From the desk of
MIss Carla Laemmle Oct.
4, 2006
Dear Virginia,
While I had to raise the price of my "Dacula" Photo to $10.00,
I am happy to send you one for $5.00.
Yes, it is most likely that I am the last living member of the
cast of "Dracula." It is hard to believe that so many years have passed by since the movie was made! Or that it
should be so popular!
I am happy to answer your questions~
Sincerely,
Carla Laemmle
[Q & A's]
DID YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS WHEN YOU
WERE GROWING UP?
I was trained
to be a balet dancer, becoming an actress came later.
DID YOU AUDITION FOR TE ROLE OF THE
GIRL IN THE COACH?
No.
WHO DECIDE YOU GOT THE JOB?
The casting
department at Universal Studeo called me in for it.
AND TOD BROWNING, THE DIRECTOR?
Tod Browning was
not there to direct that sequence.
DID YOU EVER MEET
BELA LUGOSI?
No, I
never met Bela Lugosi
DO YOU BELIEVE IN VAMPIRES?
Only
in evil people.
Maven
has gotten doubly lucky!
Ms. Laemmle
kindly wrote to Maven again about the coach scene in Lugosi's version of Dracula:
As to "The Coach Scene": there was no director for
it.
It was filmed on Universal's back lot. They had
several
property men who would jiggle the coach back
and
forth to make it appear on very rough road [sic].
As
the secretary to a prim English lady I was to read
from
a brochure--"Among the rugged peaks"--etc.--
Evidently
they didn't consider it necessary to have a
director
for it.
Ms. Laemmle also is in the process of writing her autobiography, Carla Who?, that Maven hopes to let you know more
about it as she gets the details!
She also told me that her birthday is the same as Bela Lugosi's was . . . October 20st . . . and has recently traveled to
the Laupheim Museum in Germany.
One elegant lady well-worth knowing!
