Directed by:
Julien DuvivierCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Peter Lawford, Anna Lee (more)Plots(1)
This trio of separate stories was an attempt to recreate the success of the similar TALES OF MANHATTAN. As the film opens, Benchley and Hoffman are sitting around their club one night, discussing dreams and elements of the supernatural. Their conversation provides the setups for the three stories. The first is set in New Orleans and features Field as a dressmaker who is angry and bitter about her plain looks. Mardi Gras is about to begin, and a mysterious masked man appears and gives her a mask to wear during the galas of Fat Tuesday. He assures her that wearing the mask will change her life, if she is willing to jettison the envy and hatred that gnaws at her. She meets handsome Cummings, a frustrated attorney, and their romance flourishes that night, but is consumed with dread at the thought of removing the mask. The second episode opens at a party where psychic Thomas Mitchell predicts Robinson will commit a murder. Robinson makes fun of the prediction and calls Mitchell a charlatan. But Robinson soon finds himself obsessed with the prediction and consumed with thoughts of murder. In the final story, Boyer is a circus aerialist who performs without a net while under the influence of alcohol. Boyer has a dream of Stanwyck being seated in the audience when he falls to his death. He eventually meets her on a sea voyage to America and learns she is a jewel thief. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Paul Bryar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162627_996bce.gif)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Vertigo (1958)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Ian Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228284_eaf71d.jpg)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
![Charles Halton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426750_1f558b.jpg)
Charles Halton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![William Gould](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505378_1d1672.jpg)
William Gould
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Texas (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
![Arthur Loft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053809_59c5ae.jpg)
Arthur Loft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Bruce Lester](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011789_ecec9b.jpg)
Bruce Lester
South Africa
Best movies:
The Letter (1940)
Man Hunt (1941)
Golden Earrings (1947)
Jack Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Edgar Barrier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/550/160550071_0621e6.jpg)
Edgar Barrier
USA
Best movies:
Irma la Douce (1963)
Macbeth (1948)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
![Anita Sharp-Bolster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/552/160552338_689b9a.jpg)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Ireland
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
![Eddie Kane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/883/160883327_9faa18.jpg)
Eddie Kane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Ferdinand Munier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/894/160894456_dace39.jpg)
Ferdinand Munier
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Midnight (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
![Clinton Rosemond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/919/160919866_83bc63.jpg)
Clinton Rosemond
USA
Best movies:
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Dark Command (1940)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
![Olaf Hytten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/941/160941893_b0b10d.gif)
Olaf Hytten
UK
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Florence Wix
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)