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London After Midnight (1927) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Tod Browning and produced by Irving Thalberg and Tod Browning.

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Silents Are Golden: A Closer Look At “London After Midnight” (1927)

By Lea Stans on Oct 26, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

A Closer Look At “London After Midnight” (1927) It?s probably the most famous, most sought-after lost silent film of all time: London After Midnight (1927), starring the screen legend Lon Chaney and directed by the macabre-minded Tod Browning. Despite constant attempts to track it dow... Read full article


Lost Film Files #21: London After Midnight (1927)

By Fritzi Kramer on Nov 16, 2013 From Movies Silently

Now let’s not get carried away… (via Tumblr) Now let’s not get carried away… (via Tumblr) London After Midnight (1927) Status: Missing and presumed lost. The only known copy was destroyed in the 1967 MGM vault fire. One of the most sought-after lost silent films, Lon Chaney a... Read full article


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Professor Edward C. Burke: Watch my eye and think... think hard. You were in this room that night, remember?
Professor Edward C. Burke: Someone was after your nephew! Or maybe... me!


Lucille Balfour: I'm terribly frightened, Sir James! A voice keeps calling to me from the garden!
Lucille Balfour: It sounded exactly like my father calling... 'Lucy, Lucy'!
Professor Edward C. Burke: Now, don't worry, Miss Lucille. If it really is anything... we'll take care of it.


Miss Smithson, the New Maid: I - locked her in there -
Miss Smithson, the New Maid: Oh, sir... it was 'orrible! Miss Lucille was bidding me good-night, - --
Miss Smithson, the New Maid: - and then, sir I screamed, and frightened 'im! And out of the window 'e flew!
Professor Edward C. Burke: Smithson, have you been drinking?
Miss Smithson, the New Maid: Oh, no, sir! If I 'ave... I 'opes I chokes on the next one!


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Lon Chaney wore a set of false animal teeth that hurt him so much that he could only wear them for a few minutes at a time. The teeth Chaney wore were not animal teeth, but were made of gutta-percha, a hard rubber-like material. What gave him the most discomfort were the wire loops around his eyes.
Is on AFI's "Lost Films" list.
It is believed that this film existed until 1967. Inventory records indicated that the only remaining print was being stored in MGM's vault #7 which was destroyed by fire in 1967. By that time, all other elements had been destroyed or were missing.
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Also directed by Tod Browning




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Also produced by Irving Thalberg




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Also released in 1927




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