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In the original theatrical release of Dracula, there was a post end card scene where Professor Van Helsing addresses the audience directly. He appears on a stage with a movie screen behind him and says:
“Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen! A word before you go. We hope the memories of Dracula and Renfield won’t give you bad dreams, so just a word of reassurance. When you get home tonight, and the lights have been turned out, and you are afraid to look behind the curtains — and you dread to see a face appear at the window — why, just pull yourself together and remember that after all, there are such things as vampires!”
Outside of a few stills and a brief clip from the Road To Dracula documentary, I have yet to see a release with this scene intact. I don’t have the 4K release, and I’m quite sure it’s not there either, but I’m inclined to believe there are prints out there with it. In fact, my parents attended a double feature screening of both Dracula and Frankenstein in the early 80s and both recall this scene. In fact, they were surprised to hear that it has never made it to a home video release.
Does anyone know of any collectors who may have a 35MM print of the film so we can see if this scene is included? I would love to know.
Here’s a page on the scene from the Lost Media wiki.
https://lostmediawiki.com/Dracula_(partially_found_epilogue_scene_of_Universal_horror_film;_1931)
