Aia ke aloha i ka lewa a plastered ma nā wahi kau i kēia manawa ke hoʻomākaukau mākou no ka lā Valentine. Ma ʻō a ʻō o ka ʻāina, e noho ana he mau miliona i ka ʻaina awakea ihoiho kukui, ninini i kahi waina, a kuʻi i luna o ka moena e nānā i kā lākou kiʻi ʻoniʻoni aloha. Inā ʻoluʻolu ʻoe e ka poʻe ipo weliweli i ka mea e nānā ai, hōʻike haʻahaʻa ʻo iHorror iā 1931's ʻO Dracula.

ʻO kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni na mea a pau!

ʻO Broamp vampires, nā wahine maikaʻi, nā kāne koa e makemake e hana i nā mea āpau e mālama ai i ke aloha o ko lākou ola, a kūlou nā kauka e luku i ka ʻino o ka wā kahiko, a ʻo ka mea wale nō ia i hana ʻia, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka honua ma ka lā Valentine 1931 e hana ana iā 2020 89 makahiki hānau.

I ka moolelo o ʻO DraculaʻO ka huakaʻi i ka pale kālā kahi mea hoihoi i hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 1914 i ka wā ʻO Carl Laemmle neʻe i Universal Studios mai New York a Kaleponi. ʻO ia kekahi o nā waiwai mua a Laemmle i makemake ai e hana, akā ua hala he 15 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha ma mua o kekahi mau kuʻikahi i loaʻa i ke keaka.

Ua ʻike mua ʻia ke poʻo studio e like me kahi epic sprawling i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka puke moʻolelo a Bram Stoker. Minamina, ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka makeke kūʻai waiwai a me ka wā nui o ke kaumaha nui, ua makaʻala lākou i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i kēlā ʻano kālā ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻole i kūleʻa ʻia. Ma kahi o, ua huli lākou iā Hamilton Deane, kahi mea hana keaka nāna i hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua i ka puke no ke kahua i hōʻike ʻia e like me Bela Lugosi.

Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pāʻani a Deane ma ke ʻano he kumu, akā nō naʻe, ua loaʻa iā lākou nā kuleana e hoʻopili i ka moʻolelo a Stoker no ka pale nui mai kāna wahine kāne make. Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia iā ia iho i wahine wahine akamai i kona wā i lawe ai iā FW Murnau i ka hana no ka hoʻokumu ʻana Kulanamu ma kā kāna kāne kāne hana. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia iā Murnau a ua pau nā kiʻi paʻi ʻia i ʻike ʻia o kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. (Mahalo hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i koe no ka hope.)

Me he mea lā he mea aloha ʻo Florence Balcombe i ka hana a Lugosi i ka mana o ke kahua, a no laila ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke keʻena studio ma ke ʻano he hele waena, e kau ana i ke kuleana o Dracula i ke kiʻi i mua ona e ʻike inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻohuli iā ia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāna kumukūʻai noi o $ 200,000, kahi huina kālā kupaianaha i kēlā manawa.

Ua kūleʻa nui ʻo Lugosi a ua ʻae ʻia ka studio e ka waiwai Stoker e neʻe i mua no kahi $ 60,000 i manaʻo ʻia.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai kāna hana ma kā lākou inoa, ʻaʻole i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Universal i ke kuleana iā Lugosi, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike lākou i kekahi mau mea hana keaka ʻē aʻe no ka hana ma mua o ka hoʻohiki ʻana iā ia no kahi kālā liʻiliʻi he $ 500 i kēlā me kēia pule no kahi ʻehiku. pana wiki. I mea e ʻike ai, ua uku ʻia ʻo David Manners nāna i hoʻokani iā ​​Jonathan Harker i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i $ 2000 i kēlā me kēia pule no kāna hana.

I loko nō naʻe o kēia mau hemahema, akā naʻe, ua hele koke ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a Tod Browning ka mea i aneane hiki ʻole i ka hana i kēlā manawa. Ua hele a nui kona inu rama ʻana, a hele wāwae pinepine ʻo ia mai ka pūʻulu e waiho ana i kāna mea kiʻi kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Karl Freund, e kuhikuhi i ka hana a ua ʻike ʻia e ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻaoʻao mai ka palapala keu inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻoluʻolu i ke kākau ʻana.

ʻO ka lumi studio, ʻoiai, he nui nā pepa no ka hana.

Ma ka wanaʻao, makaʻu paha lākou o hele a maka ʻole ʻo Dracula inā hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻouka kaua i kekahi kāne ʻē aʻe no laila ua hoʻouna lākou i kahi leka i ka luna a me nā mea kākau e "nahu wale nā ​​wahine iā Dracula." Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka helu liʻiliʻi loa i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ke ʻole kahi hiʻohiʻona e kū ai kahi orchestra ma kahi. Ua makaʻu lākou, me nā kiʻi kani e ʻano hou, e huikau paha ka poʻe e ʻike ana inā ʻaʻole he mele me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia o nā mea hoʻokani mele i kahi hanana.

Eia kekahi, a he mea hoihoi loa kēia, nā māka nahu ma ka ʻāʻī, ʻoiai e kūkā ʻia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻaʻole loa e hōʻike ʻia. Maliʻa paha manaʻo lākou he manaʻo nui paha kēia no ka poʻe hoʻolohe, akā e hoʻomaopopo pū ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻo Lugosi's Dracula i ʻāwīwī kekahi mau ʻiʻo.

I ka hopena, i ka pau ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a hoʻouna ʻia kahi paʻi i nā poʻo o ke keʻena e nānā, ua kākau ʻo Laemmle he mea weliweli loa ke kiʻi a kauoha ʻia e hana hou. Minamina, ua ʻoki nā ʻoki i ka huahana hope loa i piha me nā hewa hoʻomau.

Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a pono i ka studio ke ʻimi i kahi ala e kūʻai aku ai i kahi lehulehu. Ua mālama lākou i kahi loiloi no ke kiʻi ʻelua mau lā ma mua o ka lā hoʻokuʻu mana hana keaka a ua kono ʻia nā mea loiloi, a he hapa nui o lākou i hōʻike i nā lālā o ke anaina e maʻule ana i nā mea weliweli a lākou i ʻike ai i ka hale keaka.

Ua hana akahele ʻia kēia mea a pau e ka studio, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻo ka Universal wale nō ka mea i paʻa kona lima.

ʻO Dracula Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻomaka i ka lā nui ma ka lā Valentine ma 1931, a ʻoiai kekahi mau pepa paʻi e kamaʻilio nei no ka weliweli vampire, ua kapa ʻia kekahi e ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, "ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka PASSION ʻē ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia e ka honua."

Ma waena o ka weliweli a me ka moekolohe a me nā sensationalized hōʻike i nā pane i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻO Dracula aneane he kūleʻa koke ma ke keʻena pahu kūʻai aku i hōʻike ʻia he 50,000 tikika i loko o kāna 48 mau hola mua a huli i loko a ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 700,000 loaʻa kālā, a me kāna kūleʻa e wehe i nā wai wai no nā moʻo nui o ke ao holoʻokoʻa.

I kona ʻano ponoʻī, ʻO Dracula maoli he moʻolelo aloha e pili ana i kahi aloha pau ʻole e pili ana i ka pulakaumaka, a he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maikaʻi loa ia no ka ipo aloha weliweli Lā Hoʻoipo.

Nānā ʻole ʻia, ʻo ka mea e kamaʻilio mau nei mākou e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma kahi o 90 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ʻana e ʻōlelo ana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me kona wahi i kā mākou moʻomeheu.

No laila ke ʻōlelo nei au i ka lā hauʻoli hauʻoli i ʻO Dracula a hauʻoli ka lā aloha iā ʻoukou a pau e nā mea hoʻoweliweli i laila.