BECOMING DRACULA - THE EARLY YEARS OF BELA LUGOSI VOL. 1 (HA IBD

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Theácobwebsáof time and space are finally cleared.áDrawing on years of research across four countries, excavating and analyzing thousands of yellowed documents in archives as well as every digitized source, Gary D. Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger shine light from their candelabrum onto a long-forgotten past, onto the creation of a legend.ááBecoming Draculaáis a two-volume biography covering Bela LugosiâÇÖs life from his birth to 1930, when he first played the famous vampire onscreen.áá'No one has chronicled the life and career of Bela Lugosi with more precision than Gary Rhodes.áWitháBecoming Dracula: The Early Years of Bela Lugosi, Volume One,áRhodes and Bill Kaffenberger detail LugosiâÇÖs heretofore obscure early life in Austria-Hungary with a level of focused research akin to literary paleontology.áAs fascinating as the future Count DraculaâÇÖs journey through Europe to America is, Lugosi-philes everywhere will rejoice that there will be a Volume Two continuation!'-ááááááAlan K. Rode, author ofáMichael Curtiz: A Life in Filmá(2017)á'The path to becoming a vampire is simplicity itself: one need only fall victim to the notorious Count Dracula.áThe path that led to becoming Count Dracula, though, was lengthy, arduous, and fraught with disappointment, especially for the noble bloodsuckerâÇÖs initial cinematic portrayer, Bela Lugosi.áGary D. Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger have returned to focus their impeccable research and unimpeachable historicity on that path. âÇÖTis a path that begs to be followed.'-ááááááJohn Soister, author ofáConrad Veidt on Screená(2009) andáMany Selves: The Horror and Fantasy Films of Paul Wegenerá(2017)