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Flesh and Fantasy ()

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An anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
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Marshall Tyler (Episode 2)
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Paul Gaspar (Episode 3)
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Joan Stanley (Episode 3)
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Henrietta (Episode 1)
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Michael (Episode 1)
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Septimus Podgers (Episode 2)
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King Lamarr (Episode 3)
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Rowena (Episode 2)
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Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2) (as Dame May Whitty)
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Dean of Norwalk (Episode 2)
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Doakes (Framing Story)
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Stranger in Mask Shop (Episode 1)
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Davis (Framing Story)
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Cop (uncredited)
Frank Arnold ...
Clown (uncredited)
Beatrice Barrett ...
Circus Girl (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby ...
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Yvette Bentley ...
Circus Girl (uncredited)
Ted Billings ...
Sidewalk Artist (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Harlequin (uncredited)
James Carlisle ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Satan / Acrobat (uncredited)
Eddie Coke ...
Ship Steward (uncredited)
Con Colleano ...
Gaspar's Double (uncredited)
Edward Cooper ...
Butler (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Clown (uncredited)
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Angel (uncredited)
Harold De Becker ...
Clerk (uncredited)
Marion de Sydow ...
Circus Girl (uncredited)
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Sir Thomas (uncredited)
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Circus Spectator (uncredited)
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Lady Thomas (uncredited)
Fern Formica ...
Midget (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Gunman (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Lawrence Grossmith ...
Relative (uncredited)
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Mask Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
Mary Ann Hyde ...
Gaspar's Partner (uncredited)
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Chemist (uncredited)
Ted Jacques ...
Performer (uncredited)
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Immigration Officer (uncredited)
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Angela (uncredited)
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Pierrot (uncredited)
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Husband at Circus (uncredited)
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Young Man (uncredited)
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Harlequin (uncredited)
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Mrs. Carrington (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Justine (uncredited)
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Midget (uncredited)
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Gaspar's Partner (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Acrobat (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan ...
Mother at Circus (uncredited)
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Relative (uncredited)
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Jeff (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
Gil Patric ...
Grim Reaper (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Detective (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Constance Purdy ...
Sally (uncredited)
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Elderly Man (uncredited)
Nedra Sanders ...
Circus Girl (uncredited)
Paul Scott ...
Doctor (uncredited)
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Relative (uncredited)
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Father at Circus (uncredited)
Geoffrey Steele ...
Young Man (uncredited)
Arthur Stenning ...
Old Man at Circus (uncredited)
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Propietor (uncredited)
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Lady Flora (uncredited)
Anita Venge ...
Circus Girl (uncredited)
Carl Vernell ...
Neighbor (uncredited)
Phil Warren ...
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Circus Spectator (uncredited)
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Librarian (uncredited)
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Circus Spectator (uncredited)

Directed by

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Julien Duvivier

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Ellis St. Joseph ... (segment "1") (story)
 
Oscar Wilde ... (segment "2") (story "Lord Arthur Saville's Crime")
 
László Vadnay ... (segment "3") (story)
 
Ernest Pascal ... (writer) &
Samuel Hoffenstein ... (writer) &
Ellis St. Joseph ... (writer)

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Charles Boyer ... producer
Julien Duvivier ... producer

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Alexander Tansman ... (as Alexandre Tansman)

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Stanley Cortez ... director of photography
Paul Ivano ... director of photography

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Arthur Hilton

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Robert F. Boyle ... (as Robert Boyle)
John B. Goodman
Richard H. Riedel ... (as Richard Riedel)

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Russell A. Gausman ... (as R.A. Gausman)
Edward R. Robinson ... (as E.R. Robinson)

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Vera West ... (gowns)

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Jack P. Pierce ... makeup artist

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Joseph A. McDonough ... assistant director
Seward Webb ... assistant director

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Bernard B. Brown ... sound director (as Bernard Brown)
Joe Lapis ... sound technician
Edwin Wetzel ... sound (uncredited)

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Tim Baar ... special effects (as Tim Barr)

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Con Colleano ... stunt double: Charles Boyer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Edith Head ... gowns: Barbara Stanwyck
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Charles Previn ... musical director

Additional Crew

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Don Brodie ... dialogue director
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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? Written by Rod Crawford

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Also Known As
  • La chair et le diable (France)
  • Obsessions (France)
  • En marge de la vie (France)
  • Das zweite Gesicht (Germany)
  • Al margen de la vida (Spain)
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  • 94 min
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Trivia A fourth story was filmed but was cut from the final print; it was to open the film and the discovery of the drowned body was to link it to the mask story. The cut footage was expanded into a feature film, 1944's "Destiny" with Alan Curtis and Gloria Jean. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Tales of the Uncanny (2020). See more »
Quotes Doakes: [Last lines to Davis as he is leaving the club study] Let me give you some advice, Chum. Forget all these old bugaboos, dreams and fortune tellers and drinking out of your left hand. It's the bunk. It's superstition. That's what it is, and superstition is for gypsies.
Doakes: [He laughs] Superstition...
[He mutters indistictly as he works his way around the ladder that is blocking the doorway]
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