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Archie MayoSvengali (1931)

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Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. When a pupil he has seduced announces she has left her husband for him, he uses his powers to cause her suicide and promptly forgets her. He meets a beautiful model, Trilby, and becomes infatuated with her, but she, in turn, falls for a young artist called Billee who also loves her. One day Svengali hypnotizes Trilby to cure her headache, but also examines her upper palate and decides it is an ideal cavity for great singing. He convinces her to fake her suicide, so Billee and friends will forget her, and goes on a singing tour with her. Svengali uses his powers to make her sing wonderfully and Madame Svengali, as Trilby is now known, becomes a sensation throughout Europe. But Billee discovers the ruse and begins to follow the pair, upsetting Svengali enough to have him cancel performances too frequently, so they no longer can perform in Europe. They go to Egypt, but Billee relentlessly follows


This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Archie Mayo
Producer: Archie Mayo
Audio/Visual: sound, Black and white
Language: English
Keywords: John Barrymore; horror; hypnotism; mind control

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Reviewer: jadanOL - - August 23, 2009
Subject: kolaboy, he is referring to Lon Cheney..
Not Dick Cheney.

Reviewer: pdmoviereview - - May 29, 2008
Subject: Phenomenal!
This is a phenomenal movie. Great acting, great story, cool cinematography. So worth the watch, and don't watch the 1983 remake with yucky Jodie Foster. She can't hold a candle to everything Marian Marsh brings to the character. John Barrymore is THE man. Amazingly good actor, and amusing to boot. And look at how HUGE the hallways are in those Paris studios. A definate classic.

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Reviewer: kolaboy - - January 4, 2008
Subject: Brilliant
JB at his finest, and not "Cheneyesque" (some can't put aside their rabid bias even in reviewing a film), but rather wonderfully (and charmingly) Machiavellian. Marian Marsh is possessed of an unearthly beauty....
Highly recommended.

Reviewer: elmagno - - November 7, 2007
Subject: First Rate
The narrative holds depth and inevitability. Goethe surely would have approved. Power and beauty meet--collision and destruction result. Though not clean shaven (nor bald) by a long shot, Svengali is Cheneyesque. Trilby is a magnificent victim. This is tragedy.