Dracula (1931 English-language film) to John Carradine for the mid-1940s "monster rally" films, although Carradine admittedly more closely resembled Stoker's physical description from the book. Many of the familiar images of Dracula are from stills of the older Lugosi made during the filming of the 1948 comedy, so there remain two confusingly distinct incarnations of Lugosi as Dracula, 17 years apart in age. As Lugosi played a vampire in three other movies during his career, this contributed to the public misconception that he portrayed Dracula on film many times. In the early days of sound films, it was common for Hollywood studios to produce
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier. The award has been given as a singular award for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical since 1991 and has been separated