Orson Welles Stars in Dracula 1938 | Full Vintage Radio Drama | YesterHear Classics
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- čas přidán 29. 02. 2024
- Step back in time with YesterHear and relive the chilling atmosphere of the 1938 Dracula radio drama, masterfully narrated by the iconic Orson Welles. This episode is a gem from the Mercury Theatre archives, now brought to life with AI-enhanced visuals that capture the gothic essence of Bram Stoker’s legendary tale. Explore little-known facts about this historic broadcast and immerse yourself in the eerie world of gothic horror. Perfect for aficionados of classic literature, vintage radio dramas, and innovative storytelling. Subscribe to YesterHear for more haunting journeys that blend the past with the present.
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Imagine the family gathered around their radio on a rainy night in the 1930's, imaginations peaked. Must've been pretty cool.
I too imagine that
Coal or wood open fireplaces on dark winter nights 📻
Valves instead of transistors.
It’s “piqued”. Really not hard.
@@RichUnclePhilyeah, but auto"correct" makes us proofread twice.
Then having to take the dog out…
This is probably the greatest adaptation of Dracula ever done.
I'm 54 & watching from Ireland & I just subbed!
I'm just about old enough to remember life while not better, was definitely simpler.
In the 80's I used to listen to BBC4 plays on MW in the dark every evening. They were in 5 x 10min shows that started on Monday & finished on Friday evening. The radio signal used to fade in & out (depending on the weather!) :)
Even now I'd watch a B&W film before most of the films after the 80's. With a few exceptions.
But listening to a radio play is like reading a book. Except it paints a clearer picture, but you still have to fill in the colour of the story.
Magic!!
Hello and a big thanks from Chicago! When I conceptualize the image to accompany the audio, I try to ascertain and convey the background and mood settings, so the audience can fill in with the special effects that are their imagination. I also have a spotify podcast for pure listening without the images (link in bio). Thank you again. Be well.
I used to listen to Saturday night Theatre over 40 years ago they were great….I also saw all the Dracula movies with Peter Cushing and Bela Lugosi I am 83 now and here I am again listening to Dracula ..
@@iap-ug3oy Thank you for visiting and for your thoughtful comment! Our family watched the same ones. Family Classics w Frazier Thomas was another great family night for us.
I used to listen to those plays avidly, and started again recently thanks to posters like this. I remember with frustration the signal disappearing a few minutes before the end, whilst driving.
I haven't had tv for nearly 10 years. And people wonder how I survive‼️😂❤
Same here
i have one but the wife has that,its me and my pc games with you tube as back ground,the stories are better IE this one.
I can relate. It's not what you watch, but what you don't watch (or listen to).
Doubt it
This is amazing
Radio has always been magical too me. I guess thats the main reason I got into citizen band radio, ameture radio and ham radio. Not to mention listening to police and emergency services on scanners, and shortwave broadcasts. I can only imagine how magical it was for folks to sit in a cozy room in a comfortable chair relaxed and listening to these amazing productions coming across the air from miles away.
You must have heard some great events. Sometimes, I need to just close my eyes and gain clarity.
Tea & crumpets >>>
Pirate radio?
🎉 I listen to one 🎶 🎶🎶 often; low-powered (9 mile radius? +/-), no "host" and endless Playlist of all genres; banjo to hot 'covers' to rock to country... we're lucky. 😅
Might not have been all that cozy if you got the bad news in addition to the baseball games and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater".
I have a collection over 100 different versions of Dracula and never heard of this one! This one is great!!!
Thank you very much. So encouraging to hear.
I have half a dozen and stopped bothering to collect them because I found I didn't listen to anything but snippets. THIS one, though, deserved all of my attention. Maybe I'm just that big o' favorite of Welles.
You sir are a true Dracularin🫀💋👹
@@Cbcw76 I think he made this when he was only 23 yo. Undeniable talent. Thank you for visiting!
@@YesterHear I'd seen THIRD MAN in the late '70s at campus theaters. Then in ?? 1990 or so, I found a few episodes of HARRY LIME on cassette (2 ep per side, 4 total, and never in sequence... not that those needed sequences). That series - to me - was Orson's precise/exact answe to the question, "How did Harry get to be such a well-known scoundrel that he picked up where WWII dropped him? How did he know such a variety of even worse villains?" If I now had a chance to ask Orson anything, I would ask, "Have you ever thought of writing a radio series that posed the exact question to Dracula? Could you have written a radio series using Bela, say, in 1948 or 1960, giving up 30-min episodes of his life pre-Dracula as well as those 1800s episodes? Preying on Europe's villains, perhaps?" I still ;think it would be a grand idea but, in my mind, I'd want to hear Bela's voice-!!
Brilliant adaptation. Have had this in my (cassette!) collection for many years. Young Welles had the world as his oyster at this time - fascinating to listen to his bravado and talent.
Apparently during the broadcast several people in Whitby thought the town was actually being invaded by Vampires and ran in terror through the streets until Police arrived to calm things down.
😂
Whitby not whitney. Whitney in Oxfordshire nothing to see there.
I see what you did there
True story!
Such an awesome radio drama. Especially one starring the great Orson Welles.
Thank you for tuning in. Incredulous that he was only 23 when he dominated the airwaves. At 23, I was having a time just managing my shoelaces.
A jewel.
This is my all time favorite episodes. LOVE IT. Thank you.
Thank you so very much for your generous comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
I visit whitby whenever i can sometimes 2 a month with my sister. Beautiful place and full of history. This story told this way is awesome a true epic and well done . When entertainment was good not the rot what passes as such nowadays. Keep them coming if you can find more 💯
Thank you for a very kind message. I hope to visit someday myself.
Listen to the Dracula soundtrack by John Williams “To Scarborough” 1979 movie
When I visited a few years ago I was surprised at how many homeless people there were
There certainly is something about a good radio production that meets directly to our imagination,in a way that television or film cannot..Radio plays that hook us demand ourselves to put our own pictures to the description being told..I believe Radio listening is good for us in expanding our minds..Too much Television and films,we slump into blankly looking at and looking and watching are different..Too much looking and we cease to think straight and let the images install and think for us..We just accept,not think and in accepting so willingly we can be mislead easy..But when listening you have to work to digest what is being told to you and in so you have to think..That’s why listening to music grips us more than looking at a music video..
This production of Dracula,though partly of its time is wonderful..Wells voice is engaging and entertaining in telling the story of the count..Thank you and please keep up the great work..🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
Thank you for such a beautifully generous message. Gives me energy. 💐I absolutely agree; I find that when I'd read a really good book, the movie falls short.
@@YesterHear Thank you for your very kind reply..Please keep up the good work.!
I’ve always felt that when media fills in all the blanks, the imagination is stifled and the pleasure as a result, diminished.
I live in America now but wanted to live in Whitby due to the book Dracula and loving the place. My dream place to visit is Transylvania. I’m sure I’ll get there some day but life took me another path and I’m not complaining.
Transylvania is a beautiful, mountainous area, and Bran Castle is a must-visit place for any Dracula fan.
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Thank you so much for visiting!
Its a really good production. Orson Wells had grest talent
Never get tired of this story!
Wells and Radio Mercury Theater made this wonderful adaptation of Dracula before they made"The War of the Worlds" and turning America freak up. After that program Wells was offered"Carte Blanche"to go to Hollywood . So He went and shot" Citizen Kane".. The rest is History. Thanks so much for uploading this classic 👍
Thank you for tuning in. I stumbled on some good footage of the hoopla surrounding the War of the Worlds broadcast. Will assemble those and share at some point.
I love the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula and really enjoyed this more detailed version of the story. So romantic ❤
Thank you for tuning in! I love FF Coppola's Dracula. The cinematography was stunning, fantastic, brilliant..
Thank you for uploading this great radio moment!
Thank you very much for visiting and for the kind comment.
Love Orson Welles. What an actor and director. So daring. Amazing artist. Unsurpassed. That voice!
Love the intro by none other than... Lilith!
My Children
Of the night
What beautiful
Music they
Make😳👿🕷️🦇🌕
To pair that with "The Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera. 🤔
My Father's Mother had a collection of 33 1/3 rpm vinyl that contained old radio programs.
I've watched vids of OG producers, musicians who miss vinyl. They say the sounds are deep and rich.
Fantastic!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Orson Welles and Dracula, sweet 🦇
I grew up in the 70s, but I still remember the waning generation that brought us the beautiful mid Atlantic accent. God how I miss hearing it. Listen to how quickly he starts off his monologue, yet you can understand every single word and every single syllable. Crisp and precise. I don’t understand why we don’t practice it anymore.
Instead we have t😅dreaded vocal fry
Agnes rocks!❤
Loved this Orson Wells as always brilliant Agnes Moorhead a great actress 🥰🥰
Thank you for visiting and for your comment! I'm discovering that Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead were involved in almost all those radio theatres back then.
DRACULA ... more Human, than Human, with his UNFETTERED PURE PASSION! - Passion Beyond DEATH!
... (Great Production .. thank you for uploading!)
Stoker & Welles: A collaboration through time. ~~ by H.G. Wells 😊Thank you for tuning in!
More human than human... Dracula worked for the Tyrell Corporation
@@snakeplissken1087 .. LOL! .. Perfect! ... There is a thought for Riddley Scott - a Tyrell Corp Replicant who is also a Dracula (I'll watch it!)
This channel is sick, thanks for archiving these.
Thank you, truly. These are definitely labors of love.
@@YesterHear may i ask- is that your voice for the introduction?
@@jamie6819 ai voice reading from my script. I also tweaked pauses etc to make it "flow" better. That 1:15 minute piece took about 3 hours from beginning to end. I'm certain someone more skilled could do it more efficiently. I'm a new kid on the block with ai and graphics. I enjoy learning, exploring, crafting. 😀
Thank you.🙏
You are so welcome! Thank you very much.
Thanks !
You bet!
Thanks for your efforts this is super.
Blessings to all
Thank you very much. I put a lot of love into these. The intro music from Mercury on Air is a sweet echo. Brightest Blessings!
This is absolutely wonderful thank you so much for all your hard work it sounds so good and so good to hear these kind of stories I grew up with in white and red the books of from Boston Mass❤😂😅🎉
Your comment made my morning. Thank you and have a magical day.
Orson “bloody” Welles!👹👹👹👹
Many thanks for uploading this, I had never heard this version before.
Thanks oodles for your generous comment!
Love this ….thank you for uploading 😄
Stellar!
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for tuning in!
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.
Dracula had hairy palms 🤣
I had to rewind 2x for that. xD
I just found you and subscribed instantly. love it ❤ thanks
Thank you very very much! I appreciate your feedback and support!!!! 🎇
Great review Mike, nice to see the 22 running . Looking forward to future reviews from you .Good luck and all the best.😊
Love this....
Thank you for your support!
There's a Westenra buried in a churchyard near me.
Don't wake her!!!
@@scotsmith2391 😂
When art and reality intermix. 🪄
Interesting Perhaps that is where Stoker got the name.
Ther was a cereal ad that featured Count Chocola.
Orson Welles. Powerhouse. Art on legs.
What he could do today using all this technology for his storytelling. He was already masterful without too many bells and whistles, though. Thank you very much for listening!
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This was amazing! Genuinely horrifying at times.
Thank you very much for listening and for you kind comment. Orson Welles was a masterful storyteller.
Mercury Theater Players were Orsons group of steller actors, some would become legends in their own right thanks to two of Orson Wells' film masterpieces, Citizen Cane (1940) & Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Joseph Cotton Agnes Morehead & Ann Baxter. I wish this had the cast because its obviously not just Orson Wells. I recognize Agnes Moreheads voice and I want to say that I hear James Masons voice as well but can't confirm it.
18:00 😂😂 I just noticed that there are two sets of three windows, near the center of this epic Transylvanian castle, 😂 that look like
Munch's "The Scream" artwork 🎨🖼
... and I'm screamin' here... boo! 😮
❤😅🎉
I finally saw them. 😂
Good job!!
Thank you very much!
I wish Jimmy Stewart could have played Dracula.
For sure. What about Cagney, Bogart, Lorre, John Wayne, Cary Grant?
Peter Lorre should have done it for Mel Brooks 😂😂😂😂
Or Dennis Weaver
@@ZENmud Young Dracula
I happened upon FF Coppola's Dracula. Sure enough, hair on his palms! 😂
"Tonight's tale of Gothic mystery, horror, and suspense is brought to you by Mrs. Pell's Frozen Fish Sticks. Oh---! Oh,YES! Hmmm... They're even better when you're DEAD!"
-Orson Welles (Possibly...)
Eddie Murphy starred in the movie Blackula.
Wow. Agnes Moorehead is in this? I don't think she gets enough credit for her performances. If you don't know who she was, watch any episode of Bewitched when Samantha's mother shows up. That's her. She was in a great episode of The Twilight Zone, as a woman seemingly in medieval times fending off little aliens on her own. She played Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna.
Thank you very much for joining! I'm learning that she and Orson Welles were involved in almost all of the radio theatres back then. So fascinating.
The audio is very clear for a 1938 recording. How was this achieved? Normally the level of hiss and noise is very distracting. Did they use spectral editing?
Hi. Thank you for visiting! I must have listened to 50+ recordings b4 downloading this. I'm not tech savvy here at all, but I'm trying to learn on Audacity on how to "clean" old recordings.. Audacity is free. I think Adobe has a $$ program. All this AI and new technology are very new to me, but I'm trying to keep my brain active with topics I enjoy. Thank you again for dropping by.
@@YesterHearAnother good one is Reaper, free to try, has a lot of tutorials available
@@okee9 I will check it out. Thanks oodles!
@YesterHear my phone includes all my own ringtones, made with Audacity ❤ including a "bootleg" street concert from Genève, and a Swiss yodeling choir (about 25 women & men🎉), as well as clips from Emerson Lake and Palmer, "Casablanca" etc... people jump when my phone yodels 🔔 ❤❤
@@YesterHearAudacity's noise reduction effect is pretty good, especially considering it's free. I use it all the time.
Radio>>>TV
utter genius. . .
And to think Orson Welles was 23 yo at the time. I was still trying to bunny ears my shoelaces at that age. 😂
A hasty and largely incoherent truncation of the novel. Some good moments.
Thanks a bushel for tuning in!
It would be great without the horn blasts.
The equivalent of pop up ads for me.
Your comment made me 😂 bc I thought the same. My tech skills are not there yet. Thanks for tuning in!
@YesterHear I cannot tell you how much restorative film and music mean to me, I was born in the States, in the 60's.
It was a different world.
I love the early talking films, "Dracula" w Bela Lagosi was one of my favorites.
I had a friend, named James Desmond who's father was invited to sleep for a weekend in Castle Deacule, and I was, and am, envious of that opportunity.
@@peteywheatstraws4909 NO amount of $ can make me sleep in that castle! 😂Bela, Lon, Boris...those were family nights for us.
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Thank you for joining. A lot of these old-time shows were family night for us. Good times.
Dracula had a moustache?!?!
Yep, it was an 8th-grade crapstache. I had one of those back in the day.. Almost 🤔😔
Well, an AI "voice" at the beginning, but it gets better thereafter.
Thank you so much for dropping by! "Recording my own voice" severely shivers me timbers. Maybe some day...☀️
CZcams banned me for 24 hours for cyberbullying Jon Stewart and Biden, but CZcams doesn't mind if you cyberbully ordinary people.
@@YesterHear You should create an AI voice of yourself. ;-)
There is only one Dracular ..Bela lugosi
and Lon Chaney Jr (Wolfman) and Boris Karloff (Mummy). I loved those movies.
@@YesterHear and only one Van Helsing
Agnes Morehead as Mina!
She and Orson Welles were in a majority of all the radio theatre productions. So very talented. Thank you very much for listening!
"Mercury Thatre"?
Certainly is! Thank you so much for visiting.
Is it true Orson Wells had a brother named Tonbridge 😂😂
😂😂Thank you for tuning in!
@@YesterHear Keith Beith has a brother named Cowden as well🤣
Lap…
Thanks for listening!
The musical instrument noises ruin this experience, not sure why this method was popular back then.
😂I agree. I'm starting to isolate those sections, lower the volume, and piece them back for the new videos. Thank you very much for stopping by!
Ah, the French..
Thanks oodles for visiting!
Needful.
I'm tired of T. V.
Thank you for visiting! I find that when I close my eyes, I hear better and my imagination is richer, more vivid.
OMG ❤🥲. This compared to current Hollywood
It's amazing what can be done these days...and technology advances minute by minute.