Svengali 1931

Svengali uses telepathy to arrange a late night rendezvous. Great sets and scenery in this 1931 film.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 1931
• Svengali
• John
• Barrymore
• Marian
• Marsh

[StephenJTatum]

I remember staying up late one night catching this movie by accident and being spellbound. One of my favorite B&W's

[TenderTrap86]

Look at that shot at 0:45. Wow! The great thing about these older films are that their directors did whatever they wanted. There was no film school. Either you had directorial talents or you didn't. Simple.

[silenceofthehills]

@TenderTrap86

I think that's a model shot too. Its just really well blended.

[Neville6000]

2:22-best barefoot shot ever, and one of the first!

[matrixschmatrix]

@TenderTrap86 Not really, technical limitations made a lot of interesting shots incredibly difficult unless you had unusually skilled people (and impossible in some situations), the materials were extremely expensive meaning that talented or not you could only try making a movie if you had a studio or a lot of money backing you, and in 1930 the movies were more than old enough that most of the skilled directors had long apprenticeships in the industry before directing anything

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[101111101101]

wow the girl is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

[shiki12d3]

I dont get it did they have contact lenses back then? Im confused how did they get his eyes to look like that?

[tapasitos]

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[PsionicX1]

@haygroup221133 Not really, but very well done, very well acted. Superb really. And if you're like me and you enjoy telepathic/hypnotic mind control elements in stories, then this is a must see film! Its available here on youtube.

[haygroup221133]

is this movie really scary?