Hungarian Americans Tony Curtis has been in over 100 films, including his iconic roles in "Some Like It Hot" and "The Defiant Ones". Actress Jessica Szohr of "Gossip Girl" is of partial Hungarian descent. Actor Peter Lorre became famous after his role as a murderer in Fritz Lang's "M" and went on to play many antagonistic villain roles. Legendary actor Béla Lugosi played Count Dracula in the stage version and subsequent film of Bram Stoker's classic. Academy Award winner Paul Lukas is perhaps best remembered his acclaimed role in the film "Watch on the Rhine" for his Professor Aronnax in Walt Disney's
Dracula in popular culture film would have predated the lost 1921 Hungarian film "Dracula's Death", and is thus claimed to be the first film adaption of "Dracula". Nothing regarding this film is known to survive; there are no known production stills, and there is very little information about this film available. Most sources agree that the existence of this film is questionable because no details appear to have survived, and its existence is not verifiable. One of the first film adaptations of Stoker's story caused Stoker's estate to sue for copyright infringement. In 1922, silent film director F. W. Murnau made a horror film