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William Crain

CTL-P-1222 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-03292 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1222. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Creator of Blacula (film)

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Creator of Blacula (film)

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Blacula (1972) was directed by William Crain — University of Chicago Film Studies Center event page: 'A Blaxploitation double feature of films directed by William Crain… Blacula (William Crain, 1972)… Directed by William Crain.' This establishes the stored pairing (stored as 'Creator of Blacula (film)'; the established credit is director). Checked 2026-10-17.

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