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Who is David Manners?

David Manners was a stage and screen actor known for playing well-bred romantic leads in 1930s Hollywood. His most famous roles include John Harker in Dracula (1931) and Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932). He also appeared opposite Katharine Hepburn in A Bill of Divorcement (1932) and retired from acting in 1953.

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This Classic Universal Horror Film Set Doug Jones on the Path to Becoming Hollywood's Favorite Monster Actor [Exclusive]

Doug Jones is one of the modern era's most accomplished monster actors, having embodied inhuman creatures in films like Hocus Pocus, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water. He was inspired by one of the most iconic horror actors of all time: Boris Karloff. While discussing his career at a panel at this year's Atl Comics Convention in Atlanta, moderated by Collider's Maggie Lovitt, Jones talked about the film that inspired his legendary performances. Although Jones' first love was comedy, he credited a classic monster movie with inspiring his eventual transformation into one of modern cinema's most accomplished boogeymen: "My first monster movie, in Indianapolis, Indiana, was a late-night Friday show hosted by Sammy Terry. [laughs maniacally] And it was The Mummy, with Boris Karloff. So watching that movie and the effect those haunting eyes of his had on me, and how he affected the head-to-toe performance that we're talking about.

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One of the Best Dracula Performances Came 94 Years Ago

Quick Links 'Dracula' Is a Trailblazing Masterpiece in Horror Cinema Bela Lugosi's Timeless Portrayal of Dracula Undeniably one of the silver screen's finest masterpieces and a touchstone in horror cinema, the 1931 supernatural sensation Dracula features an incomparable performance by Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi, who brilliantly brought the Bram Stoker antagonist to life and set the precedent for future interpretations of the legendary vampire. The overwhelming success and impact of the cinematic staple helped shape the horror genre and led to more exciting Universal Monster movies like Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man, while establishing Lugosi as one of Hollywood's most recognizable talents. Though many more prominent actors like Christopher Lee, Gary Oldman, and most recently Bill Skarsgård (in the Dracula adjacent Nosferatu) would tackle the role of the iconic blood-sucker, none have been able to match the menace and magic Lugosi embodied on screen 94 years ago

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All 18 Actors Who Played Van Helsing In Movies

Abraham Van Helsing was a prominent literary figure from Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula, and several actors have played the character in movies over the years. Several Dracula adaptations were great, whereas others flopped, but the book was a difficult title to get right because it was so legendary. Dracula A Love Tale was recently announced, and many were quick to voice their hopes that the project was an improvement on past attempts to bring Stokers story to life. Van Helsing was notably the arch nemesis of Count Dracula, one of the most powerful vampires from movies and TV and the defining figure in literature. His role as a vampire slayer was often translated in many different ways, with each interpretation altering his appearance, personality, and even profession. Abraham Van Helsing was a variety of men in the cinematic world, and a huge selection of actors have slipped into his shoes.

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Universal Monsters Getting New Funko Pops in Time for Halloween

Universal's classic monster films raised a horror subculture that fueled a pop culture phenomenon. Funko pays homage to the franchise with a relaunch of four Universal Monsters pop vinyls. Funko will release four Universal Monsters pop figures as a reboot of the first wave of collectibles launched in 2014. Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, and Gill-Man / Creature from the Black Lagoon are now available for pre-order at retailers like Entertainment Earth, which ships the orders as early as August. In contrast to the muted colors of the initial release, the new vinyl figures come in the technicolor palette of the 80s (as they appeared in the Betamax and VHS re-releases). The Universal Monsters pop vinyls are part of Funko's Halloween lineup of horror IPs like Pet Sematary and The Addams Family. A relaunch of The Wolf Man vinyl figure is also on the way (as seen on photos of the

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A Game of Rivals: The Conflicts That Shaped Horror Classic ‘The Black Cat’

In the 1930s, Universal laid claim to the two biggest horror stars of the era, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and it was only a matter of time before the pair would meet on screen. In 1932, only months after each rocketed to stardom in Dracula and Frankenstein respectively, the two were dressed in tuxedoes and brought together for a genial photoshoot that simultaneously announced their partnership and implied a rivalry. Through a series of circumstances, it was another two years before the pair would star in a film together. As one might expect, it was in the most transgressive horror film of the era, 1934’s The Black Cat, a film that remains shocking not only for the early 1930s but even more surprising as a product overseen by the newly enforced Hays Code. The Code had been established in 1927 as a self-censoring wing of the motion picture industry and an attempt to avoid government censorship.

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Universal's Most Iconic Monster Hunter Might Surprise You

There are several faces that haunt the first cycle in the Universal horror canon. The men who played the monsters in nearly all those early entries, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, are to be expected. Dwight Frye pops up repeatedly as a succession of madmen and henchmen. Valerie Hobson played a few heroines, while poor David Manners played more than a few hapless juvenile heroes. But, if the underwritten, ineffectual young men Manners was saddled with couldn’t do much more than fret, another actor was on hand to provide Universal with effective monster hunters: Edward Van Sloan, who squared off against Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s creation, and Imhotep the mummy across four various horror films.

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