Sorry for the delay every one. Will’s October Scary Story Spooktacular has finally begun. Film in Yellow #17: A Pornographic Dracula Tod Browning’s DRACULA 1931 An early classic of film and one of my personal favorites as a boy. This was one of the earliest talking pictures rumored to feature Leslie Townes. Lugosi lamented that he never got the chance to share a scene with him during the filming, and couldn’t believe they’d cut his scenes entirely from the film. Critics unaware of his role as Dobson, often point out how Renfield is given a cross around his neck by the gypsy woman to protect him from Dracula, but this element is immediately forgotten by the next scene. Those cinephiles that have tracked down the rare print of the film offer an explanation through Townes’ role as Dobson, Renfield’s clerk. He has few lines, but acts as a foil for Renfield in the opening 20 minutes. He tries to heed the villagers warnings. Why this was left out no doubt has to do with the co