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Dracula's Daughter (1936)

 -  Drama | Fantasy | Horror  -  11 May 1936 (USA)
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Hungarian countess Marya Zaleska seeks the aid of a noted psychiatrist, in hopes of freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Contessa Marya Zeleska
Marguerite Churchill ...
Janet
Edward Van Sloan ...
Prof. Von Helsing
Gilbert Emery ...
Sir Basil Humphrey
Irving Pichel ...
Halliwell Hobbes ...
Hawkins (as Halliwell Hobbs)
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Albert
Nan Grey ...
Lili
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Lady Esme Hammond
Claud Allister ...
Sir Aubrey (as Claude Allister)
Edgar Norton ...
Hobbs
E.E. Clive ...
Sgt. Wilkes
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Storyline

Prof. Van Helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of Dracula...until a hypnotic woman steals the Count's body and cremates it. Bloodless corpses start appearing in London again, and Hungarian countess Marya Zaleska seeks the aid of Jeffrey Garth, psychiatrist, in freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence. The scene changes from foggy London back to that eerie road to the Borgo Pass... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Look out, she'll get you! See more »

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Drama | Fantasy | Horror

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Release Date:

11 May 1936 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Daughter of Dracula  »

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(Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Completed for $278,000 it was one of Universal's most expensive productions of the 1930s. See more »

Goofs

Just before the sergeant leaves his constable alone in the station (just before Zaleska makes her first appearance), he hands him a pistol. Even in 1936, it is extremely unlikely that a non-metropolitan UK police officer would have access to or authority to issue firearms without exceptional circumstances (which would not have included guarding two corpses). See more »

Quotes

Countess Marya Zaleska: Her pulse is weak Dr. Garth... Growing weaker. All your skill can't help her now. She's under a spell that can be broken only by me... or death.
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Soundtracks

"Nocturne No.5 in F Sharp Major, Op.15-2"
(uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
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User Reviews

 
Lesbian undertones?
11 August 2005 | by (Portland, Oregon, USA) – See all my reviews

Did "Dracula" need a sequel? That's debatable, but "Dracula's Daughter" was worth seeing. Picking up where the original left off, Prof. Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) is arrested for murdering Dracula. (Those ingrates! He gets rid of an evil force and this is how they repay him?!) Anyway, Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden) turns up and we learn that she is the Count's daughter. By which I mean that she inherited her father's taste for blood. And her assistant Sandor (Irving Pichel) keeps her addicted to being a vampire.

One thing that I now have to wonder is whether or not they were implying that Marya might have been a lesbian, the way that she comes on to women. Obviously they couldn't talk openly about it back then, but you know...occasionally they look for ways to push the limits. Anyway, "Dracula's Daughter" is worth seeing if there's nothing else to do.


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