West of Zanzibar Articles
Lon Chaney Movie Schedule: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, TELL IT TO THE MARINES, MR. WU
Lon Chaney on TCM: HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, THE UNKNOWN, MR. WU Get ready for more extreme perversity in West of Zanzibar (1928), as Chaney abuses both Warner Baxter and Mary Nolan, while the great-looking Mr. Wu (1927) offers Chaney as a Chinese creep about to destroy the life of lovely Renée Adorée — one of the best and prettiest actresses of the 1920s. Adorée [...]
Abel Gance, Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton: San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Chang by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (top); J'accuse! by Abel Gance (middle); Lon Chaney in Tod Browning's West of Zanzibar (bottom) Abel Gance's 1919 anti-war drama J'accuse! is the centerpiece of this winter's edition of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Castro Theater. The 162-minute, recently restored J'accuse!, which is having its US [...]