La bambola del diavolo (1936)
Un banchiere che è stato condannato ingiustamente a molti anni di carcere, evade. In cella aveva appreso, da uno scienziato divenuto pazzo, la formula per realizzare una sostanza che, ingerita, rimpicciolisce le persone. Travestito da anziana signora, il banchiere apre a Parigi un negozio con i suoi "giocattoli". In realtà si serve di loro, dopo averli ipnotizzati, per vendicarsi di quanti ebbero un ruolo nella sua condanna. Uno di questi in effetti confessa la sua colpa ma, un furioso incendio scoppiato nel negozio distrugge anche il laboratorio, vanificando l'opera vendicativa. Efficacissimo ed ancora valido horror che riesce a unire temi fantastici con quelli scientifici. Browing si conferma maestro del genere, coadiuvato dalla luciferina lucidità di Barrymore.
Direttore:
Tod Browning
Scrittori:
Garrett Fort, Guy Endore, Erich von Stroheim.
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Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond |
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Maureen O'Sullivan as Lorraine Lavond |
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Frank Lawton as Toto |
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Rafaela Ottiano as Malita |
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Robert Greig as Émile Coulvet |
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Lucy Beaumont as Madame Lavond |
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Henry B. Walthall as Marcel |
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Grace Ford as Lachna |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Charles Martin |
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Arthur Hohl as Victor Radin |
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Juanita Quigley as Marguerite Coulvet |
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Claire Du Brey as Mathilde Coulvet |
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Rollo Lloyd as Inspector Maurice |
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E. Alyn Warren as Préfect of Police |
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Jean Alden as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Detective Pierre (uncredited) |
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Egon Brecher as Detective (uncredited) |
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Robert Du Couedic as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Paul Foltz as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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Christian J. Frank as Detective (uncredited) |
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Billy Gilbert as Matin's Butler (uncredited) |
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Robert Graves as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Sherry Hall as Detective (uncredited) |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Detective (uncredited) |
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Sydney Jarvis as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Edward Keane as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Gus Leonard as Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited) |
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Eily Malyon as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited) |
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Frank Reicher as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Evelyn Selbie as Flower Woman (uncredited) |
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Nick Thompson as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Tod Browning | Director |
| Production | Tod Browning | Producer |
| Writing | Tod Browning | Screenstory |
| Writing | Garrett Fort | Screenplay |
| Writing | Guy Endore | Screenplay |
| Writing | Erich von Stroheim | Screenplay |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Writing | Abraham Merritt | Novel |
| Art | Stan Rogers | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Production | E.J. Mannix | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Harry Sharrock | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Willard Vogel | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Wayne Allen | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Clifford Vaughan | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Music |
| Crew | Paul Foltz | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Val Raset | Choreographer |
