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Dracula's Daughter (1936) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Lambert Hillyer and produced by E.M. Asher.

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Classic Films in Focus: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 16, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Dracula's Daughter (1936) acts as a direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula, picking up mere moments after the earlier film ends. This time, however, the narrative focuses on Van Helsing (mysteriously altered to Von Helsing) and a new representative of the undead, the Countess Maria Zeleska, played with u... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 16, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Dracula's Daughter (1936) acts as a direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula, picking up mere moments after the earlier film ends. This time, however, the narrative focuses on Van Helsing (mysteriously altered to Von Helsing) and a new representative of the undead, the Countess Maria Zeleska, played with u... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 16, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Dracula's Daughter (1936) acts as a direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula, picking up mere moments after the earlier film ends. This time, however, the narrative focuses on Van Helsing (mysteriously altered to Von Helsing) and a new representative of the undead, the Countess Maria Zeleska, played with u... Read full article

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Dracula's Daughter Quotes:

Lady Esme Hammond: Sherry, Marya?
Countess Marya Zaleska: Thank you, I never drink... wine.
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.
Countess Marya Zaleska: Be thou exorcised oh Dracula, and thy body long undead find destruction throughout eternity in the name of thy dark unholy Master. In the name of the oh holiest and through this cross be the evil spirit cast out until the end of time
Dr. Garth: Where's Janet?
Countess Marya Zaleska: Safe - so far.
Dr. Garth: If you've harmed her.
Countess Marya Zaleska: You're not in London now Doctor Garth with your police. You're in Transylvania in my castle.
Countess Marya Zaleska: Sandor, look at me. What do you see in my eyes?
Sandor: Death.
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Dracula's Daughter Facts
Completed for $278,000 it was one of Universal's most expensive productions of the 1930s.
Bela Lugosi earned $4,000 for his participation in publicity photos for this film (he does not actually appear in it).
Top-echelon director A. Edward Sutherland was originally assigned to direct. His contract contained an unusual "Pay or Play" clause, and he earned $17,500 for his involvement in the production. Because of interminable production delays, Sutherland moved on to another project before shooting began. His replacement, Lambert Hillyer, who had directed mostly "B" westerns, earned just $5,000 for directing the film.
Some elements of the plot are from Bram Stoker's story "Dracula's Guest" which was written as a chapter in his 1897 novel "Dracula," but excised due to the novel's length. It was first published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death. Other elements are loosely based on the 1872 short story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Takes place immediately after the events of Dracula.
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