Top cast:Dolores Costello,Helene Costello,John Bunny
Director:Oscar Apfel&J. Searle Dawley
Genre:Documentary
Region:Spain
Year:1999
Storyline:A rebel group of "Merry Men" who hid out in the forest were led by a Robin Hood-esque or masked Zorro-like hero/outlaw known as The Black Fox (Edward Ashley).Because her face was obliterated by the blast at close range, she was identified by her clothing:Waldo Lydecker - a waspish columnist and radio broadcaster - a self-centered, cold-blooded and effeminate writer; also Laura's mentor and protective confidantShelby Carpenter - Laura's fiancee, a womanizing, poor, weak, but charming and debonair Southern aristocrat, and Anne Treadwell's 'kept man'Anne Treadwell - Laura's wealthy, amoral aunt, neurotically in love with her companion ShelbyBessie Clary - Laura's devoted, domestic maid]The detective pays little attention to Lydecker, and amuses himself with a hand-held pinball puzzle, as he tries to fill he four bases of a baseball diamond with rolling balls.Notice that behind he gaslight is the static shadow of a man strangling a woman!The film opens with a short sequence to set the scene.There is a fire burning, a meal spread out on the table, and a dusty old bottle of wine.Dracula takes Renfield's coat and hat and leaves through a door that opens on its own.When the host returns, Renfield assures he Count that he has kept his journey a secret - no one in England knows he has come: "I followed your instructions im-plicitly.[The film's title, according to Towne, referred to a 'state of mind' rather than an actual geographic place.