Flesh And Fantasy (1943)
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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),… More 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). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Julien Duvivier
- Written By
- Ellis St. Joseph, Oscar Wilde
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Nov 1, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- Passport
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Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
as Marshall Tyler
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Charles Boyer
as Paul Gaspar
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Barbara Stanwyck
as Joan Stanley
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Betty Field
as Henrietta
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Robert Cummings
as Michael
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Thomas Mitchell
as Septimus Podgers
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Charles Winninger
as King Lamarr
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Anna Lee
as Rowena/Story 3
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Dame May Whitty
as Pamela Hardwick
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C. Aubrey Smith
as Dean of Norwalk (story 2)
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Robert Benchley
as Doakes
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Edgar Barrier
as Stranger
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David Hoffman
as Davis
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Eddie Acuff
as Policeman
- Anita Bolster
- Paul Bryar
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Lane Chandler
as Satan
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James Craven
as Radio Announcer
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Joseph Crehan
as Acrobat
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Marcel Dalio
as Clown
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Jacqueline Dalya
as Angel
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Edward Fielding
as Sir Thomas
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Mary Forbes
as Lady Thomas
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Jack Gardner
as Gunman
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Charles Halton
as Old Man Prospector
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Leyland Hodgson
as Cop
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Olaf Hytten
as Chemist
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Eddie Kane
as Immigration Officer
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June Lang
as Angela/Story 3
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Peter Lawford
as Pierrot
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Bruce Lister
as Young Man
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George J. Lewis
as Harlequin
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Doris Lloyd
as Mrs. Caxton
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Arthur Loft
as Detective
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Marjorie Lord
as Justine/Story 1
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Grace McDonald
as Gaspar's helper
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Ferdinand Munier
as Relative
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Clarence Muse
as Jeff/Story 3
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Lee Phelps
as Detective
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Clinton Rosemond
as Elderly Man
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Harry Stubbs
as Proprietor
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Heather Thatcher
as Lady Flora
- Philip Warren
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Ian Wolfe
as Librarian
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Frank Arnold
as Clown
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Frank Mitchell
as Acrobat
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Gil Patric
as Grim Reaper
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Sandra Morgan
as Neighbor
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Harold De Becker
as Clerk
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Mary Ann Hyde
as Gaspar's Assistant
- Jerry Maren
- Carl Vernell
