Flesh (1932 film) explained

Flesh
Director:	John Ford (uncredited)
Producer:	John Ford John W. Considine Jr.
Starring:	Wallace Beery Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley Jean Hersholt
Music:	Alfred Newman
Cinematography:	Arthur Edeson
Editing:	William S. Gray
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released:	December 8, 1932 October 29, 1933
Runtime:	96 min.
Country:	U.S.A.
Language:	English/German

Flesh is a 1932 black-and-white drama film directed by John Ford (uncredited) and starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler. Some of the script was written by Moss Hart and an uncredited William Faulkner.

Cast

Wallace Beery as Polokai
Ricardo Cortez as Nicky
Karen Morley as Laura
Jean Hersholt as Mr. Herman
John Miljan as Willard
Herman Bing as Pepi (headwaiter)
Vince Barnett as Karl (a waiter)
Greta Meyer as Mrs. Herman

Trivia

In the Coen brothers' film Barton Fink, (1991), the title character deals with writers' block while attempting to write a screenplay for a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. At the time they wrote it, the Coens were unaware of this movie. In addition, Barton Fink features a character based somewhat on William Faulkner that Fink consults for help in writing the script.^[1]

Notes and References

"That Barton Fink Feeling": An Interview with the Brothers Coen. http://cinepad.com/coens.htm