The Unholy Three
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Originally made by MGM in 1925 as a silent film and then remade in 1930 as a talkie, The Unholy Three is a melodrama involving a crime spree. The 1925 version was directed by Tod Browning, while the later version was directed by Jack Conway. In both versions, the role of Professor Echo is played by Lon Chaney. The films are most notable for the fact that the remake was Chaney's last film as well as his only talkie. Chaney died from throat cancer two months after the film's release.
Before his death, Chaney signed a sworn statement that he provided all the voices in the movie, including that of the old lady.
[edit] Synopsis
Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and become "The Unholy Three." Echo the ventriloquist assumes the role of a kindly old grandmother who runs a bird shop. Tweedledee, "The Twenty Inch Man," becomes her grandbaby, and Hercules is their assistant. Soon an incredible crime wave is launched from their little store.
Convincingly disguised as a little old lady, Echo and his two carnival cohorts perform a series of Park Avenue robberies. Echo's sweetheart Rosie plays along with the Unholy Three but changes her mind when their latest burglary, which ended in murder, threatens to send an innocent man to the electric chair.
[edit] External links
- 1925 version: The Unholy Three at the Internet Movie Database
- 1930 version: The Unholy Three at the Internet Movie Database
- 1925 version - Free Download (no music track)
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