John Barrymore

Marian Marsh

Donald Crisp

Bramwell Fletcher

Carmel Myers

Luis Alberni

Lumsden Hare

Paul Porcasi

Ferike Boros

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Yola d'Avril

Rose Dione

Archie Mayo

J. Grubb Alexander

Barney McGill

Anton Grot

David Mendoza

William Holmes

Johnny Wallis

Gordon Hollingshead

Earl Luick

George du Maurier

Drama

Horror

Romance

Svengali

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

United States of America

CinemaSerf

John Barrymore is super as the eponymous mystic composer who entrances "Trilby" (Marian Marsh) after she comes to his studio with a desire to be a star; and a tendency to have headaches. Soon his avarice is evident as he ruthlessly exploits his charge (despite/because of his unrequited love for her) - to attain fame and fortune. The story tells the rise and fall tale cleverly, and pacily - with some great contributions from the wily Donald Crisp as the tight-fisted but generous spirited "Laird" and Luis Alberni as his long suffering violinist "Gecko". Dewy-eyed Bramwell Fletcher as "Little Billee" is less convincing as her true love, but this is a great partial-adaptation of George Du Maurier's late 19th century tale of ambition, love and power.

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