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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
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01 May 1914
Based on the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. A girl named Trilby meets Svengali, a musician and hypnotist, who claims he can turn her into a talented singer via hypnosis.
01 January 1922
First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.
12 January 1912
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
07 November 1935
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England.
01 September 1954
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
09 March 1983
An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger.
23 October 1947
Single-camera theater production of Trilby performed live and broadcast on the BBC. Intended to evoke the highly successful Trilby stage plays of the 1890s.
01 January 1911
British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.
29 May 1916
Trilby parody with several key characters' names altered. Presumed lost.
19 September 1915
The hypnotic Svengali controls the singing voice of a young starlet, but he cannot control her heart.
20 May 1931
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
01 January 1895
The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr.
10 May 1908
Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.
01 January 1896
The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.
01 January 1895
The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr.
01 July 1914
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
01 January 1895
The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr.
29 July 1923
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
06 September 1927
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
16 October 1921
Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart.
01 January 1898
A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Duncan.
14 September 1896
Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular eponymous novel and stage play.
29 June 1922
Backstage, Lyn Harding prepares for his role as Svengali; a brief montage of several scenes from the play at Apollo Theater is shown.
