Oliver Twist 1922 N/R, 77 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd Cast: Jackie Coogan, Gladys Brockwell, Lon Chaney, Lionel Belmore, Esther Ralston, George Siegmann, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Nelson McDowell, Lewis Sargent, Joan Standing, Carl Stockdale, Edouard Trebaol, Taylor Graves, Florence Hale
This is a good rendition of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist." Performed as a silent movie, it stars Jackie Coogan in the title role of the young pickpocket Oliver Twist and Lon Chaney as his tutor, the devious Fagin.
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The Penalty 1920 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wallace Worsley Cast: Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Charles Clary, Claire Adams, Kenneth Harlan, Jim Mason, Edouard Trebaol, Milton Ross, Clarence Wilson, Lee Phelps
Blizzard (Lon Chaney) is a legless, underworld crime boss in San Francisco who is out to get revenge on the incompetent doctor who had unnecessarily amputated his legs when Blizzard was a child. But, after having an operation to remove a blood clot in his brain, Blizzard puts aside his evil ways–and some people are not happy about the change. A good Chaney silent film.
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| 1. Oliver Twist (1922)
2. The Penalty (1920)
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