Francis Lederer (1899-2000)

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Joe Macclesfield
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Re: Francis Lederer (1899-2000)

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Francis Lederer was really quite impressive as Count Dracula in THE RETURN OF DRACULA. Cold, aloof, and superior. He murders a fellow passenger on a train--an artist, emigrating to the U.S.A. Steals the man's identity, and infiltrates the household of the chap's American relatives. Lederer didn't like playing this part, claiming that he'd been misled into thinking it was to be a comedy!
"...Then as a bee, which among weeds doth fall,
Which seem sweet floures with lustre fresh and gay,
She lights on that, and this, and tasteth all,
But pleasd with none doth rise and sore away..."
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