Author Archives: Operator 13 Productions

Monsterpalooza 2012

The Operator 13 team spent a great three days at the Monsterpalooza convention in Burbank, California. We conducted interviews for both Lugosi: The Forgotten King and Monsters, Martians and Mad Scientists: Horror in the Atomic Age. We also scheduled a couple of … Continue reading

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Just confirmed…Donnie Dunagan

Operator 13 productions is pleased to announce that Donnie Dunagan will appear in Lugosi: The Forgotten King. In 1939 at age 4, Mr. Dunagan appeared alongside horror legends Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill in Son of … Continue reading

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Happy Easter!

On this day in 1916, Bela Lugosi portrayed Jesus Christ in The Passion Play with  the Debreczen Repertory Theatre in Hungary. Lugosi displayed a photo of himself from the production in his Hollywood homes.

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From the Set…Forrest J Ackerman

Much of the original Lugosi: The Forgotten King footage was filmed at the home of legendary horror/sci-fi fan Forrest J Ackerman. In fact Ackerman’s narration, along with the John Carradine and Carroll Borland interviews, were all shot in one grueling … Continue reading

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Lugosi: The Forgotten King – Then and Now

Most of the time, if you’re a writer, an artist, a musician, a builder — any field where you “create” something, there is a standard sequence of events: you make things the best way you know how at the time, … Continue reading

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Here Be Monsters

Welcome to the new Web home of Operator 13 Productions! We are currently in production on the documentary Lugosi: The Forgotten King and pre-production on a new project with the working title Monsters, Martians, and Mad Scientists: Horror in the Atomic … Continue reading

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