsing and Garth to deduce the countess must be a vampire. They set off to Transylvania after the elusive countess to rescue Garth's beautiful fiancée (Marguerite Churchill) in this engrossing thriller.
Note:	- This sequel picks up right where the original film left off (The opening scene has the police discovering that Dr. Von Helsing has just staked Count Dracula). - A remake has been made in 1994 by Michael Almereyda: Nadja. - Bram Stoker's story, "Dracula's Guest", was originally a chapter in his novel, "Dracula", but was published as a novel in 1937, after this movie was released. This movie was also loosely based on the 1872 British novel "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. - Credited as the first lesbian vampire movie, though it does not have any overt lesbian content. - The original script called for a prologue starring Bela Lugosi, detailing how Count Dracula became a vampire in the first place. - James Whale, after his success with "Bride Of Frankenstein", was set to direct, but the original screenplay (by John F. Balderston, whose treatment involved unstated scenes of torture) was deemed too strange to pass the censors. The film ended up being made on a modest budget and didn't feature any big name draw card stars at all.
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