This is the future home for the surviving public domain films of silent superstar Lon Chaney, As well as many other public domain films. DVD's will be available as a free download on the Internet Archive. www.archive.org
Lon Chaney enjoyed making films in locations like the above. The peace and solitude became essential to him, in avoiding the public and protecting his own privacy.
I'd never seen this one before! I thought it was one of the lost ones. Incidentally, I live near Colorado Springs, and went to see his childhood home for the first time not too long ago.
There are missing scenes. Where's the part where we learned Anna was starved to death? Where's the part where we learn her beau treated her badly and threw her out?
Ill look into it, but this is from the Warner DVD, so its the most complete currently available to the public. I'm aware of some lost deleted scenes where Lon Chaney is in the duck costume from Freaks (1932). Never say never for recovering lost scenes though this happened with The Unknown (1927)
From Rex, one of the six movie companies that became Universal in 1912. Chaney would, of course, use his powers of manipulation more often in the years to come.
A better print than I've seen before - thanks for the upload. I'm still hoping that someone will find the rest of THE MIRACLE MAN (1919) with Chaney, Betty Compson, and Thomas Meighan. I've seen the only surviving bit, which is about three minutes long, but the clip gives you an idea of Chaney's role.
MGM's first major hit. "Greed" had done reasonable business, but this one was overwhelmingly received, with John Gilbert nearing his peak. "Ben-Hur" would secure MGM succeeding Paramount as the top studio.
Not currently known, but with the 1927 film "The Unknown", also starring Chaney, the missing footage popped up within the last 3 years so there is always hope
There's much better out there now but at the time this was one of the first 1925 prints on RU-vid and this was the fastest way I could get it here. A decade on..meh
For anyone confused about the music: Silent film music is almost impossible to preserve. It was usually played live in theaters along with the movie, with no recording devices to capture the sound. It was very common for Classical music to be used, though a few films did have their own scores back in the day. We don't know if Phantom was one of them, but several people have composed scores for subsequent cuts and releases of the film. The Gabriel Thibaudeau score is my favorite. As far as this version goes, the music was probably just a guess.
I love this film but what happened to the music? I've watched several silents that some overly autistic, artistic person has to add their own flare! Why? It's not better! This sounds like jimmie can't get his foot off the fuzz buster! Please stop trying to make something already great, less enjoyable and realize you're not getting an album deal!!!!
We Must Find The 1919 Film That Made Lon Chaney a Star .....“ The Miracle Man “ ....it WAS shown on network Television in the 1960s.......Someone out there Has a Copy............Perhaps a rich Film Fan might offer an award ? what do you think ?
This along with The Passion of Joan of Arc will always be responsible for the domino effect of my search for great cinema. Thank you for uploading this wherever you are in this world.
Lost movies I wish to find: 1.- London after midnight 2.- The spider pit scene from the movie King Kong. 3.- The complete uncut version of The Wicker man (1973)
