Book description
A biography chronicling the tumultuous personal and professional life of horror icon Bela Lugosi.
Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror's most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S.,…
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I’ve always been fascinated by actors who become trapped by their most famous roles, and Bela Lugosi is a prime example. Dracula (1931) made him a legend but also led to typecasting, addiction, and decline, which was heartbreakingly portrayed by Martin Landau in Tim Burton’s Ed Wood.
Koren Shadmi’s graphic novel traces his life from his early days in Hungary, where he was a theatre star and political activist, to his tragic downfall in Hollywood. A bio-pic could give us the full picture: the ambition, the talent, and the slow, painful descent of a man haunted by his own creation,…
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