Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1936
Running Times: 71 mins
Length: 8 reels
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: Lambert Hillyer

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: MCMXXXVI [1936] by Universal Productions, Inc.
Production Company: A Universal picture  Universal presents
Associate Producer: E.M. Asher

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Garrett Fort
Story: John L. Balderston
Based on a work [Dracula's Guest] by Bram Stoker
Suggested by: Oliver Jeffries (real name: David O. Selznick)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cinematographer: George Robinson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Milton Carruth

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Gilbert Kurland
Noiseless Western Electric Recording

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Gowns by: Brymer

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Cinematographer: John P. Fulton

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Albert S. D'Agostino

CAST

with
Otto Kruger ([Dr] Jeffrey Garth)
Gloria Holden (Countess Marya Zaleska (Dracula's daughter))
Marguerite Churchill (Janet [Blake])

Edward Van Sloan (Professor Von Helsing)
Gilbert Emery (Sir Basil Humphrey)
Irving Pichel (Sandor)
Halliwell Hobbes (Hawkins)
Billy Bevan (Albert)
Nan Grey (Lili)
Hedda Hopper (Lady Esme Hammond)
Claude Allister (Sir Aubrey [Vail])
Edgar Norton (Hobbs)
E.E. Clive (Sergeant Wilkes)

PLOT SUMMARY

Van Helsing is facing prosecution for the murder of Dracula until the dead vampire's body disappears. It's been stolen and cremated by the mysterious Hungarian countess, Marya Zaleska who has turned to psychiatrist Jeffrey Garth for help escaping from a sinister evil heritage...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Video Distributors: MCA
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Productions Inc; Realart Pictures, Inc.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 13

Australia
Rating: PG

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: approved (PCA #2019)

TIMELINE

1936
February
4: USA – production begins

March
10: USA – production ends

May
11: USA – theatrical release
20: USA – copyright granted (LP6370)

POSTER TAGS

Look out, she'll get you!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Córka Drakuli - Polish title
Daughter of Dracula
Draculas dotter - Swedish title
Figlia di Dracula, La - Italian title
Fille de Dracula, La - French title
Hija de Drácula, La - Argentinian/Spanish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Dracula (1931)

SEQUELS
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

REMAKE
Nadja (1994)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Bride of Monster Mania (2000)
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Coming Soon (1982)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997)
Universal Horror (1998)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.17
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.113
credits

Universal Horrors (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co (1990) ISBN: 0899503691)
article (by Michael Brunas, John Brunas, Tom Weaver)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

addiction, artists, blood transfusions, castles, curses, hospitals, hypnotism, kidnapping, lesbianism, parties, police, psychiatrists, secretaries, sequels, trances, vampires

Last Updated: 7 January, 2010