Svengali (in "Svengali") (archive footage) (uncredited)

film-makers versus the manipulations films have suffered from the origins of the cinema to the total domination of the audiovisual world. "Filmmakers vs. Tycoons" combines different types of film language: archive material, key fragments of films, and fictional scenes, such as that set in the Court of Felipe II when the Monarch cuts down a cinemascope picture by Titian on both sides because it doesn't fit into the space he had kept for it in El Escorial. The King of Spain thus became the inventor of panning-scanning which, in our time, alters the original format of films. Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.

Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. When a pupil he has seduced announces she has left her husband for him, he uses his powers to cause her suicide and promptly forgets her. He meets a beautiful model, Trilby, and becomes infatuated with her, but she, in turn, falls for a young artist called Billee who also loves her. One day Svengali hypnotizes Trilby to cure her headache, but also examines her upper palate and decides it is an ideal cavity for great singing. He convinces her to fake her suicide, so Billee and friends will forget her, and goes on a singing tour with her. Svengali uses his powers to make her sing wonderfully and Madame Svengali, as Trilby is now known, becomes a sensation throughout Europe. But Billee discovers the ruse and begins to follow the pair, upsetting Svengali enough to have him cancel performances too frequently, so they no longer can perform in Europe. They go to Egypt, but Billee relentlessly follows. Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.