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The Unknown is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Tod Browning, and starring Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower "Alonzo the Armless" and Joan Crawford as his beloved carnival girl Nanon.
The Unknown: Directed by Tod Browning. With Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz. A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
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- Drama, Horror, Romance
- Tod Browning
- 1927-06-04
The Unknown. The most celebrated and exquisitely perverse of the many collaborations between Tod Browning and his legendary leading man Lon Chaney, The Unknown features a wrenchingly physical performance from “the Man of a Thousand Faces” as the armless Spanish knife thrower Alonzo (he flings daggers with his feet) whose dastardly ...
- Alonzo The Armless
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost. Tod Browning. Director, Story. Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Tod Browning’s The Unknown proudly stands as one of the most unusual films of its era in addition to featuring one of Lon Chaney’s most memorable roles. The actor, widely known as the man of a thousand faces, plays Alonzo, a criminal fugitive who is concealing himself within a travelling circus as an armless knife thrower.
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Tod Browning
Essay by Scott Brogan. When they made The Unknown in 1927, star Lon Chaney and director Tod Browning were among the biggest names in Hollywood. Joan Crawford was a starlet on the rise, striving for recognition. The Unknown gave it to her, and the following year she got her breakout starring role.
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The Unknown. Directed by Tod Browning • 1927 • United States. Starring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford. The most celebrated and exquisitely perverse of the many collaborations between Tod Browning and his legendary leading man Lon Chaney, THE UNKNOWN features a wrenchingly physical performance from “the Man of a Thousand Faces ...
