Svengali Backdrop Blur
Svengali Poster

Svengali

"He hypnotizes! He thrills...! Any woman caught in his spell must obey."

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

Top Cast

  • John Barrymore

    John Barrymore

    Svengali

  • Marian Marsh

    Marian Marsh

    Trilby O'Farrell

  • Donald Crisp

    Donald Crisp

    The Laird

  • Bramwell Fletcher

    Bramwell Fletcher

    Billee

  • Carmel Myers

    Carmel Myers

    Madame Honorine

  • Luis Alberni

    Luis Alberni

    Gecko

  • Lumsden Hare

    Lumsden Hare

    Monsieur Taffy

  • Paul Porcasi

    Paul Porcasi

    Bonelli

  • Ferike Boros

    Ferike Boros

    Marta (uncredited)

Overview

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

Rating

6.2 / 10
63 Reviews
0 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 13, 2022

    John Barrymore is super as the eponymous mystic composer who entrances "Trilby" (Marian Marsh) after she comes to his studio with a desire to be a star; and a tendency to have headaches. Soon his avarice is evident as he ruthlessly exploits his charge (despite/because of his unrequited love for her) - to attain fame and fortune. The story tells the rise and fall tale cleverly, and pacily - with some great contributions from the wily Donald Crisp as the tight-fisted but generous spirited "Laird" and Luis Alberni as his long suffering violinist "Gecko". Dewy-eyed Bramwell Fletcher as "Little Billee" is less convincing as her true love, but this is a great partial-adaptation of George Du Maurier's late 19th century tale of ambition, love and power.

Recommendations