Mark of the Vampire
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| Directed by | Tod Browning |
| Written by | Guy Endore Bernard Schubert |
| Starring | Lionel Barrymore Elizabeth Allan Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1935 |
| Running time | 60min |
| Language | English |
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Mark of the Vampire (also known as Vampires of Prague) is a 1935 horror film, starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt and directed by Tod Browning. It is a talkie remake of Browning's earlier silent London After Midnight (1927) with the characters' names and some circumstances changed. Mark of the Vampire was originally 75 minutes, but was cut back to 60 minutes by MGM. Reportedly this was due to incestuous overtones -- then unacceptable by the standards of the Production Code -- between the Bela Lugosi character and his daughter, played by Carroll Borland.
The merit of this film is still debated among horror movie fans for its controversal ending, which reveals that the vampires were in reality actors hired to help trap a murderer. While some see it as a bit of a cop-out (Bela Lugosi reportedly found the idea absurd), others see it as sharp satire and a play on the conventions of the horror film.
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