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BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD TEA SALON

 PRESENTS  
   BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
TEA SALON    


  AUGUST 15TH 5PM     
     (SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM)  

            $15-PREPAID RESEVATIONS    
      $20 DAY OF THE SALON  
       PREPAY- antebellum@earthlink.net       
   

          ~ENJOY~        
  HAND-BLENDED TEA      
    CAKES & DAINTIES      
    VIEW EROTIC ART   
       ENGAGING JOVIAL CHATS  
    RELAX & HAVE A NICE CUPPA
 CELEBRATE BELA
     HOSTED BY  RICK CASTRO  
    
       TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE       
   1421 LAVETA TERRACE     
     ECHO PARK, CA 90026      
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BELA LUGOSI 
 20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956),
 Hungarian-American actor famous for portraying Count Dracula
 in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.
He had been playing small parts on the stage in his native Hungary
 before making his first film in 1917, but had to leave the country
In 1927, he appeared as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. He later appeared in the classic 1931 film Dracula by Universal Pictures
Through the 1930s, he occupied an important niche in popular horror films, 
with their East European setting, but his Hungarian accent limited his repertoire,
 and he tried unsuccessfully to avoid typecasting.
Meanwhile, he was often paired with Boris Karloff, who was able to demand top billing. 
To his frustration, Lugosi, a charter member of the American Screen Actors Guild, was increasingly restricted to minor parts, kept employed by the studio principally in order that they could put his name on the posters. Among his pairings with Karloff, he performed major roles only in The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939); even in The Raven, Karloff received top billing
 despite Lugosi performing the lead role. 
By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to morphine and methadone. This drug dependence was noted by producers, and the offers eventually dwindled to a few parts in Ed Wood's low-budget movies—most notably Plan 9 from Outer Space
Lugosi, who was married five times and had one son, Bela George Lugosi
died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956.

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