Talk:Béla Lugosi
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For reference purposes re Lugosi's claims he was fleeing the Nazis in a 1940s interview:
- sjc I might be wrong about the fact that Bela Lugosi left AS the Naxis were invading, but I know he did fear the Nazi presence in Europe. He spoke of this in an interview he gave in the 1940s. He mentioned this as one of the reasons he wanted to leave Europe, before things got worse. My husband owns all of his movies and is so into Bela it is scary! (Scarier than Bela's movies I'm afraid, LOL!) I will check my facts again since it has been a while since I viewed the interview. (Yes, we own this too!) Luckymama
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- I read this interview too. I always discounted the "scared of the Nazis" premise on a number of grounds, mainly that he was a bit of a careerist. I would take 99% of what Lugosi says with more than an ample pinch of salt. He had settled and appeared in his first American film in 1923, long before even the first Munich putsch. user:sjc
- Truth. Bela was a actor through and through and very much the showman. I will conceed this one. I always wondered about this statement because the dates didn't make much sense. I know that some in the European intellectual community (ie: scientists, university personel, the artistic communities) seemed to get wind of what was happening in Germany with the Nazi movement long before they posed a real threat to the whole of Europe, and left. I guess I just took Bela's statements on the subject as one of those who saw it coming and fled before it really started. You are probably correct in your assessment of Bela's bravado, though. He did do these interviews during WWII so I can see him wanting to enhance his stature by claiming he saw it coming too.Luckymama
[edit] Romanian actor?
Category:Romanian actors?
- I corrected it.
Well, if Austria-Hungary makes someone Romanian then probably the Dalai Lama is Romanian as well. :) I mean, um, he was Hungarian when he was born and while he was alive. I don't think someone changes nationality because the birthplace got annected to another country.
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- Annected!! What a great new word. Thanks. JackofOz 12:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
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(I fear the moment when someone conjures that he was really called Bel Lugescu or something.) --grin ✎ 12:09, 2004 Jun 29 (UTC)
- Actually his family name was "Blasko". (derived from Slavic Vlasko=Vlach) :-) Bogdan | Talk 14:02, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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- Heh, I had a similar problem with an an article on an economist (I forget who now). He was described as an "Austrian economist" although he was a Jew born in what's now Lithuania and who moved to the United States as an adolescent—presumably because the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when he was born (or maybe it was just that somebody figured he was an economist from Europe, therefore he must be Austrian). —Chowbok ☠ 23:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What are the inaccuracies in the film Ed Wood?
The article states that: "The pseudo-biographical film Ed Wood, by Tim Burton, depicted Wood's relationship with Lugosi inaccurately." A quick summary of these inaccuracies would be helpful here, as it's impossible to tell from this article. :)
[edit] Face not visible
This doesn't sound right: The "double" can easily be spotted by the fact that he looks nothing like Lugosi and covers his face with his cape in every shot.
If the actor's face was covered in every scene, how can we tell whether it's Lugosi or not? was it his shape or height that gave the game away? JackofOz 12:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
- He's about twice as tall as Lugosi. Really, you can tell. The Singing Badger 15:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] abut th song.
what dose the song "bela lugosi's dead" says abut bela?
[edit] Wolfman
Didn't Bela do a cameo in the Wolfman, as the original cursed creature who Bites the main character. (The name slips my mind.) I believe he was the husband of the gypsy woman. That's not in here, and I know he's in it cuz i work at a video store and the cover of the dvd says "WITH BELA LUGOSI!"
