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The Unknown is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Tod Browning and featuring Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower Alonzo the Armless and Joan Crawford as the scantily clad carnival girl he hopes to marry.
Film historian Ken Hanke considers the film to be in many respects the best of Browning's films with Lon Chaney.Burt Lancaster said that Chaney's portrayal in The Unknown featured “one of the most compelling and emotionally exhausting scenes I have ever seen an actor do.” Chaney did remarkable and convincing collaborative scenes with real-life armless double Paul Desmuke (sometimes credited as Peter Dismuki), whose legs and feet were used to manipulate objects such as knives and cigarettes in frame with Chaney's upper body and face.
As with Browning's later sound film Freaks (1932), contemporary reviewers were sometimes less appreciative. "A visit to the dissecting room in a hospital would be quite as pleasant," opined the New York Evening Post, "and at the same time more instructive." Modern viewers can discern the same macabre style of this film (and other Browning-Chaney collaborations) in later productions ranging from the 1930s Universal Studios horror films to the 1960s Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents programs.
Actors: Philip Hersh (actor), John Chia-Lin Chang (actor), Menetie T. Ejeye (director), Menetie T. Ejeye (producer), Menetie T. Ejeye (producer), Menetie T. Ejeye (writer), Menetie T. Ejeye (writer), Menetie T. Ejeye (actor), Eiji Inoue (actor), Eugenia Kuzmina (actress), Tamara Goodwin (actress), Terumi Shimazu (actress), Naoyuki Ikeda (actor), Mantha Balourdou (actress), Xuelian Lei (actress),
Plot: Marvin Fields is caught up with challenges and obstacles. On the verge of losing his family, he has to step up and face his adversaries. Marvin tries different avenues to help eliminate these difficulties, but his efforts are futile. Now, he decides to take desperate measures in saving his family and finances. When hell breaks loose and nothing seems to work, a true character is revealed through Marvin. Later on, Marvin discovers martial arts through his best friend Frank Biggs. This martial art will help Marvin find himself again and give him a sense of purpose. As he continues to search deeper his new found art, his troubles aren't stagnant. Marvin still has to wake up and face the demons of his life. Marvin has got to get his life out of this never diminishing cage and find freedom. In the meantime, Claire Fields (Marvin's wife) is fed up and tired of supporting the family. Marvin's cage seems invisible to Claire, and this continues to trigger his frustration. In the end, true love and friendship will be revealed and seem to help break down the barriers around this mysterious cage.
Genres: Action, Sport, Thriller,Actors: Jon Campling (actor), Gary Scullion (director), Gary Scullion (editor), Gary Scullion (writer), Sean Francis George (actor), Jo Marriott (actress), Nick Acott (director), Angela Dunkley (actress), Victoria Feakes (actress), Michael Adefehinti (actor), Anna Sheldrick (actress), Nicholas Sisouphone (actor), Joe Mitchell (actor), Kieran Kerrigan (actor), Richard Ash (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Andrew Lowe (actor), Erik Hoffmann (producer), Erik Hoffmann (director), Shawn Pang (editor), Mindy Fyfe (actress), Rhianna Malezer (costume designer),
Plot: A mentally disturbed young office worker finds emotional interference from encountering his own minds' good and bad consciences, in the forms of a mysterious woman named Hemera, attempting to guide him away from an unknown stranger; who tries to psychologically drag him towards the wrong choices in life.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Short,Actors: Brian Caylor (editor), Brian Caylor (director), Brian Caylor (producer), Yinique Myo-Flores (actor), Amresh Gosai (actor), Amresh Gosai (producer), Griffin O'Connor (miscellaneous crew), Jason Nelson (director), Jason Nelson (writer), Aaron Barkhousen (miscellaneous crew), Reyna Ramierz (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Aleksandr Baluev (actor), Valentin Gaft (actor), Nina Usatova (actress), Sergey Garmash (actor), Aleksey Guskov (actor), Ivan Bortnik (actor), Olga Ostroumova (actress), Vladimir Khotinenko (director), Vladislav Galkin (actor), Aleksandr Pantykin (composer), Larisa Shakhvorostova (actress), Pyotr Tomashevskiy (actor), Velimir Rusakov (actor), Innokentiy Malinkin (producer), Aleksandr Aravin (writer),
Plot: Mystical thriller based on Aleksey Birger's novel of the same name. Winter of 1946. A young officer of Cavalry Sergey Vysik after demobilization is appointed the head at Criminal investigation department near Moscow. He is charge of an abandoned stud farm, some villages nearby, a factory, workers' town and railway warehouses where trophies from Germany and some humanitarian loads from soviet governments are kept. When Vysik came to Mitrohino village where there was a local police department, he was going to solve some problems there - someone stole horses from the stud farm and there was a series of cruel murders of a former head of police department, night guard, some local residents and "a special person" from Moscow. Moreover, all the residents are terrified by gossips that a horrible elusive werewolf committed all these crimes. Regardless of his boss' order to ignore all the prejudice, Vysik wants to find out what is that force keeping all the people in terror.
Keywords: tv-mini-seriesActors: Maude Eburne (actress), James Smith (editor), Wilson Benge (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Joseph M. Schenck (producer), Sidney D'Albrook (actor), Una Merkel (actress), DeWitt Jennings (actor), William Bakewell (actor), Chester Morris (actor), Richard Tucker (actor), Gustav von Seyffertitz (actor), Grayce Hampton (actress), Mary Roberts Rinehart (writer), Chance Ward (actor),
Plot: Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace from the safe in the house of a rich socialite. He leaves a note saying he is going to the country to give the police a rest. Pausing only to rob a bank at Oakdale, he proceeds to terrorise the occupants of a lonely country mansion, in a mixture of thrills, chills and laughs. At the end, an actor steps forward through a proscenium arch and asks the viewers not to reveal the Bat's identity to their friends. A film noir shot in black and white, mainly at night in dimly lit scenes.
Keywords: arch-villain, bank-robbery, based-on-play, bat, bear-trap, blueprint, melodrama, old-dark-house, ouija-board, remakeActors: Alexandre Dumas père (writer), George A. Cooper (writer), G.H. Mulcaster (actor), G.H. Mulcaster (actor), George J. Banfield (director), George J. Banfield (producer), George J. Banfield (writer), Peggy Carlisle (actress), Annesley Healy (actor), Gabrielle Morton (actress), Leslie Eveleigh (director), Anthony L. Ellis (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Bessie Love (actress), Norman Dawn (director), Sessue Hayakawa (actor), Sessue Hayakawa (actor), Sessue Hayakawa (actor), Thomas Jefferson (actor), Misao Seki (actor), Tote Du Crow (actor), Sidney Franklin (actor), Omar Whitehead (actor), Ann May (actress), Alice Catlin (writer), Edwin Warren Juyol (writer), Homer Lea (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jessie Ralph (actress), George B. Seitz (writer), Richard Harding Davis (writer), Donald MacKenzie (director), Sam J. Ryan (actor), Fania Marinoff (actress), Rhy Alexander (actress), David Burton (actor), Melville Stewart (actor), Clifton Crawford (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,With Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford. Directed by Tod Browning.
Alonzo the Armless is a circus http://476urt.blogspot.com/27503/.html freak who uses his feet to toss knives and fire a rifle at his partner, Nanon. However, he is an impostor and fugitive. He has arms, but keeps them tightly bound to his torso, a secret known only to his friend Cojo, a midget. Alonzo's left hand has a double thumb, which would identify him as the perpetrator of various crimes.
piano music from (Georges Delerue) The Unknown 1927 with(Joan Crawford (1905–1977) (Lon Chaney (1883–1930) Alonzo is a circus freak without arms. He performs with stunts daily which he only uses his legs and feet. What nobody knows is that Alonzo actually an impostor and fugitive who secretly still has both his arms. He keeps it tied to his torso. On his right hand he holds two thumbs. During his stay in the circus, he falls in love with Nanon, the daughter of the owner of the circus. However, the local strongman also has a crush on the girl. Nanon could not stand it when a man touch her and deter the strong man. However, she begins a friendship with Alonzo, whom she still thinks he has no arms.music (Georges Delerue) from the movie Memento Mori 1959 with Maggie Smith**************th...
The Epic Film Challenge II #80 - The Unknown (1927) Dir. Tod Browning Starring: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning, Polly Moran The eightieth installment of the Epic Film Challenge II, a dark and intriguing tale of a circus performer with no arms, played by the legendary character actor Lon Chaney, The Unknown. September 2016 Add me on Facebook ► http://on.fb.me/1BnL53R Follow me on Twitter ► http://bit.ly/1xlT1mL Support my channel on Patreon ► http://bit.ly/1c798wJ RazorwireReviews Plays Gaming Channel ► http://bit.ly/1Ae51ED Buy from Amazon here ► http://amzn.to/1QrpdKG Peruse my Letterboxd Account ► bit.ly/1nm4Szv Stalk me on Instagram ► http://bit.ly/1Bqv50v Gaze at what I'm interested in on my Amazon Wish List ► http://amzn.to/13M...
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The folks at Mephisto's Castle have invited over the good Vicar from the hilariously entertaining blog Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies to talk about one of Lon Chaney Sr.'s greatest cinematic triumphs as Alonzo the Armless in this macabre circus melodrama.
Music set to a scene from Tod Browning's legendary circus tragedy The Unknown (1927), starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford.
This amazing video produced and made by BBC. (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-greatest-us-films-an-a-z-analysis) http://www.sinefesto.com/sinema-tarihinin-en-iyi-100-amerikan-filmi.html The 100 greatest American films 100. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) 99. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013) 98. Heaven’s Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980) 97. Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) 96. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) 95. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) 94. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) 93. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973) 92. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) 91. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) 90. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) 89. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950) 88. West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Ro...
RPM Orchestra plays a live film score during the screening of silent movie classic "The Unknown" (1927) @ FilmBar theater. Audience participation is written into the score, with theatergoers divided into three orchestra 'toy instrument' sections: flutes & horns (heard @ 2m38s), whirlygig whistles (@ 15m53s), and rattles (28m24s). The live performance (as recorded during the Oct 14 screening) is heard here. [ The live "movie soundtrack" (audio-only) recording is avail @ http://soundcloud.com/rpm-orchestra/rpm-orchestra-music-from-the
Desiderata (Latin: "desired things") is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann (1872–1945). The text was largely unknown in the author's lifetime and became widely known after its use in a devotional. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata Music by : Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un Autre Ete- L'Apres-midi (Amelie Soundtrack) Images by: Video (myself), Pictures by unknown artists I wasn't aware of the many already existing videos inspired by this poem, but chose to finish it anyway.
Music video set to a scene from Tod Browning's legendary circus tragedy The Unknown (1927), starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford. The track is Le Diaboliche Alchimie Del Dottor Morte from Malneirophrenia's debut album, "M". www.malneirophrenia.com Film is in the public domain.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1421199/ Director/Producer/Writer -MANI NASRY http://twitter.com/#!/ManiNasry Mani Nasry an exceptionally talented filmmaker, actor and artist with a sophisticated breadth of education, skills, experience, and professional accomplishments. He trained as an actor and director in New York with Salem Ludwig and with Donna DeMatteo for playwriting. For Mani, the decision to work in the film industry guided his academic decisions from an early age. He attended a Toronto high school renowned for excellence in the arts, and was accepted into one of the highly competitive film program at Ryerson university. It is notable that he went to Ryerson with an already well-established career in theatre, film, television and commercial work, and a range of multi-faceted achie...
THE DIVER - HYPPÄÄJÄ (trailer) a short film by PV LEHTINEN 21 min, 35 mm, DCP, 1.85:1, b/w, stereo, 5.1 © 2000 Cineparadiso Oy "To see this film is like drinking fresh spring water." (The Risto Jarva Jury) "The composition of each shot has been made with a special sense for finding beauty in geometrical shapes." (IDFA, catalogue) "The highlight of the programme…truly startling camerawork." (Giles Borg, Film Monthly) "Film has a very deep vision of life." (Philippe Gendreau, FCMM) "Diving is like poetry, each movement flowing into the next." The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927, d. 2008), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal...
PIERRE PERRAULT: THE ISLE-AUX-COUDRES TRILOGY POUR LA SUITE DU MONDE Dir. Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault, 1963 Canada, 105 min. In French with English subtitles. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 – 5 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 10 PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 – 7:30 PM – LA RÈGNE DU JOUR Dir. Pierre Perrault, 1967 Canada, 118 min. In French with English subtitles. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 7:30 PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 7:30 PM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 – 10 PM – LES VOITURES D’EAU Dir. Pierre Perrault, 1968 Canada, 110 min. In French with English subtitles. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 10 PM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 – 7:30 PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 – 10 PM Go to http://www.spectacletheater.com/pierre-perrault-the-isle-aux-coudres-trilogy/ for the complete program and schedule. “A man who was equal parts poet and ciné...
A truth
too fragile
Movement
still
slow
Asleep and frail
Stiffness breeding faster
Reality
exhale
Faith descending
Running
to its end
Watching this world