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The Thirteenth Chair

film by Browning [1929]
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  • Tod Browning
    Tod Browning
    / The MGM and Universal years

    Browning’s first talkie was The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Chaney was not yet open to the notion of making a sound picture, so Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi was recruited to play the police inspector investigating a murder at a seance. Chaney finally made one sound film, a remake of The…

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    Browning’s first talkie was The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Chaney was not yet open to the notion of making a sound picture, so Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi was recruited to play the police inspector investigating a murder at a seance. Chaney finally made one sound film, a remake of The…

    Read More