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| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Written by | Ellis St. Julien Duvivier ( 8 October 1896 in Lille - 30 October 1967 in Paris) was a French film director Joseph (Story segment 1) Oscar Wilde (Story segment 2) László Vadnay (Story segment 3) Ernest Pascal Samuel Hoffenstein |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Charles Boyer Barbara Stanwyck Betty Field |
| Music by | Alexandre Tansman |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez Paul Ivano |
| Editing by | Arthur Hilton |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  October 29, 1943 |
| Running time | 94 min. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Samuel "Sam" Hoffenstein ( October 8, 1890 - October 6, 1947) was a Screenwriter and a musical composer Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Betty Field ( February 8, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts - September 13, 1973 in Hyannis Massachusetts) was an Alexandre Tansman ( June 12, 1897, Łódź – November 15, 1986, Paris) was a prolific composer and virtuoso pianist Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Flesh and Fantasy is a 1943 anthology film, directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer and Barbara Stanwyck. United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Julien Duvivier ( 8 October 1896 in Lille - 30 October 1967 in Paris) was a French film director Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Also titled: "Dreams and Fortune Tellers. " The making of this film was inspired by the success of Duvivier's previous anthology film, the 1942 Tales of Manhattan. Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 Black-and-white Anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier.
Flesh and Fantasy tells three stories, unrelated but with a supernatural theme, by Oscar Wilde, Ellis St. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Joseph and László Vadnay, though not in that order. Tying together the three segments is a conversation about the occult between two clubmen, one played by humorist Robert Benchley. Robert Charles Benchley (September 15 1889 – November 21 1945 was an American comedian best known for his work as a Newspaper columnist and Film actor
Plot
First segment
Plain and embittered Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. On Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a white mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. " Mardi Gras " ( French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday. At a party, Michael falls in love with Henrietta but has yet to see her face under the mask. Henrietta encourages Michael to follow a better life although it may mean losing him forever. Henrietta removes the mask at midnight discovering she is now beautiful and that her old, selfish attitude was really the cause of her ugliness.
Second segment
A palmist named Podgers (Thomas Mitchell) is making uncannily accurate predictions at a party for the rich and bored. Major Sir Thomas Livingstons Mitchell ( June 16, 1792 -1855 surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth He tells skeptic Marshall Tyler (Edward G. Robinson) to avoid a certain street intersection on the way home. The palmist also acts as if he sees more in his hand but doesn’t admit it. Tyler eschews the advice and almost gets shot during a police chase at the intersection. Tyler goes to the palmist’s home and demands to know what else he saw in his hand. Under pressure, the palmist admits that he saw that Tyler is going to kill someone. The notion obsesses Tyler, who decides that he must kill someone, anyone, just to get it over with. He comes close to killing two people but is unable to do so. He finally meets Podgers by accident on a bridge one night, and blaming Podgers for his problem, strangles him to death in a rage. Trying to escape, Tyler is hit by a car, which leads without a pause into the third segment of the film. The accident is witnessed by the Great Gaspar (Charles Boyer), a high-wire artist.
Third segment
High wire artist the Great Gaspar is haunted by dreams of falling, and in each dream of doom a certain woman (Barbara Stanwyck), he has never met, is there also. These dreams of death affect his performance as he backs down from the most dangerous stunt, jumping from one wire to another. Eventually he meets his dream girl, as if of déjà vu, who has serious troubles to face up to. Gaspar latter decides that he will not let his bad dreams negatively affect him and that his life is his own, spitting destiny in the eye.
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Marshall Tyler
- Charles Boyer as Paul Gaspar
- Barbara Stanwyck as Joan Stanley
- Betty Field as Henrietta
- Robert Cummings as Michael
- Thomas Mitchell as Septimus Podgers
- Robert Benchley as Doakes
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This 1940s drama film-related article is a stub. Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Betty Field ( February 8, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts - September 13, 1973 in Hyannis Massachusetts) was an Robert Cummings ( June 10, 1908 – December 2, 1990) also known as Bob Cummings, was an American Motion picture Thomas Mitchell ( July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American film stage and television Actor and Screenwriter Robert Charles Benchley (September 15 1889 – November 21 1945 was an American comedian best known for his work as a Newspaper columnist and Film actor The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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