An announcement on a Spanish-language version of "Dracula" as announced on October 1, 1930 with George Melford hired to direct with actors Lupita Tovar, Carlos Villarías. Melford, a former actor who had made several directorial credits including the Rudolph Valentino film "The Shiek" (1921). After several years with Paramount, he began working at Universal often handling the directorial duties on Spanish version of studio films. These included the Spanish-language version of "The Cat Creeps". Although Carl Laemmle Jr. is credited as the producer, the hand-on supervisor was 27-year-old Paul Kohner. The adaptation of the screenplay by B. Fernandez Cue expands on dialogue in the English-language version, and rearranges scenes and adds additional material to Renfield's flustered comic relief keeper, Martin.