Flesh and Fantasy

“The motion picture above all!”

7.0(18)19431h 33m

MysteryRomanceThrillerHorror

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.

Director

Julien Duvivier

Cast

Charles Boyer

Paul Gaspar (segment 3)

Edward G. Robinson

Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Stanley (segment 3)

Betty Field

Henrietta (segment 1)

Robert Cummings

Michael (segment 1)

Thomas Mitchell

Septimus Podgers (segment 2)

Charles Winninger

King Lamarr (segment 3)

Anna Lee

Rowena (segment 2)

May Whitty

Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

C. Aubrey Smith

Dean of Norwalk (segment 2)

Robert Benchley

Doakes

Edgar Barrier

Stranger in Mask Shop (segment 1)

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

6y ago

7.0

Superstition... Director Julien Duvivier's 1943 anthology film tells three other worldly type tales. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and finds the plain and embittered Henrietta (Betty Field) choosing a mask that alters her life considerably. The second involves a psychic palm reader (Thomas Mitchell) who predicts that Marshall Tyler (Edward G. Robinson) will commit mur...