Can anyone identify the film this still came from?

[full_metal_ox]

(Crossposted to whatwasthatfilm.)

dochermes is attempting to place this image: http://dochermes.livejournal.com/1297470.html

He remembers that it came from an old Famous Monsters of Filmland article about the 50 worst horror films ever made.

ETA: kissofcinnamon identifies the film as Dante's Inferno (1935), starring Spencer

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[kissofcinnamon]

The movie title is in the image name. :) It's Dante's Inferno. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026262/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5

[full_metal_ox]

Thank you; I'll pass that along to Doc.

[kissofcinnamon]

My pleasure. I like scavenger hunts! :D

[full_metal_ox]

Oops...

A further search on the phrase "Dante's Inferno" and that image turns up an essay referencing the original Famous Monsters column--which, being written by Joe Dante of later Gremlins fame, was entitled "Dante's Inferno"--somewhat confounding the issue, although the still does seem to have a similar flavor to the images I've brought up from the movie:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/62100938@N02/8625796470/
http://futuristika.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tracy.jpg
http://www.trocadero.com/MuseXX/items/500346/catphoto.jpg

[full_metal_ox]

Out of curiosity, have you seen the movie? (I hope I didn't sound dismissive of your help.)

[kissofcinnamon]

You didn't! And I didn't mean to sound snarky when I said "it's in the title", either. :D

I have seen it, but not for a very, very, very long time. I actually saw it at the Smithsonian when I was a teenager. They had an all day film festival of cinema before 1940. I don't really remember it in any detail at all, but when I saw the image it was familiar and when I did the image search it brought it back. Pretty sure that's the film.

[full_metal_ox]

I'll tag it as "found", then; once again, thank you!