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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) (1)

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 (1)

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


Man on Train with Dog: I have here autographs of a hundred famous persons and not a single murderer.


Doctor Gogol: Impossible?
Dr. Wong, Gogol's Assistant: Impossible!
Doctor Gogol: Napoleon said that word is not French.


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The close-ups of the wax statue are actually Frances Drake in makeup.
The line "Each man kills the thing he loves" comes from Oscar Wilde's poem, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".
The original titles were to contain a spoken warning in a manner similar to Frankenstein also written by Balderston, but that was abandoned in favor of the more original idea of the titles on a window climaxed by a fist smashing it.
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