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West of Zanzibar (1928)

Magician Phroso's wife Anna leaves him for another man, named Crane, who fights with Phroso and leaves him paralyzed... (source: imdb.com)

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Lon Chaney

Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
Lionel Barrymore

Mr. Crane
Mary Nolan

Maizie
Warner Baxter

Doc
Jacqueline Gadsden

Anna
Mae Busch

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Rose Dione

Zanzibar Club owner
Noble Johnson

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Anita Page

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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

Kongo (1932)

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

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Release Date

24 November 1928

Genre

Drama, Mystery

Country

USA

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Themes

Out For Revenge, Fathers and Daughters

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Tense, Forceful, Atmospheric, Ominous, Creepy

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West of Zanzibar is a 1928 American silent film (with musical score) directed by Tod Browning about the vengefulness of a cuckolded magician (Lon Chaney) paralyzed in a brawl with his rival (Lionel Barrymore). The supporting cast includes Mary Nolan and Warner Baxter. It is based on a 1926 Broadway play called Kongo starring Walter Huston. Huston starred in the 1932 talkie film adaptation of the same story using the Kongo title. West of Zanzibar is also famous with horror film fans for having lost or excised sequences that Browning filmed; in particular, Phroso (Chaney) as a duckman in a sideshow act and scenes showing Phroso and his troupe when they first arrive in Africa.