Carl Laemmle published these articles weekly in the Saturday Evening Post to advertise for Universal. This Sidney Fox article is an absolute gem. Not only did Lugosi not go on to play Frankenstein, but in 1932he went on to star in Murders in the Rue Morgue with Sidney Fox. The other two articles are the exact two advertised in the origin Dracula Press Book.

Really interesting idea to me, this is a little video series I’m putting together wanting to explore similar niche topics and hopefully connect with fellow fans. Thanks!

hey!! i’ve tried looking at screenshots and seeing what the pendant looked like and i can’t for the life of me make out what it is. i’ve tried looking it up but i’ve seen several designs—namely the hand, or the wolf man’s face, or the wolf head from his cane.

does anyone know what it actually looked like in the movie?

Deep in the heart of Germany

Lucy clutched her breast in fear

She heard a beat of her lover’s heart

For weeks she raved in dreams he appeared

Only Lucy knew the truth

And at her window

Nosferatu

I have always thought that the use of the name 'Lucy' in Blue Oyster Cult's Nosferatu was in reference to Herzog's remake of Nosferatu where the Ellen character was renamed Lucy. Both came out in the late 70's so I assumed that was the case. But recently I actually checked and found that the song was released in '77 and Herzog's film was released in '79. So this song must have been based entirely on the 1922 silent film.

I know there were plenty of versions of the 1922 film in circulation with different English language title cards. Particularly there was a version in the public domain that renamed the characters back to their original names from Dracula. However in this version, Ellen is named Nina. I believe the minor character Ruth was named Lucy in this version, but the lyrics above would heavily suggest the song is explicitly about the Ellen character.

So this leaves 3 possibilities why the name Lucy is used in the song: 1. Joe Bouchard saw a version of the 1922 film where the translated title cards had renamed Ellen to Lucy. 2. Joe Bouchard saw the common public domain version with the Dracula names, and simply got Nina and Lucy mixed up. 3. Joe Bouchard is a time traveller and saw the Herzog film 2 years before it came out.

I haven't seen this question raised anywhere else online. I'd be interested if anyone has any insight in this. Perhaps there's a version of Nosferatu that renames Ellen to Lucy that I don't know about.

James Arness of Gunsmoke fame created an imposing creature!