《Bashful Jim (Short 1925)》Storyline
"In the curtain-closing ending aking place outside in the rain, German linguist Professor Bhaer (Paul Lukas) from NYC has brought Jo""s manuscript forLittle Womenand announced it has just been published.W.Murnau.In Murnau""s film, the rodent-like Dracula (Max Schreck) was renamed "Graf Orlock." [The film was released in England asDracula.]Since then, there have been about a dozen ""true"" film adaptations of the Stoker novel, and literally hundreds of otherDraculasequels, farces, parodies, loose adaptations, and other vampirish variations (including the "blaxploitation"Blaculafilms of he early 70s).But she found that her car had been sabotaged (it wouldn""t start, it leaked oil and had a flat tire) and she was unable to drive away, so she raced back into the hospital.The film""s script - written with the backdrop of war in Europe (and the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 and the persecution of Jews) - made timely parallels between the ostracized Jews and the race of mistreated gypsies (Romani peoples), and dramatically showed the schism between the two socio-economic classes in Paris (the ""haves"" and the ""have-nots"").