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Auction History Result 4r0991 RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE 15 8x10 stills 1943 Bela Lugosi, Willis, rare Columbia master stills! Date Sold 6/11/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 15 Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) The Return of the Vampire, the 1943 Lew Landers werewolf vampire monster horror thriller ("Beauty at the mercy of a Monster!"; "Man? Or Monster? Or Both?"; "Terrifying! Paralyzing! Horrifying!"; about an English family who thought they rid themselves of a vampire, but during World War II, German bombs free the monster; it reclaims the soul of its former wolfman servant and plots to take revenge on the family) starring Bela Lugosi (in the title role as the Vampire), Frieda Inescort, Miles Mander, Matt Willis (as the werewolf), and Nina Foch. Note that Columbia would have loved to refer to Bela Lugosi's character as "Dracula", but Universal owned the rights to the character, so they could only refer to him as "the vampire", and he was named "Armand Tesla" (and Matt Willis plays Tesla's werewolf servant!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that these are what were called Master Stills, which Columbia did at this time. The stills do not have "still codes" on the front, but the still code is on the snipe on the back. Columbia made "Master Stills" from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, after which they switched to a different format. Master Stills are far more rare than regular Columbia stills, but multiples of each were created (but perhaps as few as a handful of each! Each still also has a paper snipe on the back giving information about the scene on the front! Condition: good to very good. Each has a snipe on back (see above) and that snipe both scuffs and very slightly lightens the front diagonally at center. They are otherwise in generally nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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