Svengali (1931 film)

Infobox Film
name = Svengali (1931)

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producer =
director = Archie Mayo
writer = J. Grubb Alexander
based on the novel "Trilby" by George 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 starring John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, and Bramwell Fletcher, directed by Archie Mayo, written by J. Grubb Alexander, and released by Warner Brothers. It is based on the gothic horror novel "Trilby" (1894) by George du Maurier. The film was originally released on May 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 on November 7, 1931. The region 1 DVD of "Svengali" was released on September 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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