Dracula (1931 English-language film) the screen. With this mesmerizing performance, Dracula became Bela Lugosi's signature role, his Dracula a cultural icon, and he himself a legend in the classic Universal Horror film series. However, Dracula would ultimately become a role which would prove to be both a blessing and a curse. Despite his earlier stage successes in a variety of roles, from the moment Lugosi donned the cape on screen, it would forever see him typecast as the Count. Browning would go on to direct Lugosi once more in another vampire thriller, "Mark of the Vampire", a 1935 remake of his lost silent film
Donald Cook (actor) Donald Cook (actor) Donald Cook (September 26, 1901 – October 1, 1961) was an American stage and film actor who had a prolific career in Pre-Code Hollywood films and on Broadway. Cook is perhaps best known for his film roles in "The Public Enemy" (1931), "Safe in Hell" (1931), "Baby Face" (1933), and "Viva Villa!" (1934), as well as for his stage role as David Naughton in "Claudia", which ran for a total of 722 performances on Broadway between 1941 and 1943. He was also one of the first actors to play Ellery Queen. Cook was born and raised in