Dracula is based on the stage play by the same name, which in turn is based on Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. Bela Lugosi, Broadway's Dracula at the time, fought hard to make the studio see that he would make the best on-screen vamp. All you Dracula portrayers out there have the Hungarian-born Lugosi to thank, as it was his German accent and speech pattern that led to the signature Dracula voice we all know and love.

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