The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

Directed by John H. Auer
Starring Erich von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Jeanne Kelly and Dwight Frye,

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

Good movie . Thank you 😃Nice see Erich von Stroheim and Paul Guilfoyle . Oct . 19 , 2024

[@johnmitchelljr]

Will watch anything with Mr. Frye in it. Thank you. Great channel.

[@theviolingeek]

That was good! Very well thought out/acted in 59 minutes!

[@betsybeatty2783]

I really liked & appreciated this movie. It was just so erie & unusual in so many ways.

[@billhowes7937]

I'm a musician,vocalist and play trombone, so I generally pay close attention to the musical scores in movies. However the lack of one in this movie is quite interesting. It really doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this odd but very entertaining flick.

[@catcook3324]

Great Von Stronheim talkie, almost like a Tod Browning screenplay. Macabre ending with the shadow of the baby skeleton.

[@fk8118]

Cat Cook thank you for pointing out that image on the wall--otherwise, I would have missed seeing it.

[@kathyannunzio3294]

I love the old black and white films. The acting, dialogue, wardrobe, music. And this film was pretty good despite Dr. Crespi's attempt t to kill everyone with second hand smoke

[@bhollins3556]

😁

[@sheliarouch375]

Very well done..interesting film

[@pattyoconnell3416]

Oh Dr Thomas.....last words of the movie😀

[@iac4357]

Not a bad Movie ! Hints of Creepiness, Maniacal Murder, & Romance, all in one film. And the poor man with Quintiplets,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BWA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Groupie333]

How many cigarettes did Crespi smoke in this film? Would you sit with a doctor who puffed during your consult? I really loved the lift in the hospital! Very authentic.

[@fk8118]

George Lewandowski amazing. Big Tobacco sure had a say in these films. Later, with actress Barbara Stanwyck, you never saw a scene with her in it without smoking a cigarette

[@denofearthundertheeverlast5138]

You could see News Anchors smoking on live TV up till about the 70's

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

Remember this was a long time ago. Who would have thought inhaling smoke in your lungs would hurt you?

[@monto39]

I had no problem making it through this, though it was a bit low budget considering von Stroheim's stature during the teens & 20's. Counting this I've seen 3 sound films with him in leads - all were watchable (I like the Great Flamarian best of them). He's mechanical and always plays similar character types, but something about him intrigues me. I do have a bit of a hard time sitting through a lot of silent movies though

[@janeferraz413]

I always wonder why the script writers hardly ever put in the script, people saying at least " By, or a good-by," when getting off the phone with someone🤔 its just so strange. 😅

[@alcnfr]

Early telephone etiquette was very different and very formal.

[@hotjazzbaby]

Yeah. It bothers me too. I think this just happens in movies due to sloppy direction

[@MsAmberdan]

I always wonder that as well,

[@rufust.firefly2474]

@@hotjazzbaby how ridiculous

[@rufust.firefly2474]

I saw the sequel to this, the crisper of dr. Crespi!

[@DavidRice111]

The way Stroheim chain smoked you'd think he'd have died of cancer, and indeed he did, but prostate, not lung.

[@jamesmiller4184]

You don't USE it; you LOSE it!

[@jamesmiller4184]

Produced by J.H.A. Pictures this time for distribution by Republic, after Poe's "Premature Burial" !! Anything of von Stroheim's (Herr Überheblichkeit!) is well-worth viewing. The theme music is so familiar but, I cannot credit it. Liszt, perhaps? However it might prove as actually, it is very fine and works well.

[@marthawissmann8268]

That was creepy.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Then in your case, Martha, it succeeded as-intended !! (You may send your check to the usual address.)

[@geoffreydevore9503]

Nice movie for it's time!!

[@mikeholmes5824]

I made it through the '60s. I made it through a scary bout of acute pancreatitis. I made it through divorce. I made it through prostate cancer. But I made it through only 7 minutes of this film.

[@mikeholmes5824]

@Randay Sunday It's all true, I think it's called "Life".

[@jamesmiller4184]

And now, two years hence, you've none left???

[@yopage]

wow, really strange acting.

[@charlottewhyte9804]

how exactly

[@BOG-BOGINJA]

Tnx

[@marcie4771]

a different 1 for sure--

[@buddylight2191]

Looks like in all these old movies everyone is an alcoholic and is addicted to smoking?

[@jamesmiller4184]

In those days things were rough. In ours similarly but, now with different substances.

[@laradavenport903]

Yep, before they know it was bad for your health.

[@reverendsaltine6852]

I could hardly wait for this to be over so i quit at 31:09.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Thank goodness we now know. It was getting us down, being unawares.