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After meeting the title character of this film in a theater, a woman quotes the toast “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.” A sequel to this film includes a notorious scene in which Lili undresses to pose for a painting by Marya Zaleska. Early in this film, a Jerusalem cricket, often mistaken for a bee, climbs out of a tiny coffin. George Melford used this film’s (-5[1])sets to simultaneously shoot a Spanish-language version with (-5[1])Lupita Tovar. (10[1]-5[1])The face of this film’s title character is bathed in shadow except for his eyes after he says, “I never drink [pause] (10[1]-5[1])wine.” This (-5[1])film’s title character says, “Listen to them. Children of the (10[1]-5[1])night. What music (10[1]-5[1])they make,” upon (10[1])hearing wolves howl near his (-5[2])castle. For (-5[1])10 points, name (-5[1])this (10[1])1931 Tod Browning (10[2])film starring Bela (10[1]0[1])Lugosi (10[1])as a (10[1])vampire. (10[10])■END■

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