The Devil-Doll Page #2

Synopsis: Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond however is consumed with hatred for the men who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Tod Browning
Production: MGM
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PASSED
Year:
1936
78 min
104 Views


That's it, Lachna.

Straighten out.

Malita, turn on the tanks.

Wait! This is wrong.

Why? She'll be perfect.

Perfection isn't wrong. Think of it, Lavond.

A human being so high

with a perfect brain.

Malita, the mist.

Lavond, tonight, out of this mist,

you will see the birth of a new mankind,

in full control of its destiny.

In just a few seconds, Lavond,

just a few seconds, she'll awaken.

Marcel. Marcel!

Marcel. Marcel. Speak to me! Marcel!

Marcel, he's dead.

Poor tortured brain.

Perhaps it's all for the best, Malita.

But our work, our work, we must carry on!

- But this is murder.

- No, no.

No, she's not dead.

You must help me.

Marcel would want you to.

You must stay here. Quick, quick, help me.

Some cotton. Cotton.

Now, you concentrate.

She will respond to your will.

It's like some horrible dream.

I don't want any part of this.

- Restore her to what she was.

- No.

She will always remain small, small.

We can make the whole world small

as Marcel wanted to do.

We can go to Paris.

There are many people there.

There's where we begin our work.

Yes, Malita.

- Yes?

- Matin.

- Are you busy?

- Yes, very busy.

Well, this is more important

than anything else.

- Come in right away.

- Oh, all right.

Radin, this is terrible.

Well, what's wrong now? Indigestion?

If you continue to crucify your stomach,

my dear Coulvet, you'II...

Listen to this. "In a sensational statement

by the Prefect of Police today,

"it was admitted that Paul Lavond,

former bank president,

"convicted of looting his own bank

and killing a watchman,

"escaped from prison four months ago.

"He had served 17 years of a life sentence.

"Police censorship had

withheld the news until..."

Well, what about it?

It was a pretty plot, Charles,

but I knew we'd never get away with it.

Victor, not so loud.

- Don't shout it all over the bank.

- No, please.

After all, embezzlement and murder

are things we should keep to ourselves.

But you didn't have to kill that man, Emile.

Stop it!

- Keep your mouth closed.

- He'll come back to Paris, he'll talk.

You cringe and scream

like a woman, Victor.

No, my friends,

our former president may be honest,

but he'll never be so stupid

as to set foot again in France.

I'd sleep better

if I knew Lavond was back in prison.

A 50,000 franc reward would ensure that.

There's a certain amusing irony in offering

a man's own money for his capture.

50,000 francs? Why not?

Give me the Prefect of Police.

Instruct all divisions to restudy

the features of Paul Lavond

from the photograph issued,

and impress upon them

it was taken 17 years ago.

My partners and I will increase

the reward to 100,000 francs.

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Garrett Fort

Garrett Elsden Fort (June 5, 1900 - October 26, 1945) was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. He was also a close follower of Meher Baba. Fort made his screenwriting debut with the silent film, One of the Finest (1917). Early in his career, Fort co-wrote the Broadway play Jarnegan (1928), based on the novel by Jim Tully. Fort's first talkie effort was the ground-breaking Rouben Mamoulian production Applause (1929). In 2006 Applause was recognized as a culturally, historically and aesthetically significant film by the National Film Registry.Fort was adept at alternating horrific highlights with bits of unexpected humor. As a screenwriter he is best remembered for his work on the original screen adaptations of such horror / melodrama films as Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Dracula's Daughter (1936), and The Mark of Zorro (1940). more…

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