Feb 5
1973 - Purple Playhouse Dracula
The Purple Playhouse was a Canadian series which ran for one season in 1973. It produced eight 1-hour episodes on supernatural or gothic themes. The title referenced melodramas of the Victorian era. The Dracula episode ran on March 25, 1973.
The cast included Blair Brown as Mina and Nehemiah Persoff as Van Helsing. Dracula’s death scene is a little hammy, but Actor Norman Welsh earns extra points for being able to speak clearly with those long fangs he wore.
A 30-minute edit from the original 1-hour episode is at the link.
