Set in Paris, the film follows Philipe Guérande ( Mathé ), a journalist and detective, and his friend Oscar-Cloud Mazamette ( Lévesque ) who become involved in trying to uncover and stop a bizarre underground Apache known as The Vampires ( who are not the mythological beings their name suggests ), primarily focusing on one of the gang's ring-leaders Irma Vep ( Musidora ).

His first picture, Musidora, was hung at the Royal Academy when he was only 17, and henceforth he contributed almost annually not only to the Royal Academy but later also to the Grosvenor and New Gallery exhibitions.

* 1889 – Musidora, French actress and director ( d. 1957 )

* December 11 – Musidora, French actress ( b. 1889 )

Notable silent-cinema vamps included Theda Bara, Helen Gardner, Louise Glaum, Valeska Suratt, Musidora, Virginia Pearson, Olga Petrova, Rosemary Theby, Nita Naldi, Pola Negri, Estelle Taylor, Jetta Goudal, and, in early appearances, Myrna Loy.

Judex was played by French matinee idol René Cresté and Diana was played by Musidora, who had previously played the villainess Irma Vep in Les Vampires.

Written and directed by Louis Feuillade, it stars Édouard Mathé, Musidora and Marcel Lévesque.

Despite being critically unpopular at the time of its release, due to its poor quality compared to other films and dubious morality, Les Vampires was a massive success with its War-time audience, making Musidora a star of French cinema.

Ouija Board won by six lengths, and her connections opted to go straight to Epsom, rather than run in any other traditional trials such as the Musidora Stakes at York.

Bride of the Monster is a 1955 sci-fi horror film starring Bela Lugosi, along with Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy and Loretta King Hadler.

Dr. Eric Vornoff ( Bela Lugosi ), is experimenting with nuclear power with the help of his mute assistant, Lobo ( Tor Johnson ).

In August 1954, Fuller was cast in Wood's The Vampire's Tomb, intended to star Bela Lugosi.

The Byronic hero, in particular, was a key precursor to the male goth image, while Dracula's iconic portrayal by Bela Lugosi appealed powerfully to early goths.

Glen or Glenda is a 1953 exploitation film written, directed by, and starring Ed Wood, and featuring Bela Lugosi and Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller.

The first part of the film begins with a narrator called The Scientist ( Bela Lugosi ) making cryptic comments about humanity.

Tod Browning's Dracula ( 1931 ), with Bela Lugosi, was quickly followed by James Whale's Frankenstein ( also 1931 ).

With the progression of the genre actors were beginning to build entire careers in such films, most especially Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

The Italians also made Wild Bill Hickock films, while the German twenties saw back-woods Westerns featuring Bela Lugosi as Uncas.

Scared to Death ( 1947 ) is a horror film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Bela Lugosi.

* Bela Lugosi as Prof. Leonide

* Universal Pictures made two films titled The Black Cat, one in 1934, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and another in 1941, starring Lugosi and Basil Rathbone.

Martin Landau received an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi and the film received the award for Best Makeup.

Browning's first talkie was The Thirteenth Chair ( 1929 ), which was also released as a silent and starred Bela Lugosi.

Although Browning wanted to hire an unknown European actor for the title role and have him be mostly offscreen as a sinister presence, budget constraints and studio interference necessitated the casting of Bela Lugosi and a more straightforward approach.

In 1932, Victor Halperin directed White Zombie, a horror film starring Bela Lugosi.

* February 14 – The original film version of Dracula with Bela Lugosi is released.

* October 20 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor ( d. 1956 )

* Chandu, a character in radio mysteries who was played on screen by Bela Lugosi.

* Bela Lugosi as Commissar Razinin ( Разинин )

In 1940, Lorre co-starred with fellow horror actors Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in the Kay Kyser movie You'll Find Out.

( In the spoof-film version of Casino Royale, British comedian Ronnie Corbett comments that SMERSH includes among its agents not only Le Chiffre, but also " Peter Lorre and Bela Lugosi ".

The Ghoul Goes West was an unproduced Edward D. Wood, Jr. film to star Bela Lugosi as Dracula in the Old West.

Boris was lucky to get the part, as it had supposedly been offered to Bela Lugosi, who declined it.

Actors known for their early support of SAG ( besides the founders ) include Edward Arnold, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Jean Hersholt, Russell Hicks, Murray Kinnell, Gene Lockhart, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Chester Morris, Jean Muir, George Murphy, Erin O ' Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, Dick Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Edwin Stanley, Gloria Stuart, Lyle Talbot, Franchot Tone, Warren William, and Robert Young.

Chandler, disappointed, joined David Manners and Bela Lugosi in what became one of the most successful movies made until that time.

Donna the Buffalo has performed and / or recorded with a variety of musicians including Jim Lauderdale, father and son Zydeco masters Preston and Keith Frank, Bela Fleck, Mamadou Diabate, Claire Lynch, David Hidalgo, The Duhks and Amy Helm, to name a few.

As a result, Evans, together with other local business leaders, including David Moffat, William Byers ( founder of the Rocky Mountain News ), Joseph E. Bates, Bela Hughes, Walter Cheesman and Luther Kountze partnered with East Coast investors to form a railroad company that would link Denver and the Colorado Territory with the national rail network.

David J wrote the lyrics of several Bauhaus songs ( including their first single, " Bela Lugosi's Dead ").

Artists such as Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Ry Cooder, Darol Anger and David “ Dawg ” Grisman influenced them as well.

On December 1, 2007, Old Town School celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a concert at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre featuring Jeff Tweedy, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, David Bromberg, Bonnie Koloc, Frank & Mary Hamilton, Lonnie Brooks with Wayne Baker Brooks and Nicholas Tremulis and Luna Negra Dance Theater.

David Pack has toured with and / or performed in concert with: Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Beach Boys, Heart, The Alan Parsons Project, David Benoit, Patti Austin, Chet Atkins, Wynonna Judd, Kenny Loggins, Bela Fleck, BeBe Winans, Billy Joel, Elton John, Leonard Bernstein, Patti LaBelle, Andrae Crouch, Russ Freeman, Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Foreigner, Supertramp, U2, Eddie Van Halen, Natalie Cole, Bruce Hornsby, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Chic Corea, Toto and Huey Lewis & the News.

David Edelstein of Slate also compared the film to Cocteau's work, commenting that " the storyline is your standard obsessed-mad-doctor saga, one step above a Poverty Row Bela Lugosi feature ... ut it's Lugosi by way of Cocteau and Ionesco ".

Notable performances include Bill Cosby, Stomp, Miss Saigon, A Streetcar Named Desire, Blast !, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, The Moscow Boys Choir, David Copperfield, Jessye Norman, Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.