In episode 11 we discuss cinema's first Dracula film - the lost Austrian film, Drakula halala, or Dracula's Death (1921). This little-known film predates Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), cinema's earliest surviving depiction of Dracula, by one year. Directed by Hungarian director Károly Lajthay, the story is written by him and a young Michael Curtiz.

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In episode 10 we discuss a particular episode in the American film serial The Exploits of Elaine (1914) and Lilith und Ly (1919) directed by Erich Kober and written by a young Fritz Lang.  Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

In episode 9, we explore the fascinating life of American dancer Loie Fuller, a pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques. She stars in the 1902 Pathe film, Loie Fuller, where she turns into a vampiric bat. Or does she? Is this even Loie Fuller? Listen and find out! Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

Join us as we learn about the origin of the word vampire; discuss the Slavonic legend of the "unclean dead"; and delve into the histories of two legendary creatures, the vetalas of Indian mythology, and the vrykolakes of Greek mythology, and their influence on the modern vampire—especially the work of Richard Burton and Lord Byron. So join us … if you dare! Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

It's Ladies First! We begin Season 02 with an exploration of the origins of the female vampire - from Greek mythology to English poet John Keats. From where exactly did the vampiric traits found in such characters as Lucy Westenra from Dracula (1931) and Countess Mary Zelenska from Dracula's Daughter (1936) come? Listen to find out. Cover your necks and don't go out at night - the vampires are here! Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

Episode 6, the final episode in what ended up being a mini-series of Old Dogs, New Tricks, ties a bow around the various stories in the past 4 episodes. We follow Georges Melies and G. A. Smith through the end of their filmmaking careers and ultimately their own lives; we finish up the story of the Society of Psychical Research and all those involved, especially regarding the Blackburn confession; we finally try to solve the mysterious death of Frank Podmore; and much more! Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

In Episode 5, we delve head-first into the film output of G. A. Smith and the many advances in filmmaking for which he was responsible. We discuss films such as Old Man Drinking a Beer, Photographing a Ghost, A Seen Through a Telescope, Kiss In the Tunnel, and Santa Claus, among others. We continue to trace the development of film technology with advances such as the Biokam and Kinemacolor. Along the way we become obsessed with x-rays, just like the Victorians; briefly discuss English filmmaker James Williamson and Indian filmmaker D. G. Phalke; trudge through the messiness of copyright and distribution in the Victorian film business; and much more! Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.

In Episode 4, we continue with the life of director George Albert Smith. Along the way we revisit the Society for Psychical Research and its contributions to early feminism; discuss Pepper's Ghost; explore Smith's wife Laura Bayley's contributions to his film work; discuss Smith's pleasure garden, St. Ann's Well Gardens in Hove, as well as the history of limelight. Be sure to visit our website https://www.rhapsodyin35mmpodcast.com/ to view credits for this episode, as well as transcripts and tons of supplemental content. Please subscribe, rate, and comment.