Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year Universal 1943: THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER & SON OF DRACULA

Published: July 28, 2023, 4:02 a.m.

Universal 1943 is a strange one, starting with\xa0The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler, starring Ludwig Donath as a reluctant Nazi collaborator who's forced to impersonate Hitler, and continuing with Robert Siodmak's\xa0Son of Dracula, with Lon Chaney Jr. as a hapless Dracula who falls victim to femme fatale Louise Allbritton. We discuss WWII AU scenarios, the\xa0Twilight Zone scenario of being a soul trapped in Hitler's body, and the comedy team of Frank Craven and J. Edward Bromberg as a down-to-earth doctor and sub-Van Helsing forced to confront supernatural shenanigans and, worse, a wayward woman with a plan.\xa0

Time Codes:

0h 00m 45s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER [dir. James P. Hogan]

0h 29m 59s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SON OF DRACULA [dir. Robert Siodmak]

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Studio Film Capsules provided by The Universal Story by Clive Hirschhorn

Additional studio information from: The Hollywood Story by Joel W. Finler

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