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Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

4 films · 255 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19311941

Born 17 October 1882 · Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania] · died 16 August 1956

Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső, better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic 1931 Dracula film.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 255 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19311941

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 255 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bela takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 84% of their frames are night, 63% low key — the look of the work Bela takes.

Time of day

Night84%
Day10%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key63%
Chiaroscuro22%
Natural8%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide17%
Closeup14%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level93%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral42%
Tense26%
Ominous25%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 255 frames from Bela Lugosi's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.