Tag Archives: David Manners

Homespun vaudeville monologist Chic Sale repeats his “old geezer” characterization in Warner Bros.’ Stranger in Town. Read More »

An actor is jealous of his wife’s stardom. Read More »

Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. Read More »

Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. Read More »

Honeymooning at Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison discuss their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but awful guy who’s returning to the stays of this town he defended prior to getting a prisoner of war for fifteen decades. Read More »

After Florence Fallon’s father dies unappreciated in the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. Read More »

After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London. After sucking the blood and turning the young Lucy Weston into a vampire, Dracula turns his attention to her friend Mina Seward, daughter of Dr. Seward who then calls in a specialist, Dr. Van Helsing, to diagnose the sudden deterioration of Mina’s health. Van Helsing, realizing that Dracula is indeed a vampire, tries to prepare Mina’s fiance, John Harker, and Dr. Seward for what is to come and the measures that will have to be taken to prevent Mina from becoming one of the undead.
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