The Unholy Three
film by Browning [1925]
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discussed in biography
- In Tod Browning: The MGM and Universal years
…(for the time) circus tale The Unholy Three (1925), with Chaney as a transvestite ventriloquist who teams with a dwarf (Harry Earles), a strongman (Victor McLaglen), and a pickpocket (Mae Busch) to go on a crime spree that culminates in murder. In The Road to Mandalay (1926) a shady sea…
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role of Chaney
- In Lon Chaney
…to reprise his role in The Unholy Three, made as a silent with Browning in 1925, as a talkie in 1930. Playing multiple roles and using five distinct character voices in the film, Chaney demonstrated that he was well suited to talkies. Unfortunately, he died suddenly of a throat hemorrhage…
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