Release & marketing

Yeah, I think that's because Atwill was perceived as a supporting actor, whereas Lugosi, when he wasn't a star, which he was on Poverty Row, was a guest star actor. Right, he was the 'and' credit nowadays. An 'and with', yeah. Or little box round the name on the poster, if he'd had a better agent who could get that kind of stuff. If Lugosi had had a better agent, it would have been Lionel Barrymore and Bela Lugosi in Mark of the Vampire. But he didn't.

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Svengali. Even Dracula is a kind of hypnotist. Yes, he certainly uses his hand gestures. We don't in this film actually get many close-ups of Bela Lugosi's glowing eyes, which is a key image of the genre at the time. And I think one of the great things about this is anybody who sees the trailer, which will be on this set, is actually a trailer shot especially for this movie, where Lugosi actually has probably more dialogue in the trailer than he has in the movie. And he addresses the audience directly, which is a very innovative...

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