Lon Chaney: The Warner Archive Classics Collection [6 Discs]

"This box set pays homage to the legendary ""Man of a Thousand Faces,"" actor Lon Chaney, Sr. (1883-1930), with six of Chaney's features. Contents include: the melodrama He Who Gets Slapped (1924), with Chaney as a magnificent scientist who deals with personal tragedy by taking up a career as a circus clown; the period war drama Mockery (1927), with Chaney as a Russian peasant who becomes swept up in the Bolshevik Revolution; The Monster (1925), with Chaney as a maniac who pulls in candidates for his bizarre experiments by causing highway accidents; Mr. Wu (1927), with Chaney in a dual role as the sage Grandfather Wu and his grandson; and The Unholy Three (1925), with Chaney as an evil ventriloquist who partners up with a dwarf and a strongman for a series of criminal activities. The box set also features the remake of The Unholy Three, 1930's The Unholy 3 - the only talkie that Chaney, Sr. ever made."