The Penalty
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The Penalty is a 1920 silent crime-horror film starring Lon Chaney as a legless criminal mastermind, renowned for showcasing his extreme physical transformation and intense performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Penalty canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Gouverneur Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Penalty (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Barbara Ferris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blizzard ⓘ Dr. Ferris NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Don Short NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Wallace Worsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Goldwyn Distributing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | practical effects ⓘ |
| filmTechnique | silent ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | surviving film ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | regarded as one of Lon Chaney’s early major roles ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
ⓘ
disability ⓘ obsession ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| includedIn | Lon Chaney filmography ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lon Chaney’s extreme physical transformation to portray a legless man
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Lon Chaney’s intense performance as Blizzard ⓘ use of special harnesses to simulate leg amputation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A legless criminal mastermind named Blizzard seeks revenge on the surgeon who amputated his legs and plots a violent crime against San Francisco. ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| producer | Irving Thalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Goldwyn Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | August 1920 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charles Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Clary
NERFINISHED
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Ethel Grey Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason (silent-era actor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lon Chaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.