MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Tod Browning
Lionel Barrymore, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill,
Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan, Donald Meek,
Carol Borland, Holmes Herbert, Leila Bennett
A sound remake of Browning's lost silent, "London After Midnight", with Lionel Barrymore in the old Lon Chaney role as a detective investigating a suspected murder, and Bela Lugosi in the other Lon Chaney role as (what else?) a vampire. It ends with a twist that Lugosi, among others, did not entirely appreciate, but horror fans with a sense of humor probably won't object. Carol Borland makes a famously eerie impression as Lugosi's vampire accomplice.
