The Unknown
Don't miss this startling spectacle!
Country
Production
Budget
$217 000
Box office
$847 000
Director
Actors
Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning, Tom Amandares, Margaret Bert, Louise Emmons, Italia Frandi
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Harry Reynolds, Errol Taggart
Whole Team (16)
Whole Team (16)
Short description
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
What's left behind the scenes
- For a long time, the film was considered lost, but in 1968 a complete professional film copy was discovered in the archives of the French Cinémathèque.
- The director and screenwriter Tod Browning (1880-1962) based the plot on a story from his own circus past, about a man who pretended to be an acrobat to hide from the police.
- Joan Crawford (1905-1977) always called the film "Unknown" a turning point in her acting career. According to her, it was only while working with Lon Chaney (1883-1937) on this film that she understood the difference between simply being in front of the camera and acting for the camera. As she later claimed, it was Chaney and his incredible ability to concentrate who helped her realize this.
- Paul Desmuke (1876-1949) was born without arms, and in some scenes he acted as Lon Chaney's stunt double (particularly in scenes where he smoked or played the violin).
- Joan Crawford (1905-1977) always considered the film "Unknown" a turning point in her acting career. According to her, it was only while working with Lon Chaney (1883-1937) on this film that she understood the difference between simply being in front of the camera and acting for the camera. She later claimed that it was Chaney and his incredible ability to focus who helped her realize this.
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