Saturday, November 27, 2010

Mark of the Vampire (1935), Tod Browning.

Check us out, likeable leads in jaw-droppingly gorgeous tweeds!

Clever and beautifully crafted, directed by Tod Browning with cinematography by James Wong Howe.  I think I have a crush on the little lady vampire!  Let's just enjoy some screenshots here.

Wonderful staging of a conversation between our heroine and her legal guardian:  dialogue necessary to move the plot along in the background, with butterball maid inspecting delicious vittles in the foreground.


We don't even see vampires until fifteen minutes in.  Their stately, slow walking is creepy enough to set us on edge - brilliant!  

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