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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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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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
(as Charles A. Sellon)
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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 | ... | |
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>
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.