Important dates in the history of Ken Russell's Dracula.
1897 Bram Stoker writes Dracula, which occurs that year.
1907 Lord Baden Powell forms the scouting movement.
1925 Ken Russell's Dracula occurs this year.
1971 Ken Russell's The Devils made.
1979 Ken Russell's Dracula not made.
1988 Ken Russell's Salome's Last Dance made.
1988 Ken Russell's Lair of the White Worm made.
Thus, while no scouts could have appeared in Bram Stoker's novel, as the scouting movement in the U.K. would not come into being for another decade. They could have appeared in Ken Russell's film, as they had been in existence for 18 years. Yet we do not get any scouts. That would have to await almost another decade to Ken Russell's Lair of the White Worm. Instead we get a gardener's boy, who was suppose to appear naked in order to lure Renfield into Dracula's clutches, and whose character was suppose to be only 14.
Of course, this would not be the only time that Ken Russell had an young male character appear nude in one of his films--supposedly. There was the young boy, and it may have been King Louis XIII's pageboy, in The Devils, who is seen in other parts of the film. Though the scene of him appearing apparently in the nude was so controversial at the time the film was released, that the scene was removed from the film, and the film was destroyed, and as far as I know, not only does the film no longer exist, there are no stills of the scene still in existence.
Thus, here are the 4 films of Ken Russell in which an under aged male character apparently appears naked. And their similarities and differences.
1971 The Devils
Character: King Louis XIII's pageboy (presumed)
Character's age; Unknown
Actor: Unknown
Actor's age: Unknown
1979 Dracula
Character: the gardener's boy
Character's age: 14 (which would make it a case of hebephilia (11 to 14)
Actor: Unknown
Actor's age: Unknown
1988 Salome's Last Dance
Character: the pageboy
Character's age: Unknown
Actor: Russell Lee Nash
Actor's age: Unknown
1988 Lair of the White Worm
Character: Kevin, a scout
Character's age: 15 (presumed) Which would make it a case of ephebophilia (15 to 19)
Actor: Chris Pitt
Actor's age: 17 (presumed)
A couple of other similarities.
1st: The boys in both Salome's Last Dance and Lair of the White Worm, supposedly, receive oral sex.
2nd: They boys are often used as some type of lure.
Dracula: to lure Renfield into Dracula's clutches.
Salome's Last Dance: to lure Oscar Wilde into cheating on his partner.
Lair of the White Worm: to lure Lady Sylvia Marsh into committing several crimes, including statutory rape and murder.
Next time: the suggested cast for Dracula