{"product_id":"becoming-dracula-the-early-years-of-bela-lugosi-volume-two-9781629338118","title":"Becoming Dracula: The Early Years of Bela Lugosi, Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe cobwebs of time and space are finally cleared. Drawing on years of research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacross four countries, excavating and analyzing thousands of yellowed documents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein archives as well as every digitized source, Gary D. Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshine light from their candelabrum onto a long-forgotten past, onto the creation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a legend. Becoming Dracula is a two-volume biography covering Bela Lugosi's life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom his birth to 1930, when he first played the famous vampire on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By presenting a staggering wealth of well researched details, Gary D. Rhodes and Bill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaffenberger create not only the context but the humanity of Lugosi becoming Dracula. Their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eportrait-in-words is nuanced, revealing and sympathetic, but still preserves the mystery and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emajesty of this most charismatic of actors. They introduce the reader to the Hungarian-American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubculture in which Lugosi found himself when he arrived on the shores of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLugosi was initially the big fish in that small pond, but the authors portray his emergence into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe vast ocean of Broadway and Hollywood and the fascination Lugosi created with his unique\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresence there.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Steve Haberman, screenwriter of Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e author of Silent Screams: The History of the Silent Horror Film (Midnight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Marquee, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11837739\"\u003eGary D. Rhodes\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6703511\"\u003eBill Kaffenberger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629338118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629338117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004130\"\u003eFilm | Genres | Horror\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834914046091,"sku":"9781629338118","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_12643ba7-a7b6-49e7-bbc4-bc68f1ebb510.jpg?v=1755666471","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/becoming-dracula-the-early-years-of-bela-lugosi-volume-two-9781629338118","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}