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Yes in the 1931 movie during the London sequences Dracula, who only comes out at night, is in evening dress and with evening dress you either where a formal overcoat or an opera Cape which is lined in white by the way not red to match the black and white colours of your full dress Eveningwear. European X Patriots of the time, if they had been awarded a neck order would sometimes wear them because this is commonplace with civilian for full dress. And a long black cape let you play with that swirl it around and use it like batwings. Predatorial animals naturally have long incisor canine teeth so it was logical to give that a tribute to later vampire make ups. And I can tell you from having worked in funeral homes around a lot of dead bodies in the embalming process, dead people look very pale because the blood sinks to the bottom of the body and has to be pumped out and replaced with embalming fluid which contains a red dye to bring some colour and natural life like appearance back to The corpse for the public viewing. This is all very understandable of course. So a vampire who is supposed to be the undead is portrayed as having rather pale skin. Most Victorian men wore their hair combed straight back held in place with a variety of oil or beeswax pomade type products. Remember in one of Draculas hideouts they find his hair brushes and other toiletries in London. I think you could pretty well ignore all the other silliness in the caricatures and cartoons concerning the character. We can only guess what a rich man in the Balkans living by himself would have used for clothes at his home like castle Dracula. He probably wore Black wool trousers a high buttoning black waistcoat a black morning coat but probably a white shirt with a stiff collar. This is basically what Christopher Lee has on except they gave him of four button sack coat instead of the morning coat or frockcoat. I work with these things all the time collect them make them use them And film them and when you do living history and historical interpretation you come to understand how everyone is going to look and behave and it takes the mystery out of it.
Correct me if I'm wrong - but Bela Lugosi's iconic widow's peak is kind of like James Cagney calling someone a 'dirty rat' or Humphrey Bogart telling his piano player to 'play it again, Sam.' If you look at pretty much any scene of Bella as Drac - he actually doesn't have a widow's peak.
Could it be that it was rather taken from Grampa Munster whos design was either ispired by "Werewolf of London" as well or took Lugosi's look in more grotesque/ comedy direction?
He wears a cloak because he is a Boyar, a Vallachian nobleman, a warrior-prince. Also flowing cloak boyh resembles wings of a bat or a preybird, and adds dynamic to his movement. If we look at every depiction, Dracula does not wears a cloak in every scene; Count Orlok doesen't wear cloak at all! I guess cloak simply was too memorable, so we remember it from all of Count's outfits.
My favorite Dracula quote. George Hamilton as Dracula in Love at First Bite: "Fun? How would you like to go around looking like a head waiter for 700 years?"
Great video, I just couldn't help but notice the absence of the 1979 version with Frank Langella. A fantastic version accompanied by a magnificent score by the legendary John Williams!
And for lunch I shall drain the blood of; one victim, hahaha, two victims hahaha, three victims hahaha. There I have consumed the lifeforce of three victims hahaha. *thunder and lightning*
The reason Dracula has blue skin is because that is one of the colors of a dead body. Also Drac was supposedly undead half supernatural and human. When a vampire feeds on its victims blood...the natural color somewhat comes back as to fool the living.
While it might be apocryphal, I have heard the high back collar on the cape came from the stage play where it hid the actors head so when he turned around he could drop through a trap door leaving he cape behind and appear to simply disappear with only his cape left to collapse on the stage floor.
Jim Steinmeyer, in 'Disappearing the Elephant. . .' credits a NY magician [whose name I can't find at the moment] for the NYC premiere, with assisting with the physical supernatural staging and the cape was used as you said-- a brief wrestling struggle U/S in the Library with the two men and the long cape also having the shoulders shaped on a lightweight wire form inside it, I suspect also helping to hold the collar up, could be dragged about, assuming 'Dracula' is facing U/S with some anatomical volume, while the actor drops through a floor trap [probably not a 'Vampire Trap', from 1820; that was a new improved vertical scrimmed double-leaved, spring-loaded door in the bookshelves that allowed 'Dracula' to be seen before he entered the room, from a black-draped green-lit alcove offstage; by re-balancing the lighting as 'Dracula' passes through the painted books and shelves he appears to pass through solid objects]
Is it just me or does that artist rendering of what Dracula should actually look like bare resemblance to a red eyed Al Pachino? He'd make for an interesting Dracula...
There was also supposedly another silent adaptation of Dracula before Nosferatu but Bram Stoker's widow sued and ensured that all copies of the film were destroyed.
Great video. You should do a video about what a Ghoul is, the word ghoul is incredibly popular among horror fans but I don't know many who actually know what the monster looks like.
Nosferatu is based on other Slavic vampire/undead myths. It's closer to the source material than Dracula is to them. The thing is outside of horror fans and folklore nerds Dracula, Nosferatu, and vampires are one and the same :(. Also frigging awesome you're including Mel Brooks clip in your vids. :)
Channeling Spirits no prob and if you don’t mind the suggestion, could you do a video on the wolfman. You’ll be surprised to find that he dates back all the way to Ancient Greek Mythology
It's on our to-do list! We will probably do at least two videos, one over Wolfman and one on the history of werewolves but we'll definitely include King Lycaon.
Interesting that the novel made the comparison of giant bat wings and capes since Batman's cape is intentionally designed to resemble giant bat wings and give him enough aerodynamics to glide through the air.Batman is a classic Dracula displayed, confirmed.
These are questions man was not supposed to know the answers to, Why did Dracula have a cape, why was Frankenstein's monster Green, why did zombies eat brains and why did Elvira have enormous boobs, some things should remain a mystery
The Cape is not the Key-Link. That would be Lugosi's Collar! All others either exaggerate the Collar to Diabolical Dimensions or else, have it lay flat or double-folded. Lugosi's Collar is as Unique as he was.
Fun fact, the first time I ever saw the Francis Ford Coppola film, we had a small earthquake that made my house move and I was so stoned I legitimately thought Dracula was coming for me
The 1931 film is specifically based more closely on the Broadway play, scripted by American playwright John Balderston, which even further reduces the cast from Deane's adaptation.
Bela Lugosi was Hungarian. So his name has to be pronounced "Lugoshi" with the first syllable stressed. So rather "Loogoshi". And Frankenstein, as it is a German name, has to be pronounced "Frahnken-Shtein".
If y'all actually keep up weekly videos I will come back every week and start catch up on your hole channel. I just noticed that there isn't regular uploads after I watched your last video and so was surprised to see a new video already. I've been enjoying what I've watched and I hope you keep it up and I know this channel will grow 😊XoXo 😘
Earlieth 20th century? PML Also, medals of chivalry in Europe were and are in a sunburst design, not just the Turkish ones shown here, although that would reference Dracula's triumph over the Moors who were invading during the 15th Century.
I heard that the medal on Lugosi's Dracula was actually family heirloom Lugosi decided to add to his costume, so it wasn't technically just a prop. I have no idea if anyone will ever see this...
The Cape gives him the Shadows and darkness to his attributes. I feel the cape gives him a mysterious mystique. Kinda like Batman in a way, and it shows off that he once a noble warrior in a way. So in my opinion his Cape gives him more of a shadow of Darkness look, since he is the lord of darkness.
That is an original illustration from writer and editor, Devin Dion. If you're interested we can off a print with at teespring.com/stores/channeling-spirits
Is she saying, ‘titular ‘ in each of her videos? Like the movie critic from The Onion. Can’t remember the name but I am always listening for his use of the word. Ha ha
Taking into account the history of Vlad Tepes and his battles with the muslims, it's not likely that he's be wearing a medal from the Ottoman empire! More likely a Romanian / Wallachian Order of knighthood or something similar.
I didnt hear about hammer or Christopher Lee's Dracula that is stereotypical of what you was speak about not a reference. To either. A real disappointment for me.
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I always assumed he wore a cape because he was a nobleman, a Count. So, naturally, his manner of dress would be a bit fancier than most everyone.
Me too. Like you pointed out, he's a Count. A Boyar. So Counts can't look cool? Counts can't have a sense of style?
Yes in the 1931 movie during the London sequences Dracula, who only comes out at night, is in evening dress and with evening dress you either where a formal overcoat or an opera Cape which is lined in white by the way not red to match the black and white colours of your full dress Eveningwear. European X Patriots of the time, if they had been awarded a neck order would sometimes wear them because this is commonplace with civilian for full dress. And a long black cape let you play with that swirl it around and use it like batwings. Predatorial animals naturally have long incisor canine teeth so it was logical to give that a tribute to later vampire make ups. And I can tell you from having worked in funeral homes around a lot of dead bodies in the embalming process, dead people look very pale because the blood sinks to the bottom of the body and has to be pumped out and replaced with embalming fluid which contains a red dye to bring some colour and natural life like appearance back to The corpse for the public viewing. This is all very understandable of course. So a vampire who is supposed to be the undead is portrayed as having rather pale skin. Most Victorian men wore their hair combed straight back held in place with a variety of oil or beeswax pomade type products. Remember in one of Draculas hideouts they find his hair brushes and other toiletries in London. I think you could pretty well ignore all the other silliness in the caricatures and cartoons concerning the character. We can only guess what a rich man in the Balkans living by himself would have used for clothes at his home like castle Dracula. He probably wore Black wool trousers a high buttoning black waistcoat a black morning coat but probably a white shirt with a stiff collar. This is basically what Christopher Lee has on except they gave him of four button sack coat instead of the morning coat or frockcoat. I work with these things all the time collect them make them use them And film them and when you do living history and historical interpretation you come to understand how everyone is going to look and behave and it takes the mystery out of it.
Correct me if I'm wrong - but Bela Lugosi's iconic widow's peak is kind of like James Cagney calling someone a 'dirty rat' or Humphrey Bogart telling his piano player to 'play it again, Sam.' If you look at pretty much any scene of Bella as Drac - he actually doesn't have a widow's peak.
Could it be that it was rather taken from Grampa Munster whos design was either ispired by "Werewolf of London" as well or took Lugosi's look in more grotesque/ comedy direction?
He wears a cloak because he is a Boyar, a Vallachian nobleman, a warrior-prince. Also flowing cloak boyh resembles wings of a bat or a preybird, and adds dynamic to his movement. If we look at every depiction, Dracula does not wears a cloak in every scene; Count Orlok doesen't wear cloak at all! I guess cloak simply was too memorable, so we remember it from all of Count's outfits.
My favorite Dracula quote. George Hamilton as Dracula in Love at First Bite: "Fun? How would you like to go around looking like a head waiter for 700 years?"
Mine is from the same movie, offered a glass of wine" I don't drink wine........offered a doobie,
" l don't smoke sheet."
Great video, I just couldn't help but notice the absence of the 1979 version with Frank Langella. A fantastic version accompanied by a magnificent score by the legendary John Williams!
My favorite Dracula. Severely underrated
Hollywood screwed Bela soooo bad. So sad that he didn't stand up to them or have someone to help him. He deserve better.
Yeah, his story still bums me out.
They call me the Count, because I love to count, ah ah aaahhh! *thunder, lightening!*. :D
And for lunch I shall drain the blood of; one victim, hahaha, two victims hahaha, three victims hahaha. There I have consumed the lifeforce of three victims hahaha. *thunder and lightning*
Dracula wears a cape because his costumes aren't made by Edna Mode.
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Nice one 👍
"No capes!"
@@deboralee1623 PERFECT!
I was thinking what if Dracula accidently picked up Superman's cape.
The Cape connotes the Super-Natural: Superman, Batman, Zorro and Bishop Sheen! It Reveals what is Hidden: Good Versus Evil.
I swear I heard this girl's voice on a watchmojo video
"What inspired the vampire masterpiece is unknown."
*Lord Byron sweats profusely *
(Yes it makes sense.)
The reason Dracula has blue skin is because that is one of the colors of a dead body. Also Drac was supposedly undead half supernatural and human. When a vampire feeds on its victims blood...the natural color somewhat comes back as to fool the living.
after I watched this I was compelled to re-watch Dracula Dead and loving it again lol
While it might be apocryphal, I have heard the high back collar on the cape came from the stage play where it hid the actors head so when he turned around he could drop through a trap door leaving he cape behind and appear to simply disappear with only his cape left to collapse on the stage floor.
Jim Steinmeyer, in 'Disappearing the Elephant. . .' credits a NY magician [whose name I can't find at the moment] for the NYC premiere, with assisting with the physical supernatural staging and the cape was used as you said-- a brief wrestling struggle U/S in the Library with the two men and the long cape also having the shoulders shaped on a lightweight wire form inside it, I suspect also helping to hold the collar up, could be dragged about, assuming 'Dracula' is facing U/S with some anatomical volume, while the actor drops through a floor trap [probably not a 'Vampire Trap', from 1820; that was a new improved vertical scrimmed double-leaved, spring-loaded door in the bookshelves that allowed 'Dracula' to be seen before he entered the room, from a black-draped green-lit alcove offstage; by re-balancing the lighting as 'Dracula' passes through the painted books and shelves he appears to pass through solid objects]
Very informative! Thanks for all the visual examples, they really told the timeline of the famous vamp well.
I need to watch Draucla: Dead and Loving It again one of these days. That was an hilarious movie.
Oh, Leslie Nielsen, you've done it again!
Glad someone finds his movies funny I find it fun to watch not funny for me
Don't you just hate daymares? 😸
Daymares are the worst. Especially when you can't find any shade in them.
The research aspect is spot on. Looking forward for more!
Is it just me or does that artist rendering of what Dracula should actually look like bare resemblance to a red eyed Al Pachino? He'd make for an interesting Dracula...
I love all the Dead And Loving It clips!
There was also supposedly another silent adaptation of Dracula before Nosferatu but Bram Stoker's widow sued and ensured that all copies of the film were destroyed.
He wears a cape because he looks badass just ask Lando Calrissian about capes
Awesome video!
Great video.
You should do a video about what a Ghoul is, the word ghoul is incredibly popular among horror fans but I don't know many who actually know what the monster looks like.
I do. I just don't want to think about it.
Ghouls are the original Zombies real Zombies are mind controlled humans.
It seems to be to shield his face from sunlight whilst he hisses in every old Dracula movie I've ever seen.
I find it hilarious that Dracula from Billy & Mandy looks more like Bram's description of the count than Lugosi
The 1992 Dracula(as an old man) looks like Mr. Mad in the King and Odie cartoons.
In my opinion the best is BBC’s Count Dracula. The Salem’s Lot novel has Kurt Barlow as a aristocrat as well.
In Elizabethan stage work...a blue light meant a ghost had appeared.
Nosferatu is based on other Slavic vampire/undead myths. It's closer to the source material than Dracula is to them.
The thing is outside of horror fans and folklore nerds Dracula, Nosferatu, and vampires are one and the same :(.
Also frigging awesome you're including Mel Brooks clip in your vids. :)
Some even Say the one who played Nosferatu was indeed a real vampire.
I love how much work you put into your videos
Thank you so much. It's a lot of research and hours putting them together but it's a labor of love so you can enjoy. We really appreciate it.
Channeling Spirits no prob and if you don’t mind the suggestion, could you do a video on the wolfman. You’ll be surprised to find that he dates back all the way to Ancient Greek Mythology
It's on our to-do list! We will probably do at least two videos, one over Wolfman and one on the history of werewolves but we'll definitely include King Lycaon.
Channeling Spirits cool no rush keep up the good work I know you can do it!
@@ChannelingSpirits you really should do a video of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Those Transylvanian hilltop castles must get pretty nippy when the wind blows, so a cape would be just downright practical.
I love this channel. I am very partial to Vampires and I love what you did with this. Excellent video.
Interesting that the novel made the comparison of giant bat wings and capes since Batman's cape is intentionally designed to resemble giant bat wings and give him enough aerodynamics to glide through the air.Batman is a classic Dracula displayed, confirmed.
I mean, they DID make Batman vs. Dracula...
Also, Christian Bale's first role was alongside Christopher Lee.
These are questions man was not supposed to know the answers to,
Why did Dracula have a cape, why was Frankenstein's monster Green, why did zombies eat brains and why did Elvira have enormous boobs, some things should remain a mystery
The Cape is not the Key-Link. That would be Lugosi's Collar! All others either exaggerate the Collar to Diabolical Dimensions or else, have it lay flat or double-folded. Lugosi's Collar is as Unique as he was.
And nowadays Vampires sparkle in the sun like a discoball... I fear for the future of classic monsters
You haven’t seen underworld after twilight have you
nope
Well, I guess it means they're popular at night clubs.
You learn a new thing every day
The real question is, why doesn't everyone else wear capes?
Fun fact, the first time I ever saw the Francis Ford Coppola film, we had a small earthquake that made my house move and I was so stoned I legitimately thought Dracula was coming for me
12:46 Looks like Morlock from the Castle episode Vampire Weekend
The 1931 film is specifically based more closely on the Broadway play, scripted by American playwright John Balderston, which even further reduces the cast from Deane's adaptation.
Because he is a count! He commands royalty.
Ah, it'll be fun binging this channel in about a month ^_^
On The Munsters, Grandpa's last name is Dracula. He's Lily's father, not Herman's.
Bela Lugosi was Hungarian. So his name has to be pronounced "Lugoshi" with the first syllable stressed. So rather "Loogoshi". And Frankenstein, as it is a German name, has to be pronounced "Frahnken-Shtein".
cool insights into the topic. Look forward to more spooktacular videos as Halloween approaches!
My idea going in was that the cape was supposed to be his human forms storing area of his bat wings.
So Bram Stoker created Dracula. Hamilton Dean made him a pop culture icon
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If y'all actually keep up weekly videos I will come back every week and start catch up on your hole channel. I just noticed that there isn't regular uploads after I watched your last video and so was surprised to see a new video already. I've been enjoying what I've watched and I hope you keep it up and I know this channel will grow 😊XoXo 😘
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Earlieth 20th century? PML Also, medals of chivalry in Europe were and are in a sunburst design, not just the Turkish ones shown here, although that would reference Dracula's triumph over the Moors who were invading during the 15th Century.
I heard that the medal on Lugosi's Dracula was actually family heirloom Lugosi decided to add to his costume, so it wasn't technically just a prop. I have no idea if anyone will ever see this...
Just found this channel. just have to say, its excellent. Cant wait for more videos
amazing video again much love from England
Can't believe Bella wasn't their first choice!
Neither was her brother, Bela.
The Cape gives him the Shadows and darkness to his attributes. I feel the cape gives him a mysterious mystique. Kinda like Batman in a way, and it shows off that he once a noble warrior in a way. So in my opinion his Cape gives him more of a shadow of Darkness look, since he is the lord of darkness.
Lugosi's Dracula was just headed to the opera where he met the Harkers et al. And traditionally gentlemen wore them to the opera.
talk about rocky horror... anything about it just do it... please!
It's just a jump to the left...;p
@@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety and then a step to the riiiight!
Patchwork Undead With your hands on your hips.
Awesome video!!! that's saying something cause I haven't watched it yet
Awesome 👏 thanks 🙏
Great stuff, earned a sub.
“I am Dracula.”
Heidi cures my Depression! 😂🇵🇭❤️👌
Sweet video
excellent vid
12:48 Where does that illustration come from?
That is an original illustration from writer and editor, Devin Dion. If you're interested we can off a print with at teespring.com/stores/channeling-spirits
You left out Dracula vs Frankenstein were he had Afro style hair. Also another film where he turns black guy into a vampire they call Blacula.
Nasforatool didn't wear a cape.
They were fashionable with rich people back then likely.
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So he is supposed to look a little bit like morbius the living vampire
Are going to do a history of Halloween
We will definitely do a Halloween video but it won't cover the entire history. We will get there eventually.
11:19
Woah what game is that ?
Monsters in My Pocket for NES. Great game and awesome toyline.
How about doing a video Frankenstein's monster's appearance.
It's almost like you know what our next video is going to be...
Is she saying, ‘titular ‘ in each of her videos? Like the movie critic from The Onion. Can’t remember the name but I am always listening for his use of the word. Ha ha
5:01ish: "...lofty, doomed forehead..." uh, okay.
Kinda expected he wears cape show he have wings watched video to be sure
Capes are cool
Count Orlok was visually F.W. Murnau's stereotype parody of the "nefarious Jew". An unfortunate product of its time and place.
9:47 "earlieth twentieth centuries?"
Why does Superman?
I was having, a daymare.......
cause superman is his idol everybody knows that
Is'nt Vlad a hero in his country!?
Yes
Why superman and batman wear a cape?
Batman and Dracula are brothers
Taking into account the history of Vlad Tepes and his battles with the muslims, it's not likely that he's be wearing a medal from the Ottoman empire! More likely a Romanian / Wallachian Order of knighthood or something similar.
He wears a cape so he can turn into a bat
ouu i wanna find me “ a tall man, with a Hard looking mouth..”
Because its cool.
Someone tell the count to brush his teeth
I am making a cape! I want to inform you I do not bite!marsha
Why does Superman wear a Cape?
Why did beeteljuice want to marry lydia
I didnt hear about hammer or Christopher Lee's Dracula that is stereotypical of what you was speak about not a reference. To either.
A real disappointment for me.
Clown b smfire
Christian Bale should be DRACULA
Because it looks cool...duh🙄