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"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks."Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks."Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Jack Baxley
- Outside Sideshow Barker
- (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
- Arlington's Butler
- (uncredited)
Richard Carle
- Sideshow Barker
- (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
- Sailor at Sideshow
- (uncredited)
De Garo
- Fire Eater
- (uncredited)
Dot Farley
- Woman Buying Parrot
- (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
- The Judge
- (uncredited)
Armand Kaliz
- Jeweler
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- Detective at Train
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaKnown as "The Man of 1000 Faces", Chaney signed a legal affidavit declaring all the voices he performed in this, his only talking film, were actually his own. Thus, in addition to multiple characters, he performed multiple voices.
- GoofsWhen the defense lawyer is about to request a postponement, he first addresses the judge by saying, "your honor". There is then a cut to a close-up of the judge looking at the defense attorney, then at the prosecutor as if he is listening to them talking. However, during the entire close-up no one is talking. Apparently the shot was meant to be a cutaway, but it was mistakenly used without audio.
- Quotes
Rosie O'Grady: [Both are laughing] Why, I... I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
[She laughs again and so does he]
Professor Echo, aka Mrs. 'Grandma' O'Grady: Well, why - why not do a little of both? You know the old gag. That's all there is to life. A little laughter... a little tear.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate ending was shot but never released. Closer to the original silent version, it has Echo telling Rosie to go to Hector at the carnival after he makes a full confession in the court.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
- SoundtracksIntroduction to Salammbô
(1920) (uncredited)
Music by Andrei Fedorov Arends
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Lon Chaney Sr.'s performance in the talkie version of The Unholy Three was a good enough one to end his career on
The only reason I decided to watch this was because this was Lon Chaney Sr.'s only talkie movie as he'd untimely die after this came out. I had not seen his previous silent one and while I had the option to also check that out from my local library, I just decided to see this version, for now. It's not bad as an early sound film and I appreciated the humor of some scenes but, like others commenting here, I did have trouble hearing some of the little person Harry Earles' words when he spoke them as well as that of the strongman played by Ivan Linow. Lila Lee wasn't bad as the pickpocket-turned-betrayer Rosie and neither was Elliott Nugent as her eventual boyfriend though he had more success when he turned director of various Bob Hope comedies. It was also a nice surprise that part of this film took place on Christmas Eve since the holiday just passed as you can tell by the date of this review. Oh, and yes, Lon was fine voice-wise whether doing his own or that of an old woman when wearing a disguise and also as a dummy's voice when throwing it as well as a parrot. Maybe a haunting music score could have helped in some scenes but overall, this version of The Unholy Three was good enough that I say this is worth a look.
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- tavm
- Dec 29, 2012
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