Director Frank Borzage brings equal measures of visual dazzle to the profane and the divine in his adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s play about the life, death and afterlife of Liliom, a ne’er-do-well carnival barker. After brutalizing and squandering the true love of Julie (Rose Hobart) in life, Liliom is brought back to earth to perform one good deed to gain entry to heaven.
Production: Fox Film Corp. Distribution: Fox Film Corp. Producer: Frank Borzage. Directed by Frank Borzage. Based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnár. Continuity: Sonya Levien. Dialogue: S. N. Behrman. Cinematographer: Chester Lyons. Editor: Margaret V. Clancey. With: Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, Lee Tracy, James Marcus. 35mm, b/w, 94 min.
