Double Feature
Destiny
Never-Released-on-Home-Video Ultra-Rarity! A desperate drifter on the run from cops encounters a string of women before landing at a secluded farmhouse with a blind girl and her father. Originally filmed for the all-star anthology Flesh and Fantasy by French director Julien Duvivier, the material was excised and expanded upon by a new director (Reginald LeBorg) for a standalone release.
- Director
- Reginald LeBorg
- Writer
- Original screenplay by Roy Chanslor and Ernest Pascal
- Starring
- Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, Grace McDonald
- Year
- 1944
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 65 minutes
Flesh and Fantasy
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Edward G. Robinson and Charles Boyer star in the haunting tale of the supernatural, Flesh and Fantasy. When a jittery businessman (Robert Benchley) complains of a disturbing dream, a friend relates three stories to help calm his nerves. In the first, a homely dressmaker (Betty Field) wears a mask of beauty to attract a man (Cummings) on Mardi Gras night. Then, a fortuneteller (Thomas Mitchell) predicts an eminent lawyer (Robinson) will commit a murder, in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime”. Lastly, a high wire artist (Boyer), haunted by a nightmare in which he suffers a fall, romances a woman (Stanwyck) who resembles the one he had seen in his dream. From acclaimed French director Julien Duvivier, this rarely seen classic, featuring outstanding performances, explores themes of fantasy and reality that remain timeless. (Universal)
- Director
- Julien Duvivier
- Writer
- Written by Ernest Pascal & Samuel Hoffenstein & Ellis St. Joseph
- Starring
- Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Robert Benchley, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Anna Lee
- Year
- 1943
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 94 minutes