Flesh (1932 film)

Flesh
Produced by	John Ford John W. Considine Jr.
Written by	Moss Hart William Faulkner
Starring	Wallace Beery Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley Jean Hersholt
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Edited by	William S. Gray
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	December 8, 1932
Running time	96 min.
Country	United States
Language	English/German
Budget	$480,000[1]
Box office	$837,000[1]

Flesh is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler. Some of the script was written by Moss Hart and an uncredited William Faulkner, and the film was co-produced and directed by John Ford, who removed his director's credit from the picture.

Cast (in credits order)

• Wallace Beery as Polakai
• Ricardo Cortez as Nicky
• Karen Morley as Laura
• Jean Hersholt as Mr Herman
• John Miljan as Willard
• Herman Bing as Pepi (headwaiter)
• Vince Barnett as Karl (waiter)
• Greta Meyer as Mrs. Herman
• Edward Brophy as Dolan (referee)

Production

• In the Coen brothers' film Barton Fink (1991), the title character deals with writer's block while attempting to write a screenplay for a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. At the time they wrote it, the Coens were reportedly unaware of this movie. Barton Fink features a character based somewhat on William Faulkner that Fink consults for help in writing the script.^[2]

Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $837,000: $487,000 from the US and Canada and $350,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $49,000.^[1]

References

1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
2. "That Barton Fink Feeling": An Interview with the Brothers Coen, cinepad.com; accessed 28 July 2015.

External links

• Flesh at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Flesh at the Internet Movie Database
• Flesh at AllMovie