Movies and TvShows featuring "phrenology" theme.

Hysteria is a comedy that tells the story of the invention of the vibrator. Set in Victorian London, the film explores the unconventional treatment of female hysteria through the eyes of a young doctor who develops an electrical device that provides pleasure and relief to women. As he navigates societal expectations and personal relationships, he must also defend his invention in court.

When a group of friends start working together at a construction site, they quickly find themselves in hilarious and outrageous situations. From mistaken identities to workplace pranks, these friends navigate the ups and downs of their job while trying to keep their personal lives intact.

Sami Blood is a powerful coming-of-age drama set in 1930s Lapland, following a Sami girl who is sent to a boarding school where she experiences racism and struggles with her cultural identity. Determined to prove herself, she faces pain and desires to return to her home and people. The film explores themes of race, lineage, and the search for belonging.

Harry and his son face challenges as they navigate through their different lifestyles and cope with the death of the protagonist. Their relationship is tested as they confront issues such as father-daughter estrangement, premarital sex, and the father's aspirations as a writer.

The Gorgeous Hussy is a movie set in the 1820s in Washington, D.C. It revolves around the scandalous love triangle between an innkeeper, a US Navy lieutenant, and a Professor of Phrenology. The story is filled with political debates, unrequited love, and the complexities of relationships in the midst of political turmoil. As tensions rise and scandals unfold, the characters find themselves entangled in a web of murder, gossip, and romance. Based on a novel, this romantic drama explores the power dynamics and political intrigue of American history.

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig go on a hilarious hunting adventure, complete with phrenology, a French lover, and plenty of surrealism.

Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, the detailed re-enactments and careful attention to the gestures of their ancestors serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyper-realism. Details of the crime and of the trial that followed are told from varied perspectives, including the written confession of Pierre himself, and form a rich and complex narrative that interrogates the concepts of “truth” and “history”.

In Bowery Bugs, Bugs Bunny disguises as a police officer and gets involved in a series of misadventures in order to help an old man win back his lucky charm. Along the way, Bugs encounters deception, gambling, and surreal situations while navigating the streets of Brooklyn. This animated short is filled with puns, slapstick humor, and clever tricks.

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.

Eddie Smart (George Gee) was born clumsy and is a laughing stock at work, the Sprouto Hair Tonic Company. One day a phrenologist reads his 'bumps' and pronounces him another Napoleon. Eddie becomes a changed man and issues orders to everyone. Meantime the boss believes Eddie to be the rightful owner of the company so let's him have his way. With the boss ill, Eddie invests heavily in the nutmeg market, almost bankrupting the company. By luck the research department discover that nutmeg is the secret ingredient for the new hair-restorer. The 1933 British Lion comedy feature film "Strike It Rich" starring George Gee and Gina Malo seems to be a 'lost' film on the 35mm cinema film format. However it was released (sadly savagely cut) on the UK Pathescope 9.5mm home movie film format in December 1938. One musical number was cut from the 9.5mm feature film release, but issued separately in a 9.5mm Pathe Vox Review. This print has this extra item edited back in.

Superstitions are examined in the context of mid-20th century America. Walking under ladders, spilt salt, stepping on cracks, haunted houses, voodoo dolls, and such are used to illustrate the widespread belief in the supernatural.