Stoker, Bram: - Abraham Bram Stoker (8 November 1847- 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer.
The most famous movie version of Dracula is the 1931 production starring Bela Lugosi and which spawned several sequels that had little to do with Stoker\'s novel..
Some copies of the movie survived, however, and Nosferatu is now widely regarded as an innovative classic.
The suit was finally resolved in the widow\'s favour in July 1925.
The case dragged on for some years, with Mrs Stoker demanding the destruction of the negative and all prints of the movie.
Her chief legal complaint was that she had been neither asked for permission for the adaptation nor paid any royalty.
Represented by the attorneys of the British Incorporated Society of Authors, she eventually sued the filmmakers.
Nosferatu was produced while Florence Stoker, Bram Stoker\'s widow and literary executrix, was still alive.
The first was Nosferatu directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlock.
Dracula has been the basis for countless movies and plays.
The bleak spot provided an excellent backdrop for his creation.
Stoker\'s inspiration for the story was a visit to Slains Castle near Aberdeen.
Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers.
Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires.
He supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels, his most famous being the vampire tale Dracula which he published in 1897.
Stoker, Bram: - Abraham Bram Stoker (8 November 1847- 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer
