I've seen this movie and Freaks and am wondering if anyone has suggestions on which other Browning films I should check out. He seems to make quality movies.
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Haven't you seen 1931's Dracula? Maybe it's his best known movie, not the best though. Anyway, it has a lot of worthy things. Bela Lugosi makes the work that would become him a cultural icon and the setting is really good. I'd like to check out more Browning movies, but it isn't easy to find, at least here in Europe.
It seems everyone agrees that Freaks is his masterpiece. Unfortunately, it ruined his career too. The audience and the producers hated the film.
being a lon chaney fan, i would recommed more of teh lon chaney/tod browning movies. try "outside the law" i THINK "Unholy three" is one of his, but i'm not sure. it's wonderful anyway. another good tod browning silent is "the show" with john gilbert. he did a LOT of circus movies. unfourantly, besides dracula and freaks, most tod browning movies are really hard to find. it's a shame. the man was a genious, and he practically invented the 'creepy/disturbing' sub-genre of movies.
shareLon Chaney did two versions of "The Unholy Three"...the silent 1925 film was indeed a Tod Browning film, and one of his best; the talking 1930 remake was directed by Jack Conway.
I haven't seen all of the Chaney/Browning films, but "The Unknown" and "West of Zanzibar" are my faves.
And be sure to check out 1936's The Devil Doll (Lionel Barrymore in drag!!).
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Another really good Chaney/Browning collaboration, which has just become available on DVD (it was rediscovered after being considered lost in the late 90s) is "The Wicked Darling." Also as others mentioned "Outside the Law" and "The Unholy Three" are essential.
Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'