Mad Love(1935).In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac, and his ardor disturbs her quite a bit when he discovers to his horror that she is married to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. Shortly thereafter, Stephen's hands are badly crushed in a train accident- beyond the power of standard medicine. Knowing that his hands are his life, Yvonne overcomes her fear and goes to Dr. Gogol, to beg him to help. Gogol decides to surgically graft the hands of executed murderer Rollo onto Stephen Orlac, the surgery is successful but has terrible side-effects... Written byKen Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>... Synopsis Mad Love(1935)
Movie Title: Mad Love(1935)
Run Time: 68 min
Rating: 7.3 / 10
Genres: Horror |Romance |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 12 July 1935 (USA)
Director: Karl Freund
Writer: Maurice Renard (from the novel: "Les Mains D'Orlac"),Florence Crewe-Jones (translation and adaptation: novel "The Hands of Orlac"), ... and other credits
Actor: Peter Lorre,Frances Drake,Colin Clive
This adaptation of Renard's The Hands of Orlac is quite good, yet a bit on the stagy side. It is one of Peter Lorre's early films and his first for Hollywood. Lorre is quite good, and almost sympathetic in a way, as a surgeon who has hopelessly fallen in love with the wife of a great pianist. Colin Clive of Frankenstein fame plays the musician, and Frances Drake plays his rather annoying, overacting wife. The visuals of the film are first-rate, as it was directed by great cameraman Karl Freund. Ted Healy adds some unnecessary comic relief. What I liked best about the film was the staging of the story against some beautiful expressionistic sets and Freunds expressive camerawork.
