Episode 49: The Unknown (1927)
"No one will get her...no one but me!" Filmmaker Tod Browning and actor Lon Chaney were a professional match made in heaven. With part of his youth spent in the circus, Browning's stories centered mostly about the freaks and lowlifes of criminal society. Chaney, who had thrilled thousands with The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces", and his abilities uniquely matched the needs of Browning's bizarre little scripts. The Unknown (1927) was one of several collaborations between Browning and Chaney and, aside from being the film that began Joan Crawford's road to stardom, it's also a film that remains deeply murderously morbid to this day. Have a comment or question for the host? Email Sean at 1001moviespodcast@gmail.com, follow him on Twitter via @1001MoviesPC, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.