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The Top 20 Bela [...]
Robert Segedy counts down his choices of the greatest Bela Lugosi movies. Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko was born in Lugos, Hungary on October 20, 1882. Lugosi was […]
Jack P Pierce
Monster make-up maestro Jack P Pierce was born Janus Piccoula, on the 5th of May, 1889, in Valdetsyou, Greece. Immigrating to the United States […]
Black Cat, The (Universal [...]
When Universal teamed Karloff and Lugosi in all but billing for their Edgar Allan Poe inspired The Black Cat, released on the 7th of […]
Black Cat, The (Universal [...]
Universal’s 1941 film, The Black Cat, was released on 2nd May 1941. Having nothing to do with the 1934 Karloff / Lugosi film of […]
Basil Rathbone
The 13th of June 1892 saw the birth of Philip St John Basil Rathbone, whose name would become synonymous in later years with elegant […]
