Lock Up Your Daughters (1959 film)
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Lock Up Your Daughters is a 1959
horror film
starring Bela Lugosi
. Due to the lack of information on its production and release, it is uncertain whether it is a lost film
or if it ever existed.
and "some of the great favourites of yesteryear."
Other reports on the film claim that Lugosi served as an on-screen host to a series of excerpts from his older films, while there are also assertions that Lock Up Your Daughters offered cash prizes for audience members who could identify the original films that provided excerpts for this production.
, who produced films at Monogram Pictures
in the 1940s starring Lugosi, and ran 50 minutes. Phil Rosen
is credited as the film’s director. It is not certain when or where the film was made, though some people have presumed it was made in England
because this was the only country where the film was allegedly seen. However, Lugosi was last in England during 1951, and the only film he made at the time was Mother Riley Meets the Vampire. Lugosi died in 1956.
The Kinematograph Weekly review is the only official acknowledgment that the film existed; there is no record of the film ever being theatrically released. To date, no prints or press materials on the film have surfaced.
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
starring Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
. Due to the lack of information on its production and release, it is uncertain whether it is a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
or if it ever existed.
Plot
Details on the film’s plot are sketchy. A 1959 review of the film that appeared in the British trade journal Kinematography Weekly claimed that Lugosi played a "vampiric doctor who experiments on young women in order to bring back to life his lovely wife." The review states the film incorporates clips from films made earlier in Lugosi’s career, with footage featuring the Bowery BoysBowery Boys
The Bowery Boys were a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish gang based north of the Five Points district of New York City in the mid-19th century. They were primarily stationed in the Bowery section of New York, which was, at the time, extended north of the Five Points...
and "some of the great favourites of yesteryear."
Other reports on the film claim that Lugosi served as an on-screen host to a series of excerpts from his older films, while there are also assertions that Lock Up Your Daughters offered cash prizes for audience members who could identify the original films that provided excerpts for this production.
Production
Lock Up Your Daughters was allegedly produced by Sam KatzmanSam Katzman
Sam Katzman was an American film producer and director. Born into a poor Jewish family, Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry...
, who produced films at Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to...
in the 1940s starring Lugosi, and ran 50 minutes. Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed 142 films between 1915 and 1949....
is credited as the film’s director. It is not certain when or where the film was made, though some people have presumed it was made in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
because this was the only country where the film was allegedly seen. However, Lugosi was last in England during 1951, and the only film he made at the time was Mother Riley Meets the Vampire. Lugosi died in 1956.
The Kinematograph Weekly review is the only official acknowledgment that the film existed; there is no record of the film ever being theatrically released. To date, no prints or press materials on the film have surfaced.