After the success of Dracula Bela was offered the role of the monster in Frankenstein. This is where there are conflicting stories of what happened next. Bela maintained that he turned down the role because it was not a speaking part. But others tell a different story that a 20 minute test reel was shot of Lugosi as the monster but when the producer saw the make up he started laughing at Lugosi. No matter which is the true story this was a decision that could of changed the career and even the life of Bela. Playing Frankensteins monster shot Boris Karloff to stardom a stardom that Bela craved and in my eyes deserved.
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