title: Count Dracula
Theodore Hardeen
Bela Lugosi
Béla Grünwald
John Hopkins the Third
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1918 film)
Dezső Perczel
Daughters Who Pay
sentences: Count Dracula is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel "Dracula".
 He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction.
 He is also depicted in the novel to be the origin of werewolf legends.
 Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula.
 Other character aspects have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works.
 The character has subsequently appeared frequently in popular culture, from films to animated media to breakfast cereals.
Theodore "Dash" Hardeen (born Ferenc Dezső Weisz (Hungarian name order: Weisz Ferenc Dezső), March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945), known simply as Hardeen, was a Hungarian magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini.
 Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of Houdini", was the founder of the Magician's Guild.
 Hardeen was the first magician to conceive escaping from a submerged straitjacket in full view of the audience, rather than behind a curtain.
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (] ; 20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), better known as Bela Lugosi ( ; ] ), was a Hungarian-American actor, famous for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.
Béla Ferenc József Grünwald de Bártfa (Hungarian: "bártfai Grünwald Béla Ferenc József" ; 2 December 1839 – 4 May 1891) was a Hungarian nationalist politician and historian active in Upper Hungary, present-day Slovakia.
 Born in Szentantal, he trained as a lawyer, receiving a degree from the Royal University of Pest.
 Serving first as administrator ("alispán") of Zólyom County, in the 1878 elections he was elected a member of the Hungarian House of Representatives for Szliács (modern Sliač) in that county as a member of the Liberal Party; he subsequently left the Liberals in 1880, serving as an independent before joining the Moderate Opposition party.
 He was an activist for the assimilationist policies of Magyarisation in the predominantly Slovak region of Upper Hungary, founding and supporting the Upper Hungary Magyar Educational Society.
 He viewed the construction of a centralised state as a political priority.
John Hopkins the Third (German: "Die verschwundene Million" ) is a 1921 German film directed by Wolfgang Neff and featuring Béla Lugosi.
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (German: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook ) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film "Lederstrumpf" ("Leatherstocking"), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi.
 It is based on the novel "The Deerslayer" by James Fenimore Cooper.
 The second part was "The Last of the Mohicans" ("Der Letzte der Mohikaner").
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner.
 Rather than being a new film version of the novel, it is a direct remake of the 1931 film of the same title, which differs greatly from the novel, due to both films' heavy dependence on the Thomas Sullivan stage version.
 The movie was based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and directed by Victor Fleming, director of "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" two years earlier.
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (where Fleming was based) acquired the rights to the 1931 film, originally released by Paramount Pictures, in order to keep the earlier film out of circulation.
 Every print of the 1931 film that could be located was destroyed , making it essentially a "lost film" for decades except for clips until a full version was found and restored.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Hungarian: Az Élet királya ) is a 1918 Hungarian drama film directed by Alfréd Deésy, featuring Béla Lugosi.
, and based on Oscar Wilde's novel of the same name.
Dr. Dezső Perczel de Bonyhád (18 January 1848 – 20 May 1913) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1895 and 1899 in Dezső Bánffy's cabinet.
 His father was Béla Perczel, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary.
 During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of civil marriage.
 He also made a law about the parish registers.
 He took several measures concerning about the labour movement's and the nationality movements' breaking off.
 Later (1903–1904) he fought against the Opposition's tactics of filibuster.
 He was a president of new-created Party of National Work.
Daughters Who Pay is a 1925 American drama film directed by George Terwilliger, starring Marguerite De La Motte and featuring Béla Lugosi.
 A print of the film exists at George Eastman House.

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 Count Dracula is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel "Dracula".
 He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction.
 He is also depicted in the novel to be the origin of werewolf legends.
 Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula.
 Other character aspects have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works.
 The character has subsequently appeared frequently in popular culture, from films to animated media to breakfast cereals. 

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 Theodore "Dash" Hardeen (born Ferenc Dezső Weisz (Hungarian name order: Weisz Ferenc Dezső), March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945), known simply as Hardeen, was a Hungarian magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini.
 Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of Houdini", was the founder of the Magician's Guild.
 Hardeen was the first magician to conceive escaping from a submerged straitjacket in full view of the audience, rather than behind a curtain. 

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 Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (] ; 20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), better known as Bela Lugosi ( ; ] ), was a Hungarian-American actor, famous for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films. 

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 Béla Ferenc József Grünwald de Bártfa (Hungarian: "bártfai Grünwald Béla Ferenc József" ; 2 December 1839 – 4 May 1891) was a Hungarian nationalist politician and historian active in Upper Hungary, present-day Slovakia.
 Born in Szentantal, he trained as a lawyer, receiving a degree from the Royal University of Pest.
 Serving first as administrator ("alispán") of Zólyom County, in the 1878 elections he was elected a member of the Hungarian House of Representatives for Szliács (modern Sliač) in that county as a member of the Liberal Party; he subsequently left the Liberals in 1880, serving as an independent before joining the Moderate Opposition party.
 He was an activist for the assimilationist policies of Magyarisation in the predominantly Slovak region of Upper Hungary, founding and supporting the Upper Hungary Magyar Educational Society.
 He viewed the construction of a centralised state as a political priority. 

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 The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (German: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook ) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film "Lederstrumpf" ("Leatherstocking"), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi.
 It is based on the novel "The Deerslayer" by James Fenimore Cooper.
 The second part was "The Last of the Mohicans" ("Der Letzte der Mohikaner"). 

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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner.
 Rather than being a new film version of the novel, it is a direct remake of the 1931 film of the same title, which differs greatly from the novel, due to both films' heavy dependence on the Thomas Sullivan stage version.
 The movie was based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and directed by Victor Fleming, director of "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" two years earlier.
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (where Fleming was based) acquired the rights to the 1931 film, originally released by Paramount Pictures, in order to keep the earlier film out of circulation.
 Every print of the 1931 film that could be located was destroyed , making it essentially a "lost film" for decades except for clips until a full version was found and restored. 

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 The Picture of Dorian Gray (Hungarian: Az Élet királya ) is a 1918 Hungarian drama film directed by Alfréd Deésy, featuring Béla Lugosi.
, and based on Oscar Wilde's novel of the same name. 

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 Daughters Who Pay is a 1925 American drama film directed by George Terwilliger, starring Marguerite De La Motte and featuring Béla Lugosi.
 A print of the film exists at George Eastman House. 

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Answer: Bram Stoker