- Svengali (1931 film)
Infobox Film
name = Svengali (1931)
producer =
director =Archie Mayo
writer =J. Grubb Alexander
based on the novel "Trilby" byGeorge du Maurier
starring =John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Carmel Myers
music =
cinematography =Barney McGill
editing =William Holmes
distributor =Warner Brothers
released =May 22 ,1931
runtime = 81 Minutes
language = English
country = USA
amg_id = 1:48037
imdb_id = 0022454|"Svengali" (1931) is a
drama /horror film starringJohn Barrymore ,Marian Marsh , and Bramwell Fletcher, directed byArchie Mayo , written byJ. Grubb Alexander , and released byWarner Brothers . It is based on the gothic horror novel "Trilby" (1894) byGeorge du Maurier . The film was originally released onMay 22 ,1931 . Warner Brothers was so pleased by the box office on this film that the studio hurriedly reteamed Barrymore and Marsh for another horror film "The Mad Genius ", released onNovember 7 ,1931 . The region 1DVD of "Svengali" was released onSeptember 9 ,2003 .Plot
The ending of the novel is changed in this film to a highly dramatic and uncompromising one by having Trilby die at Svengali's hands after he is stricken with a fatal heart attack, instead of dying of a mysterious illness a few days later. She faints after he collapses in the stage box, but Svengali revives long enough to gasp, "God grant me the one thing in death that I could not have in life". She then dies, followed by the vengeful Svengali. In the film Billee survives.
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