Corridor of Mirrors News

Dir. Terence Young . Arguably the most peculiar British movie of the 1940s, this bizarre gothic reincarnation drama was shot in France where it seems to have picked up a few of Jean Cocteau 's surrealizing mannerisms.

I sometimes think the saddest thing in my life is that there is nobody alive today with whom I can have a 'remember when?' conversation Getty Images King of franchises: Lee is the most prolific actor alive, possibly in cinematic history, with more than 350 big-screen credits to his name Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE; it was a mouthful even ...

In fact, Lee's been active in the movies since making his screen debut in Terence Young 's Gothic romance, Corridor of Mirrors in 1948, but he's been a true star to the post-pubescent thrill seekers of my generation since his work as the definitive, cooly erotic Transylvanian count in the Hammer classic Horror of Dracula in 1958.

Self-described with typical good humor as "tall, dark and gruesome," Christopher Lee was a remarkably prolific leading man and character actor whose six decades-long film career made him among the world's most popular and recognizable performers.