Mad Love (1935)
| Release Date | 12 July 1935 |
| Genre | Romance, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Renegade Body Parts, Mind Games, Obsessive Quests, Mental Breakdown |
| Tones | Tense, Creepy, Chilly, Disturbing, Ominous |
| Tags | Accident, Dismemberment, Hands, Madness, Murder, Obsession, Pianist, Surgery, Wife |
Mad Love is a 1935 American horror film adaptation of Maurice Renard's story The Hands of Orlac. Directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, the film stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's obsession over actress Yvonne Orlac. When Stephen Orlac's hands are destroyed in a train accident, Yvonne brings him to Gogol who is able repair them, or so he says. As Gogol's obsession over Yvonne leads him into doing anything to have her, Stephen Orlac finds that his new hands have made him into an expert knife thrower.
Cast and Crew
Cast
May Beatty
Françoise, Gogol's Housekeeper
George Davis
Chauffeur
Leo White
Undetermined Role
Sam Ash
Detective Arresting Stephen
Hooper Atchley
Train Conductor
Agostino Borgato
Stage Doorman
Maurice Brierre
Taxi Driver
Mike Cantwell
Man
Julie Carter
Nurse
Nell Craig
Suzanne, Nurse
Frank Darien
Lavin, Man Carting Statues
Alphonse Ethier
Assistant Prefect
Christian J. Frank
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train
Robert Graves
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train
Roger Gray
Detective Arresting Stephen
Ramsay Hill
Actor as 'Duke'
Edward Lippy
Henry Orlac's Clerk
Rollo Lloyd
Varsac, Fingerprint Expert
Marc Loebell
Actor as 'Prince'
Michael Mark
Execution Official
Mary Jo Mathews
Woman outside Theater of Horrors
Earl Pingree
Detective Interviewing Henry's Clerk
Russ Powell
Gendarme
Matty Roubert
Newsboy
Rolfe Sedan
Traffic Gendarme
Bernard Siegel
Man
Carl Stockdale
Actor as 'The Notary'
Jacques Vanaire
Police Broadcaster
Monte Vandergrift
Audience Member
Director
Writer
Maurice Renard
Florence Crewe-Jones
Guy Endore
P.J. Wolfson
John L. Balderston
Leon Wolfson
uncredited
Edgar Allan Woolf
uncredited
Gladys Von Ettinghausen
uncredited
Leon Gordon
uncredited
Producer
John W. Considine Jr.
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Chester A. Lyons
Editor
Hugh Wynn
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Art Director
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dolph Zimmer
assistant director
Art Department
William A. Horning
associate art director
Edwin B. Willis
associate art director
Sound Department
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree
wardrober
Music Department
Oscar Radin
musical director
R.H. Bassett
composer: title music
Paul Marquardt
orchestrator
Charles Maxwell
orchestrator
Leonid Raab
orchestrator
David Snell
composer: organ music
Jack Virgil
orchestrator
Other Crew
John Langan
dialogue director
Production Company
MGM-International Dist.
Distributor
MGM-International Dist.
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Home Video
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