{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Mad Love (1935) - Episode 81 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era","description":" \u201cI have conquered science! Why can't I conquer love?\u201d That\u2019s the age-old question, isn\u2019t it? Join this episode\u2019s Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr - as they show some mad love for Peter Lorre\u2019s performance in Mad Love (1935). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 81 \u2013 Mad Love (1935) Paris, France: a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's train-wreck-mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer. . . with a gift for knife-throwing. IMDb   Director: Karl Freund Writers:  Maurice Renard (from the novel: "Les Mains D'Orlac"),  Florence Crewe-Jones (translation and adaptation: novel "The Hands of Orlac") Guy Endore (adaptation) P.J. Wolfson (screenplay) John L. Balderston (screenplay) Photographed by: Chester A. Lyons, Gregg Toland Cast Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol.  Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac.  Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac.  Ted Healy as Reagan, an American reporter Sara Haden as Marie, Yvonne's maid Edward Brophy as Rollo the Knife-Thrower Henry Kolker as Prefect Rosset Keye Luke as Dr. Wong May Beatty as Fran\u00e7oise, Gogol's drunken housekeeper Billy Gilbert as autograph seeker on the train Your Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Grue-Crew finally got around to Mad Love, the 1935 gem directed by Karl Freund and featuring a stellar performance from Peter Lorre. Whitney is impressed by how Yvonne Orlac handles the excessive creepiness of Dr. Gogol. Ted Healy and May Beatty, as an American reporter and Dr. Gogol\u2019s maid, provide needed comic relief from the rest of the film\u2019s heavy tone and tickle Chad\u2019s and Joseph\u2019s funnybones. Jeff points out Oscar-winner Gregg Toland\u2019s involvement as the cinematographer of Mad Love. It\u2019s unfortunate that Mad Love has limited streaming or Blu-ray availability at this writing. Lorre\u2019s performance alone is worth a quality, in-depth treatment, and Mad Love has much to offer beyond that. Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era puts out a new episode every two weeks. The next episode in their very flexible schedule will be Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), chosen by Whitney. Please let them know how they\u2019re doing! They want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com To each of you from each of us, \u201cThank you so much for listening!\u201d ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"