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are you kidding??
just walking around in make up, it was the silent era!! what did you want him to do??
let's look at the bigger picture here.
nosferatu IS a great film, made so by the story, the acting (yes i say acting) the impressive make up and the superlative use of light and shadow to create a dark, brooding atmosphere.
10 years later how did tod browning improve on this?
a great castle (maybe the best in my opinion, see i do like this film!!), some of THE classic lines ever spoken in cinema history, BUT...
how did he deal with creating dark shadows at various key moments in the film? by leaving a huge piece of cardboard over a table lamp which is clearly in shot as lugosi does his thing. 10 years of progress?? thats laughable you have to admit.
but of course it does take more than one person to make a great film. so what about the rest of the cast?
nosferatu's admittedly is not much to get overly excited about,but they hold their own.
but in browning's dracula the support cast are dreadful with the excepion of Frye.
van helsing is ok, no worries there.
but harker, mina are the worst i've ever seen. (maybe they would have been better playing it silent!!) and whats with the maid and servant? are they supposed to be comedy relief? their performance is the most horrific of the film.
dracula1931 severly lets itself down here.
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