Bela
Lugosi was offered the role of Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944) but the
film was dependent upon Boris Karloff being released from the stage tour of
"Arsenic and Old Lace". Shooting was delayed, and John Carradine was cast instead
of Lugosi, who had a prior engagement: ironically, playing Karloff's
"Jonathan Brewster" role in another touring company of "Arsenic
and Old Lace."Friday, November 21, 2014
Friday's Fright Film Fact
Bela
Lugosi was offered the role of Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944) but the
film was dependent upon Boris Karloff being released from the stage tour of
"Arsenic and Old Lace". Shooting was delayed, and John Carradine was cast instead
of Lugosi, who had a prior engagement: ironically, playing Karloff's
"Jonathan Brewster" role in another touring company of "Arsenic
and Old Lace."
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