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The Unknown (1927)

Posted By : mariashara | Date : 03 Jul 2011 13:16:00 | Comments : 3 |
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The Unknown (1927)
included into the book '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' by S. Schneider
AVI | DivX 5 1835 kbps, 24 fps | 544x384 | MP3 128 kbps 48KHz stereo | 49:31 min | Silent/English text | 698 MB
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford
Genre: Horror/Thriller, Romantic Drama

“The Unknown is a story of love triangle set among circus performers, that feels way ahead of its time in terms of the way it is both filmed and acted. It is by far the most intense and demented of director Tod Browning's films (which include 'Dracula' and 'Freaks'). Only the silent cinema could have created such a bizarre but at the same time thoroughly believable and engrossing portrait of doomed love.

Plot (SPOILERS!)
Chaney plays a carnival performer known as the "Armless Wonder," who performs near-miraculous stunts with his 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 beautiful assistant Joan Crawford has a pathological fear of being touched by any man. This leads Chaney to believe that he is attractive to Crawford so long as his keeps his arms hidden. Halfway through the film, Chaney murders the circus manager--a crime witnessed by Crawford, who was only able to glimpse Chaney's distinctively mutated thumb. To cover up his crime, and to make himself the perfect mate for Crawford, Chaney blackmails a doctor into amputating his arms. Upon returning to the carnival, the now-genuinely armless Chaney learns to his horror that Crawford has overcome her aberration of being touched, thanks to handsome circus strong man Norman Kerry. Enraged, Chaney plots to kill Kerry in a horrible fashion...but guess who ends up seriously dead?
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Posted By: edoep Date: 05 Jul 2011 06:05:18
this plot sounds pretty eerie .... in fact SO eerie it makes me curious.

thank you very much for sharing, mariashara!

hugs from the UK,

ellie
Posted By: mariashara Date: 07 Jul 2011 08:58:05
You are welcome, edoep! That was my first reaction too. :)
Posted By: diddlycrap Date: 08 Jul 2011 04:02:11
Thanks a lot for sharing..
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