Lon Chaney

Norman Kerry

Joan Crawford

Nick De Ruiz

John George

Frank Lanning

Tom Amandares

Margaret Bert

Louise Emmons

Italia Frandi

Venezia Frandi

Polly Moran

Julian Rivero

Billy Seay

Dorothy Seay

John St. Polis

Tod Browning

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Merritt B. Gerstad

Harry Sharrock

Paul Desmuke

Clarence Sinclair Bull

Lucia Coulter

Jack Feinberg

Sam Feinberg

Harry Reynolds

Errol Taggart

Joseph Farnham

Waldemar Young

Cedric Gibbons

Richard Day

Irving Thalberg

Drama

Romance

Horror

The Unknown

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

No Language

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Joan Crawford is the dazzling "Manon", daughter of a circus owner and keenly sought by strongman "Malabar" (Norman Kerry) and the newly arrived arm-less knife thrower "Alonzo" (Lon Chaney). It's the latter man who has a bit of a secret though, and as the story progresses we realise that he's a criminal using a clever (if not desperately plausible) disguise to stay one head ahead of the pursuing police. She, meantime, is fed up being pawed and ogled at by men in general and "Alonzo" - being unable to touch her, plays on that increasing phobia hoping she will choose him. Her father "Zanzi" (Nick De Ruiz) violently comes a cropper suddenly and his daughter sees the crime, not the criminal. Distraught, she turns to "Malabar" whilst "Alonzo" decides that he must now make a pretty significant sacrifice if he is to get the girl and avoid the noose. I did really quite enjoy this. The expressive Chaney is on super form as the menacing knifester and there is plenty of meat on the bones of a plot that creates a few characters about whom you could actually care. The denouement with the strongman and horses is maybe a little strung out, but it's still a fitting end to a love triangle that dwells little on slushy sentiment and more on the nastiness of the scheming antagonist and his sidekick "Cojo" (John George). Crawford certainly comes across as a woman they'd want to fight over, too!

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The Unknown

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