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Silent Holiday Films
Live Scored by Jeff Rapsis
Opening Short: A Christmas Carol (1910), 11 mins.
Thomas Edison’s early film version of the classic Dickens story features Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts that haunt him during one long winter night.
Feature: The Unholy Three
Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and become “The Unholy Three.” Echo, the ventriloquist, assumes the role of a kindly old grandmother who runs a bird shop. Tweedledee, the “twenty-inch man,” becomes her grandbaby, and Hercules is their assistant. Soon an incredible crime wave is launched from their little store. Starring legend Lon Chaney as Echo.
“The Unholy Three is admirably acted by Miss Mae Busch and Mr. Lon Chaney. The latter is a moving-picture actor of a unique and singular reputation.” — Edmund Wilson, The New Republic
“After viewing this production the figures that have passed upon the screen still cling to one’s mind, and one feels like talking about the strange and unusual tale.” — Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times
directed by
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
written by
Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Waldemar Young
Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Waldemar Young
with
Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore
Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore
country
United States
United States