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Joan Crawford and Lon Chaney.
Photograph: Silent Era low-res collection. |
The Unknown
Also known as Garras humanas in Spain
(1927) American
B&W : Six reels / 5517 feet
Directed by Tod Browning
Cast: Lon Chaney [Alonzo], Joan Crawford [Nanon], Norman Kerry [Malabar], Nick de Ruiz [Zanzi], John George [Cojo], Frank Lanning [Costra], John St. Polis [doctor], Billy Seay [waif], Louise Emmons [gypsy woman], Paul Dismute [Chaney’s armless double]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from a screen story by Tod Browning. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and Richard Day. Costume design by Lucia Coulter. Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad. Intertitles by Joseph W. Farnham. Edited by Harry Reynolds and Errol Taggart. Presented by Louis B. Mayer. / © 27 June 1927 (at seven reels) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP24123]. Released 4 June 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Alonzo, the Armless. Principal photography was taken from 7 February through 19 March 1927. Polly Moran’s appearance as a lady’s lady and Bobbie Mack’s appearance as a gypsy were cut from the film before release. / Silent film.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5970.
Survival Status: Print exists in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library [35mm restoration negative and positive].
Keywords: Amputees - Animals: Horses - Circuses: Circus performers - Deformities - Freaks - Gypsies - Medical: Surgeons - Stages - Theaters - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Weapons: Knives
Listing updated: 24 July 2009.
References: Film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5970; Eames-MGM p. 39; Everson-American pp. 62, 221; Fell-History p. 86; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 49; Limbacher-Feature p. 263; Marrero-Vintage p. 22; Quirk-Crawford pp. 15, 48; Skal-Browning p. 296; Sweeney-Coming p. 109; Weaver-Twenty p. 77 : ClasIm-221 p. 14.
Home video: DVD.
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