Flesh and the Devil
(1926)
Romance | 25 December 1926
Cast:
John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson [ More ]Director:
Clarence BrownWriter:
Benjamin F. GlazerCinematographer:
William DanielsEditor:
Lloyd NoslerProduction Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.Referring to the picture as The Flesh and the Devil, the 23 May 1925 Motion Picture News announced the film as one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (M-G-M) forthcoming “Quality 52” pictures for their next season. Based on the 1893 German novel by Hermann Sudermann, the picture was billed as a “Victor Seastrom-John Gilbert Special.” The 6 Jun 1925 Motion Picture News listed Carmel Myers as the female lead. However, over ten months later, the 23 Apr 1926 FD reported that Seastrom was replaced by director Clarence Brown, and actress Greta Garbo would be co-starring with John Gilbert. The picture marked her first pairing with Gilbert.
Frederica Sagor was listed as adapting the novel in the 24 Nov 1925 FD, but she did not receive a writing credit in contemporary reviews.
According to the 4 Sep 1926 Motion Picture News, principal photography began the previous week at M-G-M’s Culver City, CA, studios. Two months later, the 7 Nov 1926 FD announced that production had recently completed.
An article in the 25 Jan 1927 FD reported that Flesh and the Devil had been held over at New York City’s Capitol Theatre for a third week, marking the first picture to ever be granted such a long run in the theater’s seven-year history. The film’s popularity was indicated on its opening day at the Capitol, when police were called in to handle the large crowds.
This film is extant. A 109-minute copy of Flesh and the Devil was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 1 March 2003.
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Referring to the picture as The Flesh and the Devil, the 23 May 1925 Motion Picture News announced the film as one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (M-G-M) forthcoming “Quality 52” pictures for their next season. Based on the 1893 German novel by Hermann Sudermann, the picture was billed as a “Victor Seastrom-John Gilbert Special.” The 6 Jun 1925 Motion Picture News listed Carmel Myers as the female lead. However, over ten months later, the 23 Apr 1926 FD reported that Seastrom was replaced by director Clarence Brown, and actress Greta Garbo would be co-starring with John Gilbert. The picture marked her first pairing with Gilbert.
Frederica Sagor was listed as adapting the novel in the 24 Nov 1925 FD, but she did not receive a writing credit in contemporary reviews.
According to the 4 Sep 1926 Motion Picture News, principal photography began the previous week at M-G-M’s Culver City, CA, studios. Two months later, the 7 Nov 1926 FD announced that production had recently completed.
An article in the 25 Jan 1927 FD reported that Flesh and the Devil had been held over at New York City’s Capitol Theatre for a third week, marking the first picture to ever be granted such a long run in the theater’s seven-year history. The film’s popularity was indicated on its opening day at the Capitol, when police were called in to handle the large crowds.
This film is extant. A 109-minute copy of Flesh and the Devil was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 1 March 2003.
Leo von Harden and Ulrich von Eltz, two boys who have grown up together, swear eternal friendship through a blood bond. They attend military school together, and at home on annual holiday, Leo meets the entrancing Felicitas at a ball. When her husband discovers Leo with her in her boudoir, a duel is called and the husband is killed. Forced into foreign service, Leo asks his friend Ulrich to console the widow. Three years later, Leo is pardoned by the emperor and returns to find that Felicitas has married Ulrich. Vainly, he seeks to escape her attempts to revive their former affair. Ultimately, the two men resort to a duel, each unable to fire the fatal shot. Hurrying to the scene of the duel, Felicitas falls through an ice floe to her death, removing the spell cast upon their lives and reuniting the ...
Leo von Harden and Ulrich von Eltz, two boys who have grown up together, swear eternal friendship through a blood bond. They attend military school together, and at home on annual holiday, Leo meets the entrancing Felicitas at a ball. When her husband discovers Leo with her in her boudoir, a duel is called and the husband is killed. Forced into foreign service, Leo asks his friend Ulrich to console the widow. Three years later, Leo is pardoned by the emperor and returns to find that Felicitas has married Ulrich. Vainly, he seeks to escape her attempts to revive their former affair. Ultimately, the two men resort to a duel, each unable to fire the fatal shot. Hurrying to the scene of the duel, Felicitas falls through an ice floe to her death, removing the spell cast upon their lives and reuniting the friends.
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