"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 unknown everywhere, and everything is unknonw. The whole story is linked and guided by countless unknowns.
This time the story happened again in Tod's favorite circus. Almost all of Tod's greatest works are related to the circus. For example, the world-famous "freaks" and the handed down classic "the unholy three" can only be said that the experience of participating in the circus as a young man has really affected Tod's life and brought us these classic silent. Of course, the unknown is indispensable.
The first and most important unknown in the film is that the armless man Alonzo played by the godlike Lon Chaney is actually a man with full limbs. Then, using this unknown, in an argument with the owner of the circus, Alonzo He was killed in frustration, but because the witness’s testimony from the boss’s daughter, our heroine, was that the criminal strangled the boss with both hands, and the murderer had two thumbs in one hand. But who the murderer was, naturally, it was impossible to find out, and it became another unknown. The heroine also became afraid of the man’s arm and fell in love with Alonzo (ORZ囧).
Then, when the heroine and heroine fell in love, the problem occurred, because the heroine could not be told that she was actually the murderer, Alonzo He even decided to saw off his arms and make a real armless.
So Alonzo left a note and left. However, another unknown happened. The heroine was influenced by the strongman of the circus during the days when she left. She fell into his embrace and got rid of the arm. Fear, and married him. When our poor Alonzo came back, we didn’t even know this fact. When the heroine told him everything, he had to scream in despair and swallow the pain in the two arms he gave to the heroine. Into the stomach, become another unknown.
Seeing the heroine happily snuggling in the arms of others, the desperate Alonzo had a vicious plan. During the performance, he deceived the mechanic and wanted to put the Hercules to death. Unfortunately, in the end, when he saw the heroine in grief and struggling to save her husband's life, Alonzo's love for her surpassed all hatred. He pushed the heroine away and lost his life with horseshoes.
With his death, everything is over. Those who followed him were the unknowns.
This is Lon Chaney once again acting as a lover who renounces sin because of love. It always seems to make people feel sad, but I have to sigh the greatness of love. "Affectionate is a tragedy, and you must be able to read it in a sentence" This sentence is vividly expressed in this film.
Of course, Alonzo is not the only one who is affectionate. The affection between the Hercules and the heroine is also the inducement that stimulates Alonzo to commit crimes, and it is also the power to influence him to give up his sins.
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