Flesh and Fantasy (1943) is an odd little compilation of
vignettes, directed by the stylish Julien Duvivier (and co-produced by Boyer).
Boyer plays a circus tightrope-walker named Paul Gaspar. Paul has a dream
before a performance one night that unnerves him enough to make him take a cruise
to rethink his career! But, on board the cruise ship, he meets none other
than the woman in his dream, the one he can still hear screaming as he fell to
his death. The woman, Joan Stanley (Barbara Stanwyck), has some problems
of her own that cause a distinct lack of commitment on her part to any sort of
long-lasting relationship.
Boyer and Stanwyck's contribution to this episodic film is the best part of a rather uneven production -- two consummate performers doing their professional best.
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