They came at night: how a Spanish crew shot an alternative Dracula after Bela Lugosi had gone to bed James McMahon
They came under the shadow of darkness – quite literally. Just as Dracula star Bela Lugosi was no doubt being tucked up for the night, director George Melford, cast and crew made their way on to the Universal studio lot in 1931 to shoot a Spanish-language version of the Bram Stoker 1897 horror novel, filmed using the same sets and costumes as the much more familiar Tod Browning masterwork.
Melford’s production of Dracula was what is known as a multiple-language version – AKA MLV – which was one method by which the recently developed sound “talkie” aimed to reach non-English speaking audiences. Initiated by the 1927 release of The Jazz Singer – which featured 15-minutes of synchronised singing and talking – producers created prints in which dialogue was replaced with music and foreign inter-titles – the “international sound version
Long before GameStop, Wall Street’s legitimacy was challenged by ‘bucket shops’ in 19th century
For some, bucket shops were a ‘shadow market’. For others, a ‘financial netherworld’. Feb 03, 2021 · 07:30 pm ‘Watching the tape or watching the wheel - what is the difference morally?’, illustration by Will Crawford c.1912. | Puck Magazine/Library of Congress
The gleeful manipulation of GameStop’s share price is not the first time amateur investors have created a legitimacy crisis on Wall Street.
In the late 19th century, so-called “bucket shops” allowed the American public to gamble small amounts on the movement of stocks and commodities on the New York and Chicago exchanges.
Technicians on the ramp at North American Aviation s Inglewood, California plant, preparing a batch of P-51 Mustangs for delivery. AirCorps Aviation is presently working through a treasure trove of original NAA drawings, cataloguing aviation history for future generations. (Alfred T. Palmer photo via U.S. Library of Congress)
It has been about a year since we reported on the major revelation that many thousand original North American Aviation manufacturing drawings survived destruction during the 1980s because one of their employees, Ken Jungeberg, saved them from incineration. Furthermore, as we also discussed last year, AirCorps Aviation worked out a deal with Jungeberg in 2019 to secure these historic artifacts for their longterm preservation. Ever since their arrival at AirCorps last winter, Ester Aube, the company’s manager for their technical documentation division, AirCorps Library, has been working diligently to preserve and catalogue this massive archive. With so many
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BOWING finally to public entreaties, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), replaced the military Service Chiefs in a move expected to ramp up the flagging war against Islamist insurgency among other national security challenges. Long overdue, the changes come at a time of unprecedented insecurity and pressure on the Armed Forces as an effective fighting force. Personnel changes alone will however not reverse the situation. Buhari was economical with the truth when he told the new Service Chiefs, “We promised to secure the country, revive the economy, and fight corruption. None has been easy, but we have certainly made progress.” The reality is that Nigeria has regressed in security on Buhari’s watch. The real change must come from him, his ability to comprehend the problems and the tasks ahead and willingness to take charge, as the Commander-In-Chief, at a time of national crisis. Nothing short of this will