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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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Silver Screen Standards: Mad Love (1935)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 9, 2025 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Silver Screen Standards: Mad Love (1935) I?m firmly in the ?every day is Halloween? camp when it comes to classic horror movies, and I especially love the lesser-known, off-the-wall, really weird examples of the genre, from Murders in the Zoo (1933) to Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). It?s har... Read full article


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 glory... 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 Y... 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 han... 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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Doctor Gogol: [despairingly] I have conquered science! Why can't I conquer love?


Rollo the Knife Thrower: [seeing the guillotine] Boy! Ain't that somethin'?


Doctor Gogol: Each man kills the thing he loves.


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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.
Charles Chaplin called Lorre the screen's best actor after seeing his performance in "Mad Love."
May Beatty's declaration about the wax figure, "It went for a little walk!" is a clear echo of a similar line from The Mummy, also written by John L. Balderston and directed by Karl Freund.
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