 This film, and the 1920s stage play by Deane and Balderston, contributed much of Dracula's popular iconography, much of which vastly differs from Stoker's novel.In the novel and in the German silent film "Nosferatu" (1922), Dracula's appearance is repulsive; Lugosi portrays the Count as a handsome, charming nobleman.The Deane-Balderston play and this film also introduced the now iconic images of Dracula entering his victims' bedrooms through French doors/windows, wrapping his satin-lined cape around victims, and more emphasis on Dracula transforming into a bat.