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)
Box office
The film grossed a total of $837,000: $487,000 from the U.S. and Canada and $350,000 in other markets, resulting in a profit of $49,000.[1]
Allusions in other films
Nearly six decades after the release of Flesh, the title character in the Coen brothers 1991 film Barton Fink struggles to overcome writer's block while he tries to write a wrestling picture for Wallace Beery. The Coens were reportedly unaware of this 1932 production when they developed their film, which features a character based somewhat on William Faulkner, whom Fink consults while writing his script.[2]
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.