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HorrorRomance

Mad Love

- A new, a strange, a gifted personality comes to the screen!

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.

Release Date : 1935-07-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Mad Doctor of Paris

Cast

Peter Lorre

Character Name : Doctor Gogol

Original Name : Peter Lorre

Gender : Male

Frances Drake

Character Name : Yvonne Orlac

Original Name : Frances Drake

Gender : Female

Colin Clive

Character Name : Stephen Orlac

Original Name : Colin Clive

Gender : Male

Ted Healy

Character Name : Reagan

Original Name : Ted Healy

Gender : Male

Isabel Jewell

Character Name : Marianne (scenes deleted)

Original Name : Isabel Jewell

Gender : Female

Sara Haden

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Sara Haden

Gender : Female

Edward Brophy

Character Name : Rollo

Original Name : Edward Brophy

Gender : Male

Henry Kolker

Character Name : Prefect Rosset

Original Name : Henry Kolker

Gender : Male

Keye Luke

Character Name : Dr. Wong

Original Name : Keye Luke

Gender : Male

May Beatty

Character Name : Françoise

Original Name : May Beatty

Gender : Female

Ian Wolfe

Character Name : Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

Edward Lippy

Character Name : Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Lippy

Gender : Male

Frank Darien

Character Name : Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Darien

Gender : Male

Murray Kinnell

Character Name : Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)

Original Name : Murray Kinnell

Gender : Male

Rollo Lloyd

Character Name : Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)

Original Name : Rollo Lloyd

Gender : Male

Charles Trowbridge

Character Name : Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Trowbridge

Gender : Male

Nell Craig

Character Name : Suzanne (Uncredited)

Original Name : Nell Craig

Gender : Female

Robert Emmett Keane

Character Name : Raoul (Uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Emmett Keane

Gender : Male

Agostino Borgato

Character Name : Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

Original Name : Agostino Borgato

Gender : Male

Billy Gilbert

Character Name : Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Gilbert

Gender : Male

Hooper Atchley

Character Name : Train Conductor (Uncredited)

Original Name : Hooper Atchley

Gender : Male

Maurice Brierre

Character Name : Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Brierre

Gender : Male

Julie Carter

Character Name : Nurse (Uncredited)

Original Name : Julie Carter

Gender : Female

Harvey Clark

Character Name : Station Master (Uncredited)

Original Name : Harvey Clark

Gender : Male

Michael Mark

Character Name : Execution Official (Uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Mark

Gender : Male

Alphonse Ethier

Character Name : Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)

Original Name : Alphonse Ethier

Gender : Male

Matty Roubert

Character Name : Newsboy (Uncredited)

Original Name : Matty Roubert

Gender : Male

Otto Hoffman

Character Name : Blind Man (Uncredited)

Original Name : Otto Hoffman

Gender : Male

Cora Sue Collins

Character Name : Crippled Girl (Uncredited)

Original Name : Cora Sue Collins

Gender : Female

Sarah Padden

Character Name : Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)

Original Name : Sarah Padden

Gender : Female

Mike Cantwell

Character Name : Man (Uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Cantwell

Gender : Male

Bernard Siegel

Character Name : Man (Uncredited)

Original Name : Bernard Siegel

Gender : Male

Kay English

Character Name : Woman (Uncredited)

Original Name : Kay English

Gender : Female

Edward Norris

Character Name : Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Norris

Gender : Male

Mary Jo Mathews

Character Name : Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Jo Mathews

Gender : Female

Russ Powell

Character Name : Gendarme (Uncredited)

Original Name : Russ Powell

Gender : Male

Rolfe Sedan

Character Name : Gendarme (Uncredited)

Original Name : Rolfe Sedan

Gender : Male

Sam Ash

Character Name : Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Ash

Gender : Male

Roger Gray

Character Name : Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)

Original Name : Roger Gray

Gender : Male

Christian J. Frank

Character Name : Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)

Original Name : Christian J. Frank

Gender : Male

Robert Graves

Character Name : Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Graves

Gender : Male

Earl Pingree

Character Name : Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)

Original Name : Earl Pingree

Gender : Male

Theodore Lorch

Character Name : Actor at Party (Uncredited)

Original Name : Theodore Lorch

Gender : Male

Carl Stockdale

Character Name : Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)

Original Name : Carl Stockdale

Gender : Male

Ramsay Hill

Character Name : Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)

Original Name : Ramsay Hill

Gender : Male

Marc Loebell

Character Name : Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)

Original Name : Marc Loebell

Gender : Male

Jacques Vanaire

Character Name : Police Broadcaster (Uncredited)

Original Name : Jacques Vanaire

Gender : Male

Monte Vandergrift

Character Name : Audience Member (Uncredited)

Original Name : Monte Vandergrift

Gender : Male

Clarence Wilson

Character Name : Piano Creditor (Uncredited)

Original Name : Clarence Wilson

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Chilling. Brilliant surgeon Dr. Gogol is infatuated with Horror Theatre star Yvonne Orlac. After meeting her in person and realising that she only has eyes for her husband, the renowned pianist Stephen Orlac, he buys a life size mannequin of her and dreams of doing what Pygmalion did with Galatea. When Stephen is involved in an horrific train crash and has both his hands crushed beyond healing, Yvonne pleads with Gogol to help save his well being, he does, by amputating the crushed hands and grafting on the hands of a recently executed murderer, a murderer whose speciality was knives! Mad Love is one of those amazingly old classics that is a hybrid of genre staples. At times it's surrealist and at others it's operating via a Grand Guginol pulse, whilst knowingly it laces the story with an uneasy comedic bent. Boasting camera work from Gregg Toland and Chester Lyons and directed by the impressive Karl Freund, this adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel is a chillingly memorable piece of work. Working off a plot that sees the bad Doctor driven by lustations rather than out and out insanity, Freund revels in slowly winding the coil until the spring that is Peter Lorre (Gogol) explodes (implodes), cloaking various scenes in telling shadows that themselves become integral to the plot. Peter Lorre is of course in his element, demented yet sympathetic, it's real hard to take your eyes away from his magnetic weirdness. Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac also puts in a performance of note, all twitchy nervousness and believable emotional torment, whilst Frances Drake more than adequately brings vulnerability to the centrifugal importance of Yvonne's emotional turmoil. Weird and gorgeous, and incredibly well written, Mad Love holds up very well today as a horror/romance film of vast influential worth. So see it in the dark and marvel at its various moments of cinematic excellence. 8.5/10