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Life Returns (1935) Facts

Life Returns
Director(s) Eugene Frenke
Producer(s) Lou L. Ostrow
Featured Cast Onslow Stevens, Lois Wilson, Valerie Hobson, Frank Reicher, Richard Carle
Total Facts 3

The author, Eugene Frenke (husband of actress Anna Sten) sued Universal for $145,424 claiming that the studio failed to release the picture through normal channels.


The film was banned in England during its initial release and was never subsequently shown there.


Uses footage from actual University of Southern California experiment in which scientists claimed they brought a dead dog back to life. Robert E. Cornish, playing himself in the film, was one of the scientists involved.

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