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The Unknown

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1hr 0min
Genre:
Horror
Release:
1927
Director:
Tod Browning
Starring:
Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford  ...more
Synopsis: As a group, the silent-movie collaborations between director Tod Browning and star Lon Chaney hardly represent the best work of either man, though each film definitely has its moments. One of the best, and weirdest, of the batch is The Unknown. Chaney plays a carnival performer known as the "Armless Wonder," who performs near-miraculous stunts with his bare feet. In fact, he is in possession of both his arms, but keeps them strapped to his side to maintain the illusion of being limbless. Chaney's ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
Only the silent cinema could have created such a bizarre but at the same time thoroughly believable and engrossing portrait of doomed love as The Unknown. If Lon Chaney had been able to put his feelings into words, or if Joan Crawford's strange phobia concerning male appendages had been audibly discussed, The Unknown would probably have been laughed off the screen. But in the more ethereal atmosphere ... Full Review
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Lon Chaney
Alonzo
Norman Kerry
Malabar, Circus Strongman, Malabor
Joan Crawford
Estrellita
Nick De Ruiz
Zanzi
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