The Monster (1925)A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium. Director:Roland West |
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Cast
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Gertrude Olmstead | ... | |
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Hallam Cooley | ... |
Watson's Head Clerk
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Johnny Arthur | ... |
The Under Clerk
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Charles Sellon | ... |
The Constable
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Walter James | ... | |
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Knute Erickson | ... | |
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George Austin | ... | |
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Edward McWade | ... | |
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Ethel Wales | ... | |
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A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum... Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
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sanitarium | detective | correspondence school | old dark house | general store |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 March 1925 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dr. Palmers unheimliches Haus See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Doctor Edwards: Caliban imagines he's Ziska's slave - Rigo is dangerous, while Dan is quite harmless ...
Doctor Edwards: They must have built those devilish traps and devices after they imprisoned us.
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The original play opened in New York on 9 August 1922 and had 101 performances. Walter James originated his movie role as Calaban in the play. In the 1933 revival, DeWolf Hopper Sr. played Dr. Ziska. See more »Goofs
When Johnnie flies out of the door, into the rainstorm again, you can see the wire that holds him, right when he is crushing into Rigo. See more »Quotes
Doctor Edwards: Ziska, who was once a famous surgeon, controls the others...Doctor Edwards: Caliban imagines he's Ziska's slave - Rigo is dangerous, while Dan is quite harmless ...
Doctor Edwards: They must have built those devilish traps and devices after they imprisoned us.
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This 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney and Johnny Arthur and directed by Roland West ("The Bat", "The Bat Whispers") is a harmless little horror-comedy about two men and a woman who get trapped in an old dark house with a mad scientist (the always excellent Chaney) and go through a series of perilous events caused by the scientist and his never ending supply of creepy servants. The acting is good and the production values are superb. Most of the comedy is funny and the creepy parts still hold up reasonably well. All in all, "The Monster" is no classic and certainly one of Lon Chaney's less remarkable films but it's still a decent, harmless film.