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Svengoolie Will Show It on 10/24/2015

posted 9 years ago by jamesbwill
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Dracula (1931) will be shown on Svengoolie on MeTV on Saturday, 24 October 2015, at 9PM central time. 
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Leading lady Helen Chandler certainly had a rough life. A star on the Broadway stage, she came to Hollywood but could not find true stardom in the movies. Helen developed a serious alcohol and sleeping pill addiction, and in 1940 was committed to a sanitarium. Ten years later, she was severely burned and disfigured by a fire, started when she fell asleep while smoking. Helen died from complications following surgery for a bleeding ulcer in 1965. No relatives claimed her body and she was cremated.

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[–] ms-zanadu 9 years ago

Thanks jamesbwill for this Sven Movie Announcement 
( and also for the sad yet interesting info. on the lead actress Helen Chandler ) .

I really can't remember if I have seen this movie version before ? 
If I did it had to be years ago so I will be watching this one tonight for sure  .

Here also is the movie trailer ( possible spoilers )   :

---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoaMw91MC9k ----

Enjoy the show tonight too !

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[–] jamesbwill 9 years ago

You are quite welcome, ms-zanadu. 

This is a real horror classic. Nothing beats a vampire  movie on a Saturday night. 

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[–] ms-zanadu 9 years ago

So true jamesbwill this is an excellent night for it  !

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[–] Eddysfitzboy 9 years ago

I live in the middle of Texas where it has been raining all day long! Suffice to say that it's perfect weather for a good horror classic.

I've seen this before but I'm really looking forward to it. It's as if I'm seeing it for the first time!

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
Peter Clemenza

[–] santosreyesgar-sr 9 years ago

Watching...remember watching this on tv on Sunday afternoon when I was like 12 years old,oohh man, was I freaked out? But, o completely love it

[–] littlenightmusic-15077 9 years ago

I am watching now and it IS the Bela Lugosi version, not the Spanish version (as listed). Although I would like to see that too.
GREAT movie to watch only a week before Halloween!

[–] telegonus 9 years ago

I watched it, mostly the latter half, was impressed by what looked to be a restoration, as I've never seen a better looking print. They added music, not too much but enough to make it easier for modern viewers to watch. I'd rather see it as it was when first released but the music was well done and helped the movie through some slow spots, and it has a few.