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Mad Love (1935) was a Romance - Horror Film directed by Karl Freund and produced by John W. Considine Jr..

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The Great Villain Blogathon: Peter Lorre’s Dr. Gogol in Mad Love (1935)

By Amy on Aug 29, 2015 From Random Pictures

Like most movie watchers of my generation, I probably first saw the actual Peter Lorre in Casablanca (1942). He doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but he’s hard to forget. My first exposure to Peter Lorre, however, and perhaps also like a lot of folks my generation, was through the glo... Read full article

One year, one film: 1935 – Mad Love

By Lindsey on Jun 14, 2015 From The Motion Pictures

One year, one film: 1935 The film: Mad Love, dir. Karl Freund starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive Rating: Recommended | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Must-See (Image via wrongsideoftheart.com) Peter Lorre stars in Mad Love as Doctor Gogol, a famed surgeon who has become obsessed with actress... Read full article

Mad Love (1935) (2)

By Beatrice on May 4, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Mad Love Directed by Karl Freund 1935/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing Brilliant surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre) has become obsessed with love for grand guignol actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake).  Her husband is great concert pianist Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive).  When Steven’s ... Read full article

Classics Revisited: Mad Love

By Barry P. on Apr 25, 2013 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1935) Directed by Karl Freund; Written by P.J. Wolfson and John L. Balderston; Based on the novel Les Mains D'Orlac by Maurice Renard; Starring: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake and Colin Clive; Available on DVD Rating: **** ½ “I believe in the low-spoken villain, who’s abs... Read full article

Classics Revisited: Mad Love

By Barry P. on Apr 25, 2013 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1935) Directed by Karl Freund; Written by P.J. Wolfson and John L. Balderston; Based on the novel Les Mains D'Orlac by Maurice Renard; Starring: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake and Colin Clive; Available on DVD Rating: **** ½ “I believe in the low-spoken villain, who’s abs... Read full article

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Mad Love Quotes:

Yvonne Orlac: How many times has he coughed?
Marie, Yvonne's Maid: Two, six, eight, who can remember?
Yvonne Orlac: Maybe he has a cold.
Marie, Yvonne's Maid: If he doesn't cough, he doesn't love you, if he coughs too much, he has a cold.
Rollo the Knife Thrower: [seeing the guillotine] Boy! Ain't that somethin'?
Doctor Gogol: Each man kills the thing he loves.
Doctor Gogol: There's blood on your cheek, Galatea.
[giggles]
Doctor Gogol: It seems that wax can bleed.
Yvonne Orlac: [referring to Gogol] He cures defomed children and mutilated soldiers.
Marie, Yvonne's Maid: Soldiers? I wish he'd fix one up for me.
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Mad Love Facts
Doctor Gogol's last lines change the hair color in, but otherwise quote, the 1836 Robert Browning poem 'Porphyria's Lover' which reads:
  • ...I found
  • A thing to do, and all her hair
  • In one long yellow string I wound
  • Three times her little throat around,
  • And strangled her.

Peter Lorre was under contract to Columbia Pictures. He agreed to be loaned out to MGM for this film if Columbia would do a film version of Crime and Punishment with him in the role of Raskolnikov.
The line "Each man kills the thing he loves" comes from Oscar Wilde's poem, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".
Charles Chaplin called Lorre the screen's best actor after seeing his performance in "Mad Love."
The last directorial effort of famed cinematographer Karl Freund.
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