How was John Carradine as Dracula ?

[PNGwynne]

I've enjoyed many Carradine performances--he really knew how to chew the scenery.

But he was given little to do as Drac--bland and boring. Lugosi in "A & C Meet Frank." was more compelling.

And I have to agree as stated above, that even miscast Chaney Jr. was better in "Son..." It's pretty well-written, imagine if Lugosi had done it.

[thunderbolt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYl_YzcJMKU

Enjoy the mellow stylings of John Carradine.

[Earth 2 Chris]

According to "The Vampire Book", Carradine played Dracula on screen more times than any other actor, except for Christopher Lee.

I liked Carradine in other things. His over-wrought stage theatrics worked for the weirdo characters he usually played. He was very effective in the Green Hornet episode as a Dracula-like killer. He even played the mortician in "The Shootist" and has a fun exchange with John Wayne, in his last movie.

Chris