Well, to be more precise, it was likely "an outright invention" of the
author who wrote the novel on which the film "Shadow of the Vampire" is
based, since it was a book first. (can't recall his name right now)

  At 02:54 PM 5/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >We are thinking about possibly doing something on the urban
> legend >portrayed in the recent Hollywood release "shadow of the vampire",
>
>This isn't an urban legend but an outright invention by the filmmakers of
>"Shadow of the Vampire."  Or to be more accurate I've never run across
>this story before and neither had any of the silent movie or horror fans
>on the various newsgroups (though I could have missed something).  There
>are several factors that make the vampire story a real stretch:  most or
>all of the "night" shots in the real film were actually done in daylight,
>Shreck made quite a few films after "Nosferatu," Murnau wasn't some
>Stroheimian "realist," etc.  You should check Eisner's book on Murnau.
>
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