Svengali (1931 film)

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Svengali (1931)
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Directed by	Archie Mayo
Written by	J. Grubb Alexander based on the novel by George L. Du Maurier
Starring	John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Carmel Myers
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Editing by	William Holmes
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	May 22, 1930
Running time	81 Minutes
Country	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language	English
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Svengali is a 1931 drama/horror film starring John Barrymore, Marian Marsh and Bramwell Fletcher, directed by Archie Mayo and written by J. Grubb Alexander. It is based on a gothic horror novel by George du Maurier published in 1894 entitled Trilby. The film was originally released on May 22, 1931. The region 1 DVD was released on September 9, 2003.

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The ending of the novel is changed in this film to a highly dramatic and uncompromising one by having Trilby die at Svengali's hands after he is stricken with a fatal heart attack, instead of dying of a mysterious illness a few days later. She faints after he collapses in the stage box, but Svengali revives long enough to gasp, "God grant me the one thing in death that I could not have in life". She then dies, followed by the vengeful Svengali. Billee survives the film.