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Título original: The Dark Tower

1943
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1h 30min

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA struggling circus finds salvation in the form of an exciting new twist on their high-wire act.A struggling circus finds salvation in the form of an exciting new twist on their high-wire act.A struggling circus finds salvation in the form of an exciting new twist on their high-wire act.

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Ben Lyon

Phil Danton

Anne Crawford

Mary

David Farrar

Tom Danton

Herbert Lom

Stephen Torg

Frederick Burtwell

Willie Wainwright

William Hartnell

Jim Powers
(as Bill Hartnell)

Josephine Wilson

Dora Shogun

Elsie Wagstaff

Eve Wainwright
(as Elsie Wagstaffe)

J.H. Roberts

Dr. Wilson

Aubrey Mallalieu

Doctor

Patricia Laffan

Nurse
(sin acreditar)

Peter Noble

Circus Worker
(sin acreditar)

Jack Sharp

Circus Worker
(sin acreditar)

Cecil Ayres Trio

Skaters
(sin acreditar)

Victor Wood

Journalist
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
"The Dark Tower" was a play by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott which ran for 57 performances on Broadway between November 1933 and January 1934. Warner Brothers bought the rights and made it as a vehicle for Edward G. Robinson later that year under the title "The Man with Two Faces". Nine years later Warner Brothers U.K. remade the film under the original title "The Dark Tower". The two films have very little resemblance to each other in their plots and backgrounds except for the heroine falling under the spell of a demonic fiend who controls her mind. The Hollywood version is faithful to the original with a Broadway actor trying to rescue his sister from her Svengali husband; the British version has an aerial artist in the power of a hypnotist against a circus background.

Pifias
While Tom and the other members of the troupe are packing; at one point the hidden overhead lighting used on the set begin to blink.

Citas
Willie Wainwright: Ladies and gentlemen, once more we bring to your town the thrill of a lifetime. The unparalled, the inimical, unrivalled Empire Circus. Come in your thousands and enjoy this feast of equine dexterity and acrobatic marvels we shall place before your astounded gaze. Never before in the history of this town has such a gay galaxy of talent and of beauty been set before you.

Conexiones
Remake of El hombre de las dos caras (1934)

Banda sonora
Jingle Bells
(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont
Heard as background music

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Svengali at the Circus

Financially strapped circus manager Ben Lyon (as Phil Danton) hires hypnotist Herbert Lom (as Stephen Torg) after the latter helps capture an escaped lion. Fortunes turn when Mr. Lom is asked to use his hypnotic prowess to enhance stunts performed by trapeze artist Anne Crawford (as Mary). Her high-flying partner and boyfriend David Farrar (as Tom) becomes an obstacle when Lom wants to control Ms. Crawford. We assume Lom wants to romance Crawford, but the story seems to stall in this area, just as it gets going. Poor Mr. Lyon is easy to control without hypnotism. Perceptive Josephine Wilson (as Dora Shogun) lives up to her name. The characters and production make it an engaging melodrama.

****** The Dark Tower (10/18/43) John Harlow ~ Herbert Lom, Ben Lyon, Anne Crawford, David Farrar