A Blind Bargain
Brief Synopsis
Lon Chaney performs two roles: Doctor Lamb, a mad surgeon who's doing experiments on human bodies, and his crippled and apish assistant, the result of his first experiment.
Cast & Crew
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Wallace Worsley
Director
Lon Chaney
Dr. Arthur Lamb/The Hunchback
Raymond Mckee
Robert Sandell
Virginia True Boardman
Mrs. Sandell
Fontaine La Rue
Mrs. Lamb
Jacqueline Logan
Angela Marshall
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
10,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 3 Dec 1922
Production Company
Goldwyn Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Octave of Claudius by Barry Pain (London, 1897).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White, Color (Prizma Color)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
4,473ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
In return for money and medical aid for his mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to some experiments by Dr. Lamb, who believes he can prove the theory of evolution by changing a man into an approximation of his simian ancestors. Robert is strapped to an operating table before he realizes the nature of the experiments but is saved when a hunchback, a previous subject of the surgeon, uncages another victim, an ape-man, who crushes Dr. Lamb to death.
Director
Wallace Worsley
Director
Cast
Lon Chaney
Dr. Arthur Lamb/The Hunchback
Raymond Mckee
Robert Sandell
Virginia True Boardman
Mrs. Sandell
Fontaine La Rue
Mrs. Lamb
Jacqueline Logan
Angela Marshall
Aggie Herring
Bessie
Virginia Madison
Angela's mother
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
10,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 3 Dec 1922
Production Company
Goldwyn Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Octave of Claudius by Barry Pain (London, 1897).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White, Color (Prizma Color)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
4,473ft
(5 reels)
