The Unknown

The Unknown

  • Director: Tod Browning
  • Writer: Tod Browning,Waldemar Young,Joseph Farnham
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: None, English
  • Release date: June 4, 1927
  • Sound mix: Silent
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
  • Also known as: Alonzo the Armless
  • "The Unknown" is a thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney , Joan Crawford , and Norman Kerry. The film was released in the United States on June 4, 1927   .
    The film tells the story of Alonso, who pretended to be armless in the circus, voluntarily chopped off his arms in order to get Nannon who hates the arms of men, and finally reaped the consequences   .

    Details

    • Release date June 4, 1927
    • Filming locations Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $217,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $4,841

    Movie reviews

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    • By Pearl 2022-12-25 20:00:10

      The boy is so cruel

      This is a seamless tragedy of misery. This combination is also very love, master plus master plus future master.

      I read a movie magazine and talked about the hormone secretion during the movie watching. I also drew the coordinates to indicate which time is the hot spot.
      I think the hormone distribution of the unknown should be more like an electrocardiogram, one click, one next, one next, every unknown is a peak value. For example, we found that Alonzo had an arm. For example, he...

    • By Dagmar 2022-05-10 21:37:32

      Silent movies are the strength and accuracy required by the complex and huge world in our era of fast-moving power engines.

      Silent film is the strength and precision that our era of fast-moving engines requires in a complex and huge world. The dialogue disappeared. The expressions of the characters and the music surrounding the dialogue point to the truth that the dialogue conceals. This reality is close to the psychology, psychological changes, and behavioral changes of the characters portrayed by the director. And the director's intention was prominent in front of the stage. The freak is a warm and ironic coat....

    • By Annie 2022-05-10 20:47:20

      The end of hate is death

      The original GUY MADDIN learn this shot coward knelt down, dragged on without wasting too much of your swing, I always adore this man, silent film is placed, a subtitle music than what are his mother poetic
      ALONZO intention is not something that he loved NANON, however, can only do inexplicable things, too Gothic, and the old sweetheart who really got his arms in the end fell in love with the Hercules (Yohangaliano doesn't dress up like this person, they are indeed Madrid’s Circus), damn...

    • By Abigayle 2022-05-10 16:09:40

      Affectionate is a tragedy, and it must be read in a sentence

      TodBrowning movie names like "the",
      "the unholy three",
      "the thirtheenth chair",
      "the devil-doll" and
      "the shelk". . . . And so on, of course, including the film "the unknown",

      although the name is simple but quite not simple. The rest of the films are based on the protagonist of the story or an important prop, date as the title, and this film is called the unknown. As for what this unknown is, although the so-called unknown has never appeared in the film, it is...

    • By Misty 2022-05-10 11:15:54

      Unknown Hand

      Todd Browning's "The Unknown" is full of typical features of 1920s movie shooting: a soft-style photograph with some light fabrics or filters in front of the lens. The gray lens language gives people a sense of visual comfort, and its classical narrative charm is strong. The general plot of the story is: the daughter of the circus leader is afraid of anyone's hands, but she trusts the protagonist Alonzo, who pretends to be armless. Later, Alonzo was worried that the fact that he had arms...

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    • By Annetta 2023-09-19 19:20:18

      Great! A classic of the great silent era. The plot, acting, and music are all excellent. The rhythm is well controlled, and every moment is attractive! Joan Crawford is also a veritable goddess of silent...

    • By Laurianne 2023-09-19 08:07:02

      8.0 Early cult film, with a sense! Ronciany's performance is a must, infinitely amplified despair. The later "sister" "Freak" lost a sense of rhythm in the early sound...

    • By Shanny 2023-09-09 03:40:30

      I hope the heroine will say where're your arms with a face full of worry and fear when we meet again... Those of you who like handless people who like to watch people sleep are all walking on the road of necrophilia! There is no medicine except true love!...

    • By Keven 2023-09-08 01:29:04

      Really beautiful and...

    • By Bernard 2023-09-04 02:57:52

      Conquered by Lon...

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    "The Unknown" this crazy circus melodrama is the iconic work of director Tod Browning and actor Lon Chaney  The whole movie is full of hints, symbols, and weird atmospheres. The protagonist in the film "the armless man" symbolizes Sigmund 's fear of castration-when people unconsciously feel that the limbs, eyes, and genitals of the "self" are in danger. When you are in the middle, you will create an alternative image that takes the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Malabar the Mighty, Circus Strongman: See, Nanon! Eyes that adore you... hands that long to caress you... and strength to protect you! Why do you always draw away from me?

      Nanon Zanzi: Why isn't he different from other men! Why doesn't he keep his hands off me?

      Nanon Zanzi: Hands! Men's hands! How I hate them!

      Nanon Zanzi: Men! The beasts! God would show wisdom if he took the hands from all of them!

      Nanon Zanzi: Forgive me, Alonzo... I did not mean you.

      Nanon Zanzi: You are the one man I can come to without fear.

    • Malabar the Mighty, Circus Strongman: You are a riddle, Nanon. You shrink from me... yet you kiss my flowers when I am gone.

    • Nanon Zanzi: You are right, Alonzo... brute strength does not mean everything to all women. Alonzo, all my life men have tried to put their beastly hands on me... to paw over me. I have grown so that I shrink with fear when any man even touches me.