Dope-peddler, safe-cracker, gun-man and crippled Lon Chaney (as Wilse Dilling) works in the "cesspool" of "vice and intrigue" known as Chinatown. He leaves poppy-land on orders from mob boss Christina Mayo (as "Queen" Ann Cardington) to lower the boom on a San Francisco banker. Then, Mr. Chaney meets the banker's daughter, lovely and fetching Virginia Valli (as Gertrude Hadley). Ms. Valli treats Chaney nicely, overlooking his deformed limbs and dependence on either crutches or a wheelchair. She gives him a Bible. The Lord enters Chaney's life. He is attracted to Valli, then learns she is engaged to able-bodied Jack Mower (as Jack Cooper). Expect Chaney to shake things up on screen and at the box office.
****** The Shock (6/10/23) Lambert Hillyer ~ Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welch
****** The Shock (6/10/23) Lambert Hillyer ~ Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welch