Flesh (1932 film)
Flesh is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler. Some of the script was written by Moss Hart and an uncredited William Faulkner, and the film was co-produced and directed by John Ford, who removed his director's credit from the picture.
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| Directed by | John Ford |
| Produced by | John Ford John W. Considine Jr. |
| Written by | Moss Hart William Faulkner Edmund Goulding |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley Jean Hersholt |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | William S. Gray |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English/German |
| Budget | $480,000[1] |
| Box office | $837,000[1] |
Cast
- Wallace Beery as Polakai
- Ricardo Cortez as Nicky
- Karen Morley as Laura
- Jean Hersholt as Mr. Herman
- John Miljan as Willard
- Herman Bing as Pepi
- Vince Barnett as Karl
- Greta Meyer as Mrs. Herman
- Edward Brophy as Dolan
- Billy Bletcher as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- Ward Bond as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
- Frank Reicher as Warden (uncredited)
Production
- In the Coen brothers' film Barton Fink (1991), the title character deals with writer's block while attempting to write a screenplay for a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. At the time they wrote it, the Coens were reportedly unaware of this movie. Barton Fink features a character based somewhat on William Faulkner that Fink consults for help in writing the script.[2]
Box office
The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $837,000: $487,000 from the US and Canada and $350,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $49,000.[1]
References
- The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- "That Barton Fink Feeling": An Interview with the Brothers Coen Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, cinepad.com; accessed 28 July 2015.
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