EPISODE 58 - "CLASSIC CINEMA'S HORROR HEROES: BELA LUGOSI & BORIS KARLOFF" - 10/21/2024

When you think of the classic Universal Studios monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s, the two names that come to mind are always BORIS KARLOFF and BELA LUGOSI. These two titans of the horror film genre gave us endless hours of chills and thrills in their portrayal of such iconic movie monsters as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and The Mummy. This week’s Halloween episode pays tribute to the films and lives of these two incredible actors. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff (1972), by Peter Underwood;

The Films of Boris Karloff (1974), by Richard Bojarski;

Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986), Documentary;

Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster (2011), by Stephen Jacobs;

No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi (2916), by Gary D. Rhodes & Bill Kaffenberger;

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (2017), by Gregory William Mank;

Boris Karloff: A Gentleman’s Life (2018), by Scott Allen Nollen;

Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula (2023), by Koren Shami;

“Actor Bela Lugosi, Dracula of Screen, Succumbs After Heart Attack at 73, August 17, 1956, Los Angeles Times;

“Boris Karloff Dead: Horror-Movie Star,” February 4. 1969, New York Times;

“Boris Karloff Dies In London Hospital at 81,” February 4, 1969, Los Angeles Times;

“In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off,” Oct. 26, 2018, New York Times;

BelaLugosi.com

RogerEbert.com

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

BELA LUGOSI:

The Silent Command (1923);

The Thirteenth Chair (1929);

Dracula (1931); 

Freaks (1932);

Mark of the Vampire (1935);

Murder In the Rue Morgue (1932);

Island of Lost Souls (1932);

The Black Cat (1934);

The Raven (1935);

Ninotchka (1939), starring Greta Garbo;

Son of Frankenstein (1939), starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi;

Black Friday (1940);

You’ll Find Out (1940);

The Devil Bat (1940);

The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940);

The Wolf Man (1942);

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942);

The Corpse Vanishes (1942);

Bowery At Midnight (1942);

Ghosts on the Loose (1943);

Zombie’s on Broadway (1945);

The Body Snatcher (1945);

Genius At Work (1946);

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948);

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957);

BORIS KARLOFF:

The Lightning Raider (1919);

The Hope Diamond Mystery  (1920);

The Deadlier Sex (1920);

The Hellion (1923);

Omar The Tentmaker (1922); 

Dynamite Dan (1924);

Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927);

The Criminal Code (1930);

Frankenstein (1931);

Scarface (1932);

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932);

The Mummy (1932);

The Ghoul (1933);

Gift of Gab (1934);

The Invisible Ray (1935);

The Raven (1935);

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935);

The Son of Frankenstein (1939);

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938);

Black Friday (1940);

You’ll Find Out (1940);

House of Frankenstein (1944);

The Body Snatcher (1945);

Isle of the Dead (1945);

Bedlam (1946);

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947);

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1948);

The Strange Door (1951);

The Black Castle (1952);

The Island Monster (1954);

The Raven (1963);

The Terror (1963);

Die, Monster, Die! (1965);

Caldron of Blood (1968);

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966);

Targets (1968);

The Crimson Cult (1968);

Fear Chamber (1968);

House of Evil (1968);

Isle of the Snake People (1971);

The Incredible Invasion (1971);

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