{"product_id":"becoming-dracula-gary-d-rhodes-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 Gary D. Rhodes, Bill Kaffenberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629338117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629338118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Gary D. Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044733677823,"sku":"9781629338118","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4e413b9-e703-41b5-b12b-ca488130a70a.jpg?v=1684974572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-dracula-gary-d-rhodes-9781629338118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}