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The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

Bela Lugosi

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Bela Lugosi
Age: 73 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 20
Died: 1956
Died: August 16
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Trade Unionist
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Thinking
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Screen
Screens
Everything
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