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Auction History Result 8p466 UNKNOWN French 1p R90s Joan Crawford, image of knife thrower Lon Chaney behind curtain! Date Sold 1/18/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1990s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 46 1/4" x 62 1/4" [117 x 158 cm]) (Learn More) The Unknown, the classic 1927 Tod Browning silent bizarre circus romantic revenge melodrama (Tod Browning is best remembered for "Freaks", but this movie is equally outrageous, and maybe even more bizarre!; Chaney is a knife thrower in a circus, who advertises himself as the "Armless Wonder", because he throws his knives with his feet, but he actually does have arms, he just cleverly keeps them hidden under his costume!; his assistant, who he throws knives at, is beautiful Joan Crawford, and she can't bear to be touched by any man, which makes her comfortable around Chaney; Chaney kills the circus manager, and he is witnessed stabbing the man by Crawford, but she only saw his hand, so to cover up the crime, Chaney gets a doctor to actually amputate his arms, which will prove that he could not have stabbed the man, plus he thinks it will mean Crawford will finally make love to him, but he finds that she has fallen for the circus strong man, and Chaney tries to kill the strong man, but being armless, he ends up dead himself!) starring Lon Chaney Sr., Joan Crawford, Norman Kerry, Nick De Ruiz, and John George NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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