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Flesh and Fantasy

Edward G. Robinson and Charles Boyer
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Overview

In the tradition of his earlier CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS and TALES OF MANHATTAN, director Julien Duvivier's FLESH AND FANTASY is a "pormanteau" film, consisting of several short stories. Linking the three tales unfolded herein are clubmen Doakes (Robert Benchley) and Davis (David Hoffman), who carry on a spirited debate about Destiny. In the first story, homely Henrietta (Betty Field) is made beautiful through the love of handsome Mardi Gras reveller Michael (Robert Cummings)-and the help of an enigmatic mask-maker (Edgar Barrier). The second story, based on Oscar Wilde's "Lord Arthur Saville's Crime", concerns a fortune teller named Septimus Podgers (Thomas Mitchell) who predicts that socialite Marshall Tyler (Edward G. Robinson) will commit a murder. In the final tale, psychic high wire artist Paul Gaspar (Charles Boyer) dreams that he will meet his doom during the performance of his act-and then falls in love with Joan Stanley (Barbara Stanwyck), who looks exactly like the girl who appeared in that dream. A fourth story, detailing the doomed romance between a fugitive from justice (Alan Curtis) and a blind girl (Gloria Jean), was cut from FLESH AND FANTASY, then expanded and released separately as DESTINY (1944).

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Main Cast & Crew:
Julien Duvivier - Director
Edward G. Robinson
Charles Boyer
Barbara Stanwyck
Betty Field
Robert Cummings
Thomas Mitchell
Charles Winninger
Anna Lee
Dame May Whitty
C. Aubrey Smith

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Black & White, NTSC Format)
  • Run Time: 94
  • Color Format: Black and White
  • UPC: 025192180798
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: September 2014

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