Mark of the Vampire

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Mark Of The Vampire, 1935.

Robert Osborne introduces Mark Of The Vampire, 1935.

Director Tod Browning opens big with gypsies, bats, an owl, smoke and more before jumping to the frightened innkeeper (Michael Visaroff) and wife (Rosemary Glosz) and timid doctor (Donald Meek), in his MGM Dracula spinoff, Mark Of The Vampire, 1935, starring Bela Lugosi.

Servants (Leila Bennett, Ivan Simpson) bat-proofing, the count (Bela Lugosi) undeterred, inspector (Lionel Atwill) doubtful, professor (Lionel Barrymore) advises the baron (Jean Hersholt), Elizabeth Allen under guard, her dad (Holmes Herbert) confirmed un-dead, in Mark Of The Vampire, 1935.

Lionel Barrymore (Professor Zelin) taking over treatment of vampire-bitten Irena (Elizabeth Allen), while her guardian the Baron (Jean Hersholt) tells the inspector (Lionel Atwill) that her dad may not be dead, then ensuing chatter, in director Tod Browning's Mark Of The Vampire, 1935.

Director Tod Browning introduces Count Mora and daughter Luna (Bela Lugosi, Carol Borland) with lots of schlock, then her encounter with the chauffeur and new maid (Franklyn Ardell, Leila Bennett), Jean Hersholt their boss, Elizabeth Allan his ward Irena, in MGM's Mark Of The Vampire, 1935.

Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder in Mark of the Vampire (1935), the sound remake of London After Midnight starring Bela Lugosi.