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After | '''''London After Midnight''''' is a 1927 silent mystery film written and directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. | ||
The last known surviving copy of this film was destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire, and | The plot involves Inspector Edward Burke (Chaney) investigating the murder of Sir Roger Balfour in London. After finding a suicide note, the case is closed and seemingly forgotten, but 5 years later the Balfour residence is re-inhabited by a man in a beaver-skin hat, with dark sunken eyes and fangs. People begin to wonder if it is Balfour back from the dead but, it ends up being Inspector Burke himself in disguise, with the intent of catching the murderer. | ||
The last known surviving copy of this film was destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire, and it is now one of the most sought-after lost films of all time. The film was remade into a talkie in 1935 by the same director, titled ''Mark of the Vampire.'' In 2002, a 45 minute reconstructed version of the film was released using surviving stills. These stills, as well as several advertisement posters, are the only known surviving fragments of the film. | |||
==Reconstruction Footage== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvhDCWD5ZI|640x480|center|45 minute reconstruction of the film, using still photographs (part 1 of 5).}} | |||
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Revision as of 03:26, 21 March 2016
Film poster.
Status: Lost
London After Midnight is a 1927 silent mystery film written and directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney.
The plot involves Inspector Edward Burke (Chaney) investigating the murder of Sir Roger Balfour in London. After finding a suicide note, the case is closed and seemingly forgotten, but 5 years later the Balfour residence is re-inhabited by a man in a beaver-skin hat, with dark sunken eyes and fangs. People begin to wonder if it is Balfour back from the dead but, it ends up being Inspector Burke himself in disguise, with the intent of catching the murderer.
The last known surviving copy of this film was destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire, and it is now one of the most sought-after lost films of all time. The film was remade into a talkie in 1935 by the same director, titled Mark of the Vampire. In 2002, a 45 minute reconstructed version of the film was released using surviving stills. These stills, as well as several advertisement posters, are the only known surviving fragments of the film.
