Pre-Recorded Zoom Lecture and Discussion –
Hosted by Keith Crocker
BELA LUGOSI
– KING OF THE B’S
Streaming in our Virtual Screening Room starting Tuesday, October 26th at 10
AM
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Bela Lugosi – King of the B’s: Here is a perfect program
for the Halloween season. We explore the career of classic Hollywood horror
icon Bela Lugosi. From his humble beginnings in Hungary, to his
stage and screen career in Germany, Lugosi will be forever linked to his role
as Dracula (1931). But Lugosi also branched out into
mainstream Hollywood with appearances in such films as Ninotchka (1939).
Though he often ended up typecast, Lugosi always gave stand out
performances. We are going to see film clips as well as a wealth of
movie memorabilia to give a fine portrait of a man so long associated with B
grade pictures who turned the product he starred into A list material.
Keith Crocker is a Long
Island, NY based filmmaker and film historian. He attended the New York
Institute of Technology from 1984 through 1988, where he majored in film and TV
production. Keith’s first job in cinema was making short Super 8mm films used
for aversion therapy in phobia clinics. In 1993, Keith made his first feature
film, which was based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in the Rue
Morgue. During this time, he also worked as a motion picture
projectionist and started a video on demand company. 30 years later, that
business is still running. From 1987 through 2005, Keith was editor of the
fanzine The Journal, which published 25 issues before going into
hiatus. In 2008, Keith released Blitzkreig, which was a WWII
based film. During this time, he was also the co-founder of Wildeye Releasing.
He left Wildeye in 2012. Keith has been teaching adult education at Nassau
Community College for the past 18 year has also been giving seminars on motion
pictures to public libraries and community centers for the past 25 years. He
lives on Long Island with his wife/muse Christina Crocker. He has two
screenplays written for upcoming production.
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