Eau Maybe: Inspiration for Dr. Carruthers Character in The Devil Bat (1940)

Bela Lugosi as Dr. Carruthers, a perfumer, in The Devil Bat (L),and Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, a chemist, as himself (R).    Thirteen is a lucky number. Why? Because thirteen years after posting "Bella Lugosi was a Perfumer: Strange Oriental Perfume" led to a light-bulb moment that may or may not be a matter of coincidence. Bela Lugosi portrayed a perfumer named Dr.