John Barrymore as Svengali has to be one of the most fascinating characters ever filmed. Barrymore takes Svengali from frightening to likable to charming to wickedly manipulative. Amazing.
@TenderTrap86 I TOTALLY agree with you. It's up there with the absolute cream of horror movies. Barrymore has the same command as Chrisopher Lee - AND he is a better actor.
@HumppeB I just recently saw this film again, and I still can't believe how good Barrymore is in this part. I'm really in awe of his acting prowess. He is absolutely stellar as Svengali. :)
If you haven't already, there's a silent version of Jekyll and Hyde starring Barymore, in the title role. I read that he would dislocate his jaw on purpose for the transformation scenes. He was very good in this film, as well. Barrymore's Jekyll is definately a guy I wouldn't want to keep company with. :O
Thanks Humpy! Ain't seen this since I was 5 or 6......I'm 60 now!.....I can't wait for the footsie scene that started me on my road to foot fetish! Weeee!!!
thank you, this has been added to our plylists here and on facebook...
PoetryETrain 3 months ago
3:35 ist it "Koloratur"? a very special song
flaminia5 3 months ago
Svengali hier has smth from Rasputin;
flaminia5 4 months ago
John Barrymore as Svengali has to be one of the most fascinating characters ever filmed. Barrymore takes Svengali from frightening to likable to charming to wickedly manipulative. Amazing.
This is definately an under rated movie.
TenderTrap86 1 year ago 2
@TenderTrap86 I TOTALLY agree with you. It's up there with the absolute cream of horror movies. Barrymore has the same command as Chrisopher Lee - AND he is a better actor.
HumppeB 10 months ago
@HumppeB I just recently saw this film again, and I still can't believe how good Barrymore is in this part. I'm really in awe of his acting prowess. He is absolutely stellar as Svengali. :)
If you haven't already, there's a silent version of Jekyll and Hyde starring Barymore, in the title role. I read that he would dislocate his jaw on purpose for the transformation scenes. He was very good in this film, as well. Barrymore's Jekyll is definately a guy I wouldn't want to keep company with. :O
TenderTrap86 10 months ago 2
Thanks Humpy! Ain't seen this since I was 5 or 6......I'm 60 now!.....I can't wait for the footsie scene that started me on my road to foot fetish! Weeee!!!
str8carter 1 year ago
ja, liebchen
tapasitos 1 year ago
Thanks so much for uploading. These great old flicks are hardly shown any more.
mmedefarge 2 years ago 3
Yeah, watched it again the other day. It's becoming one of my all time favs!
HumppeB 2 years ago
What a spooky film! One of the great chiller pictures along with Boris Karloff's turn as Dr. Fu Manchu.
CristinaFernandez 2 years ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to uploading this movie!!! =)
DrMabuseDerSpieler 2 years ago 2
Thanks for watching!
HumppeB 2 years ago