A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
| Tagline | He hypnotizes! He thrills...! Any woman caught in his spell must obey. |
| Release Date: | May 20, 1931 |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Romance |
| Production Company: | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Bramwell Fletcher, Carmel Myers, Luis Alberni, Lumsden Hare, Paul Porcasi, Ferike Boros, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Yola d'Avril |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
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.
