Desire (1920)
January 1, 1920Release Date
Plot.
An author's wishes are granted and make him rich, but it is a dream.
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Cast & Crew.

Dennis Neilson-Terry
Raphael Valentin

Yvonne Arnaud
Pauline

Christine Maitland
Fedora

George W. Anson
Duval

Chris Walker
Jonathan

Pardoe Woodman
Emile

Chris Walker
Jonathan

Austin Leigh
Andre Valentin
Details.
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Desire (aka The Magic Skin) is a 1920 British silent fantasy film directed by George Edwardes-Hall, produced by Edward Godal, and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Yvonne Arnaud and Christine Maitland. The film was known in England as The Magic Skin. The screenplay was based on the 1831 Honoré de Balzac novel Le Peau de Chagrin, which strangely was adapted to film three different times in 1920 alone, the other two being released as The Dream Cheater and Narayama.
Born in 1872, director Hall relocated from his birthplace Brooklyn, New York to England later in life, then moved to California, where he died in 1922. He actually did more screenwriting than directing during his career, and also wrote a number of plays and short stories.