Svengali (1931 film)
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Svengali is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars John Barrymore and Marian Marsh. It is based on the 1894 George du Maurier novel Trilby and was among the many f
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Trilby (novel)
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Trilby is a sensation novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Published serially in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from January to August 1894, it was published in bo
Svengali (1931 film)
…American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars John Barrymore and Marian Marsh. It is based on the 1894 George du Maurier novel Trilby and was among the many film adaptations of the book. The film was shot from January 12 to February 21, 1931. On its release in the United States…
Cover of the first edition of the novel (1894)
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, portrait by Peter Copmann, 1837
Svengali as a spider in his web, illustration by George du Maurier, 1895