Lon Chaney

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife.
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927  

The Unknown

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he ...
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame ...
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1922  

Oliver Twist

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an ...
The Ace of Hearts

The Ace of Hearts

A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.
Outside the Law

Outside the Law

Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian ...
The Penalty

The Penalty

1920  

The Penalty

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and ...
Danger, Go Slow

Danger, Go Slow

Muggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy’s clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy “the Eel,” the leader of the ...
Fast Company

Fast Company

1918  

Fast Company

Lawrence Percival Van Huyler, a society fop, protests against the necessity of living up to his snobbish family’s blue-blooded traditions. ...
The Grand Passion

The Grand Passion

Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a ...
Bobbie of the Ballet

Bobbie of the Ballet

Wealthy Jack Stimson (Jay Belasco) falls in love with Broadway diva Velma Vrooman (Gretchen Lederer), and for her sake bankrolls the musical ...
Dolly’s Scoop

Dolly’s Scoop

James Fairfax, editor of the scandalous Morning Argus, stops at nothing for a juicy story, much to the disdain of his staff—especially reporter ...
The Higher Law

The Higher Law

The youthful monarch, Edward IV of England, is treacherously advised by Sir Stephen Fitz Allen, who is the King’s boon companion, in favor ...
Discord and Harmony

Discord and Harmony

Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of his symphonies. The night of its initial ...