“Hands! Men’s Hands! How I Hate Them!” Considered by many to be the greatest film collaboration between director Tod Browning and the legendary Lon Chaney, 1927’s The Unknown is a twisted silent film that features a love triangle, murder, deception, and heartbreak. It stars Lon Chaney as Alonzo the Armless, Joan Crawford as Nanon, NormanContinue reading “Classic Cinema: The Unknown (1927)”
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Reign of the Scream Queens: Mary Philbin
Scream Queen Icon For today’s Reign of the Scream Queens entry we’re going all the way back to the 1920’s, the era of the silent film. While most modern audiences probably don’t know her name, Mary Philbin was a prominent silent film star at the beginning of the 1900’s. She appeared in a total ofContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Mary Philbin”
Days O’Horror #17: Phantom of the Opera (1925)
“You are in no peril as long as you do not touch my mask.” Phantom of the Opera might have been a silent film, but its release in November of 1925 sounded the coming of a new era. It introduced moviegoers to Universal’s run of horror films that would eventually become some of the mostContinue reading “Days O’Horror #17: Phantom of the Opera (1925)”
Days O’Horror #16: Phantom of the Opera (1943)
“Our brilliant stage manager insists there’s a malicious ghost prowling about the Opera.” While the 1925 silent adaptation starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical might get all of the attention, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains deserves a little respect as well. Loosely based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel, theContinue reading “Days O’Horror #16: Phantom of the Opera (1943)”
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