The Unholy Three

For his first and only talking picture, Lon Chaney decided to return to the safety of one of his biggest grossing films, the 1925 Tod Browning-directed silent film THE UNHOLY THREE. The 1930 version tells essentially the same story: Chaney plays Professor Echo, a carnival ventriloquist who shares the stage with strongman Hercules (Ivan Linow) and a midget named Midget (Harry Earles, later to star in FREAKS) while the vampish Rosie (Lila Lee) picks the pockets of audience members. Eventually they are exposed and have to close down the carnival. Echo, however, comes up with a new idea. Disguised as a little old lady named Mrs. O'Grady, he opens a pet shop, with Hercu...