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Lon Chaney.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Shock
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6738 feet
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Lon Chaney [Wilse Dilling], Virginia Valli [Gertrude Hadley], Christine Mayo [‘Queen Ann’ Cardington], Jack Mower [Jack Cooper], William Welsh [Micha Hadley]; Henry Barrows (Henry A. Barrows) [John Cooper Sr.], Harry De Vere [Olaf Wismer], John Beck [Bill], Walter Long [the captain], Pat Harmon [the horse taxi driver], Bob Kortman (Robert Kortman) [a henchman], William Lloyd [the doctor], George Marion [a townsman], Steve Murphy [a man eating at the Mandarin cafe], Tôgô Yamamoto [the messenger at the restaurant]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by [?] Arthur Statter and/or Charles Kenyon?, from the short story “Pit of the Golden Dragon” by William Dudley Pelley. Assistant director, William J. Rau. Cinematography by Dwight Warren. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 27 April 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18917]. Released 10 June 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Bitter Sweet. De Vere’s final film.
Drama: Crime.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 41.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates; also [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Cats - Asians - Bankers - Banks - Crime: Blackmail, Graft, Kidnapping - Criminals: Gangsters - Crutches - Natural disasters: Earthquakes: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Double-crosses - Explosions - Handicaps - Medical: Doctors, Hospitals - Restaurants - Transportation: Trains, Train stations - Unrequited love - USA: California: San Francisco - Wheelchairs
Listing updated: 27 December 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Edmonds-BigU pp. 120-121; Everson-American p. 113; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 41; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 48, 52; Limbacher-Feature p. 221; Weaver-Twenty p. 77 : ClasIm-223 p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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