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1.Dracula [1931] starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan directed by: Karl Freund, Tod Browning November 01, 2005
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Firstly let me start with the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi English language version (ELV). It's a landmark film being the first conventional version of Dracula, the first major film of the post-Chaney Hollywood horror era, the film that unleashed Bela Lugosi on an unsuspecting world, and the film that established just about every convention of vampire films for decades to come. Compared with Nosferatu, this was a massively influential film up to and including the Hammer era. All of which is a bit strange, because it's not a very good film. Once the action leaves Transylvania and transfers to London (and it's newly acquired suburb of Whitby), the stagey, pompous dialogue and the glacial pace make for quite a boring film. The torpor isn't even relieved ... Read More:

2.Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Lionel Atwill directed by: Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor, Karl Freund, Michael Curtiz, Tod Browning October 10, 2006
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5 films all deserve the abused term 'classic'.If you know anything about 1930's horror you won't need any recommendation to buy this collection. If you don't, the movies in the set are Doctor X with Lionel Atwill & Fay Wray directed my Michael Curtiz with Return of Doctor X ( the only dud ).Mad Love with Peter Lorre & Colin Clive.Devil Doll with Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan directed by Tod Browning.Mark of the Vampire with Lugosi, Atwill, Barrymore directed by Browning and The Mask of Fu Manchu with Karloff and Myrna Loy. Only the Return of Dr X prevents a 5 star rating but still very worthwhile

3.Freaks [1932] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor directed by: Tod Browning August 10, 2004
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For years I had heard about the legendary Tod Browning film "Freaks" that so upset audiences it was banned in Boston and Great Britain. I had read the short story "Spurs" on which it was based and when the film was finally screened on campus I talked my roommate into going with me. Most of the people sitting around us knew nothing about the film and when I told them about it everybody started to get nervous. Then the film began...and we all loved it! My roommate and I both had crushes on Daisy Earles who plays Frieda in the film, opposite her brother Harry as Hans. The story is quite simple: Hans and Frieda are a pair of midgets in love, but Hans thinks that Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) the bareback rider is beautiful. Cleopatra plays with Hans' ... Read More:

4.Lon Chaney Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George directed by: Herbert Brenon, Kevin Brownlow, Rick Schmidlin, Tod Browning, Wallace Worsley October 28, 2003
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glad to finally see something of lon chaney. for a long time , the only films i have seen were "phantom of the opera" and "the hunchback of notre dame." thankfully, that has all changed for the better. thrilled to see a reconstructed version of the lost film "london after midnight" and also "the unknown," both directed by regular chaney collaborator tod browning. the inclusion of "laugh, clown, laugh" is also an added bonus. but the choice "ace of hearts" lets everything down slightly. this could have been a six dvd set of films like "the monster," "the unholy three,"(both versions) "west of zanibar," "tell it to the marines," "HE who gets slapped" etc. the documentary on this collection is one of the best and most detailed ... Read More:

5.Dracula / House Of Dracula [1931] starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine directed by: Erle C. Kenton, Karl Freund, Tod Browning October 11, 2004
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Take Bela Lugosi away from Tod Browning's Dracula and it would collapse completely. Even with him it doesn't hold up at all well, making 70 minutes feel like seven hours as it crawls its flatfooted way through the plot points with barely a trace of style or imagination, making for possibly the dullest classic ever made. George Melford's Spanish version shot simultaneously on the same sets and included on the US DVD (but not, unforgiveably, on this Region 2 issue) is infinitely superior thanks to beautifully fluid direction and a better script, but even that eventually runs aground in endless dialog scenes and is hindered by the absence of Lugosi. Aside from the absence of the Spanish version, the R2 DVD does at least have a decent selection of extras. Read More:

6.Dracula [1931] starring: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan directed by: Tod Browning May 05, 2008
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £9.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £4.97 You Save: £5.02 (50%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £2.99
Take Bela Lugosi away from Tod Browning's Dracula and it would collapse completely. Even with him it doesn't hold up at all well, making 70 minutes feel like seven hours as it crawls its flatfooted way through the plot points with barely a trace of style or imagination, making for possibly the dullest classic ever made. George Melford's Spanish version shot simultaneously on the same sets and included on the US DVD (but not, unforgiveably, on this Region 2 issue) is infinitely superior thanks to beautifully fluid direction and a better script, but even that eventually runs aground in endless dialog scenes and is hindered by the absence of Lugosi. Aside from the absence of the Spanish version, the R2 DVD does at least have a decent selection of extras. Read More:

7.Dracula (Universal Studios Classic Monster Collection) [1931] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan directed by: David J. Skal, Enrique Tovar Ávalos, George Melford, Karl Freund, Tod Browning December 21, 1999
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Firstly let me start with the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi English language version (ELV). It's a landmark film being the first conventional version of Dracula, the first major film of the post-Chaney Hollywood horror era, the film that unleashed Bela Lugosi on an unsuspecting world, and the film that established just about every convention of vampire films for decades to come. Compared with Nosferatu, this was a massively influential film up to and including the Hammer era. All of which is a bit strange, because it's not a very good film. Once the action leaves Transylvania and transfers to London (and it's newly acquired suburb of Whitby), the stagey, pompous dialogue and the glacial pace make for quite a boring film. The torpor isn't even relieved by it's being especially atmospheric ... Read More:

8.Outside the Law/Shadows [2020] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Lon Chaney, Ralph Lewis, E. Alyn Warren directed by: Tod Browning, Tom Forman June 27, 2000
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Firstly let me start with the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi English language version (ELV). It's a landmark film being the first conventional version of Dracula, the first major film of the post-Chaney Hollywood horror era, the film that unleashed Bela Lugosi on an unsuspecting world, and the film that established just about every convention of vampire films for decades to come. Compared with Nosferatu, this was a massively influential film up to and including the Hammer era. All of which is a bit strange, because it's not a very good film. Once the action leaves Transylvania and transfers to London (and it's newly acquired suburb of Whitby), the stagey, pompous dialogue and the glacial pace make for quite a boring film. The torpor isn't even relieved by it's being especially atmospheric ... Read More:

9.Freaks [1932] starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor directed by: Tod Browning February 27, 1995
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price: £2.50
For years I had heard about the legendary Tod Browning film "Freaks" that so upset audiences it was banned in Boston and Great Britain. I had read the short story "Spurs" on which it was based and when the film was finally screened on campus I talked my roommate into going with me. Most of the people sitting around us knew nothing about the film and when I told them about it everybody started to get nervous. Then the film began...and we all loved it! My roommate and I both had crushes on Daisy Earles who plays Frieda in the film, opposite her brother Harry as Hans. The story is quite simple: Hans and Frieda are a pair of midgets in love, but Hans thinks that Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) the bareback rider is beautiful. Cleopatra plays with Hans' affections until she learns he has money. ... Read More:

10.Dracula [1931] starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan directed by: Karl Freund, Tod Browning September 27, 1999
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price: £0.50
Firstly let me start with the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi English language version (ELV). It's a landmark film being the first conventional version of Dracula, the first major film of the post-Chaney Hollywood horror era, the film that unleashed Bela Lugosi on an unsuspecting world, and the film that established just about every convention of vampire films for decades to come. Compared with Nosferatu, this was a massively influential film up to and including the Hammer era. All of which is a bit strange, because it's not a very good film. Once the action leaves Transylvania and transfers to London (and it's newly acquired suburb of Whitby), the stagey, pompous dialogue and the glacial pace make for quite a boring film. The torpor isn't even relieved by it's being especially atmospheric - most of the action takes ... Read More:

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