Svengali
He hypnotizes! He thrills...! Any woman caught in his spell must obey.
1931 | 81m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Archie Mayo |
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| Writer: | J. Grubb Alexander, George du Maurier |
| Staring: |
| A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife. | |
| Release Date: | May 20, 1931 |
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| Director: | Archie Mayo |
| Writer: | J. Grubb Alexander, George du Maurier |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Horror |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, telepathy, artist, unrequited love, model, pre-code, hypnotism, mesmerist |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| John Barrymore | Svengali |
| Marian Marsh | Trilby O'Farrell |
| Donald Crisp | The Laird |
| Bramwell Fletcher | Billee |
| Carmel Myers | Madame Honori |
| Luis Alberni | Gecko |
| Lumsden Hare | Monsieur Taffy |
| Paul Porcasi | Bonelli |
| Ferike Boros | Marta (uncredited) |
| Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Mme. Vinard (uncredited) |
| Yola d'Avril | Maid (uncredited) |
| Rose Dione | Trilby's Mother (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Archie Mayo | Director |
| David Mendoza | Original Music Composer |
| J. Grubb Alexander | Screenplay |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| William Holmes | Editor |
| Johnny Wallis | Makeup Artist |
| Gordon Hollingshead | Assistant Director |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| George du Maurier | Novel |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Trending Position
John Barrymore is super as the eponymous mystic composer who entrances "Trilby" (Marian Marsh) after she comes to his studio with a desire to be a star; and a tendency to have headaches. Soon his avarice is evident as he ruthlessly exploits his charge (despite/because of his unrequited love for her) ... - to attain fame and fortune. The story tells the rise and fall tale cleverly, and pacily - with some great contributions from the wily Donald Crisp as the tight-fisted but generous spirited "Laird" and Luis Alberni as his long suffering violinist "Gecko". Dewy-eyed Bramwell Fletcher as "Little Billee" is less convincing as her true love, but this is a great partial-adaptation of George Du Maurier's late 19th century tale of ambition, love and power.