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London After Midnight
Lon Chaney in a great Scotland Yard mystery
( Horror / Mystery )


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US Runtime: 69 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 03, 1927   [USA]
 
Director: Tod Browning   [Director]
 
Writers: Tod Browning   [Story]
Waldemar Young   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Tod Browning   [Producer]
Irving Thalberg   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Merritt B. Gerstad   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Harry Reynolds   [Editor]
Errol Taggart   [Editor]
 
Production Companys: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   (US)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
 


Plot Summary:

    The abandoned home of a wealthy man who supposedly committed suicide five years earlier is taken over by ghoulish figures - could they be vampires?

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Lon Chaney
Professor Edward C. Burke
Marceline Day
Lucille Balfour
Henry B. Walthall
Sir James Hamlin
Percy Williams
Williams, Balfour's Butler
Conrad Nagel
Arthur Hibbs
 
Polly Moran
Miss Smithson, the New Maid
Edna Tichenor
Luna, Bat Girl
Claude King
Roger Balfour
Andy MacLennan
Bat Girl's Assistant
 

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Tech Info:

Budget:
$151,666
Revenue:
$1,000,000
Color Info:
B&W
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Film Length:
1733.40 m

Trivia:

  • Lon Chaney wore a set of false animal teeth that hurt him so much that he could only wear them for a few minutes at a time.
     
  • This film is presumed lost. Rumors persist, however, that a print exists in a private collection but the owner refuses to allow it to be archivally preserved.
     

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