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Browning found himself unable to get his requested projects greenlighted.

After directing the drama Fast Workers ( 1933 ) starring John Gilbert, who was also not in good standing with the studio, he was allowed to direct a remake of London After Midnight, originally titled Vampires of Prague but later retitled Mark of the Vampire ( 1935 ).

In the remake, the roles played by Lon Chaney in the original were split between Lionel Barrymore and Béla Lugosi ( spoofing his Dracula image ).