Bela Lugosi's role in 1931's Dracula helped craft the image now associated with the great horror villain. But while this has led to Lugosi being revered as a horror icon, ...

Bela Lugosi, who made his mark as Dracula in Hollywood, insisted to reporters he battled a crippling addiction to drugs for over two decades — but one author claimed he "deliberately exaggerated ...

Bela Lugosi was one of horror cinema's biggest stars in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and during the first two decades of talkie movies, he starred in the same film twice.

No matter how hard anyone tries, intentionally creating an iconic character is impossible. Whether in print or onscreen, the ...

On a transatlantic voyage, a reporter asked silver screen star Béla Lugosi if he was done with his most famous character, Count Dracula. “No. Dracula never ends,” the actor replied. “I don ...

Bela Lugosi, who made his mark as Dracula in Hollywood, insisted to reporters he battled a crippling addiction to drugs for over two decades — but one author claimed he "deliberately exaggerated ...

The text in Béla Lugosi: The Man Behind the Cape is accompanied by over 700 photographs curated from the Lugosi Family Archives, many of which have never been published before.

How ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ and ‘Stairway to Heaven’ performed on the charts “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” never charted on the Billboard Hot 100.In fact, none of Bauhaus’ songs did.

Bela Lugosi’s Dracula is the ultimate. It’s ironic, considering Universal was extremely hesitant to cast him. Lugosi had already been receiving positive marks for his portrayal as the title ...

Veteran Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi, 73, best known for his many Dracula screen roles, died late yesterday in his apartment at 5620 Harold Way, apparently the victim of a heart attack.

For one week in 1947, Béla Lugosi, aka Count Dracula, came to Long Island to scare the living daylights out of people. Long Island Press is the new home of your local paper.