Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Inconnu
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| Other authors / contributors: | Browning, Tod, 1880-1962, film director.
Chaney, Lon, 1883-1930, actor.
Kerry, Norman, actor.
Crawford, Joan, actor.
Ruiz, Nick De, actor.
George, John, actor.
Lanning, Frank, actor.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | streaming video file
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| Notes: | Directed by Tod Browning.
Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning.
Silent film, with music accompaniment and English or French intertitles.
Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | "Alonzo is an armless knife thrower and gun shooter for a circus -- or so he appears. He is actually a burglar with his arms intact. He and his accomplice, Cojo (a little person), are hiding from the police, and Alonzo views his disguise as perfect, especially since it keeps from view an unusual deformity of his left hand that would immediately give him away as the burglar. Nanon, the daughter of the circus owner, is the target in his act. Although Alonzo is in love with her, Nanon's father despises him. Nanon is attracted to Malabar, the circus strong man, but she is also repulsed by his uninhibited sexual advances and desire to touch and hold her. Apparently her phobia extends to the touch of any man. Alonzo feeds her fears in the hopes that Nanon will fall in love with him since he is "armless." Because Zanzi discovers Alonzo really has arms, Alonzo kills him, but Nanon witnesses the killing without seeing Alonzo's face; however, she does see the telltale deformity of his left hand"--
"Alonzo, "l'homme sans bras", vedette d'un cirque installé à Madrid, tire à la carabine et lance des poignards avec ses pieds sur sa partenaire, dont il est secrètement et follement amoureux, la jolie Estrellita. C'est la fille de Zanzi, le directeur. Malabar, l'hercule du cirque, est également sensible aux charmes de la jeune fille, laquelle ne lui prête pourtant aucune attention, car Estrellita est terrifiée par les mains des hommes. Aussi se sent-elle en sécurité auprès d'Alonzo"--
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| Publisher's no.: | M27131 Criterion-on-Demand
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