Flesh and Fantasy ( Six Destinies ) ( Obsessions )

Flesh and Fantasy (DVD) (*)

~~$25.99~~ $19.97

Original Title: Six Destinies
Alternate Title: Obsessions
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Julien Duvivier

Written By:
Ellis St. Joseph
Oscar Wilde

Actors:
Edward G. Robinson ..... Marshall Tyler
Charles Boyer ..... Paul Gaspar
Barbara Stanwyck ..... Joan Stanley
Betty Field ..... Henrietta
Robert Cummings ..... Michael
Thomas Mitchell ..... Septimus Podgers
Charles Winninger ..... King Lamarr
Anna Lee ..... Rowena
Dame May Whitty ..... Lady Pamela Hardwick
C. Aubrey Smith ..... Dean of Chichester
Robert Benchley ..... Doakes
Edgar Barrier ..... Stranger
David Hoffman ..... Davis

Synopsis:

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).

Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales: 1) Plain, bitter Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. Then on Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. 2) At a party, palmist Podgers makes uncannily accurate predictions, later telling skeptic Marshal Tyler that he will murder someone. The notion obsesses Tyler, with ironic consequences. 3) High wire artist Gaspar dreams of falling, then loses his nerve. He recognizes Joan from his dreams, and falls for her. Will any of his dreams, involving Joan and disaster, come true?

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2009.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Hold Back the Dawn (DVD)	Black Magic (DVD)	Night of the Eagle (DVD)
The Incredible Melting Man (DVD)	Dr. Goldfoot and His Girl Bombs (DVD)	The Magnetic Monster (DVD)