Dracula (1931) Directed by Tod Browning Writing credits: John L. Balderston Hamilton Deane Cast: Bela Lugosi .... Count Dracula Helen Chandler .... Mina Seward David Manners .... Jonathan Harker Dwight Frye .... Renfield Edward Van Sloan .... Prof. Abraham Van Helsing Herbert Bunston .... Dr. Jack Seward Frances Dade .... Lucy Weston Joan Standing .... Briggs, a Nurse Charles K. Gerrard .... Martin Synopsis: After entrapping Jonathan Harker in his castle in the Carpathians, ancient vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon Jonathan's virtuous young fiancée, Mina Seward. Jonathan must escape from his imprisonment inside the Count's castle and return to London before it is too late to save his beloved. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker.