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Auction History Result 2a039 PENALTY 4.25x7.25 still '20 close portrait of Lon Chaney Sr. appearing legless without fx! Date Sold 10/30/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 4 1/4" x 7 1/4" [11 x 18 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Penalty, the 1920 Wallace Worsley silent romantic love triangle doctor amputation crime revenge thriller (this is among the most bizarre of Lon Chaney's movies, and if you have seen several of them, then you know that is saying a lot!; Tod Browning did not write or direct this movie, surely because he was working at Universal at this time, and this was an MGM movie, but it is very similar to the Browning/Chaney movies; Chaney became sick as a boy, and a doctor amputated his legs needlessly, thinking it was necessary to save the boy's life; when he grows up, he becomes a legless criminal kingpin, and he wants revenge on the doctor, and when the doctor's daughter, who is a sculptress, advertises for someone to pose for her bust of Satan, he applies, and he kidnaps her and tries to force the doctor to operate on her fiance, removing his legs, and grafting them onto Chaney's legless stumps!; there are more twists and turns to the plot, but you should see it for yourself!) starring Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney Sr., and Ethel Grey Terry. Note that in filming this movie, Chaney had his calves strapped to his thighs, and that allowed him to appear legless (with two wooden buckets strapped over his "stumps"), but this was very painful and he could only endure it for short amounts of time, and it caused permanent damage to his leg muscles (Jose Ferrer would do the same thing many years later when playing Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge). Most people agree it is one of Chaney's very finest performances! Finally, note that Lon Chaney Sr. made this movie for Sam Goldwyn, after having worked for Universal. Apparently, Goldwyn was afraid of how the public would react to images of a legless Chaney, because the advertising for the movie greatly de-emphasizes that aspect of the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 4 1/4" x 7 1/4" [11 x 18 cm]. Condition: good. The still was likely originally 8" x 10", but it was trimmed to just around the figure of Chaney, and it now measures 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". It was then glued to a stiff backing board with slight borders, and the title was written in the bottom border below the still. There are stamps on the back of the backing board from the Culver service where this great still was discovered (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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