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17 December 1927 (USA) moreTagline:
LON CHANEY in a great Scotland Yard Mystery morePlot:
The abandoned home of a wealthy man who supposedly committed suicide five years earlier is taken over by ghoulish figures - could they be vampires? full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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London After Midnight: The 2002 Reconstruction (1927) **1/2 moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Lon Chaney | ... | Professor Edward C. Burke | |
| Marceline Day | ... | Lucille Balfour | |
| Henry B. Walthall | ... | Sir.James Hamlin | |
| Percy Williams | ... | Williams, Balfour's Butler | |
| Conrad Nagel | ... | Arthur Hibbs | |
| Polly Moran | ... | Miss Smithson, the New Maid | |
| Edna Tichenor | ... | Luna, Bat Girl | |
| Claude King | ... | Roger Balfour | |
| Andy MacLennan | ... | Bat Girl's Assistant |
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69 min (22 fps)Country:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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Is on AFI's "Lost Films" list. moreQuotes:
Lucille Balfour: I'm terribly frightened, Sir James! A voice keeps calling to me from the garden!Lucille Balfour: It sounded exactly like my father calling... 'Lucy, Lucy'!
Professor Edward C. Burke: Now, don't worry, Miss Lucille. If it really is anything... we'll take care of it.
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I enjoyed the reconstruction, for what it was. Of course, its sound remake - MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) - is a very good indication of what London AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927) must have looked like.
The plot is unbelievably contrived but let's not forget that the films adhere more to the style of 'old dark house' thrillers, then in vogue, than the typical 'vampire' film (that said, Chaney's vampire make-up is terrific and I'd love to see it in action!). It's interesting, however, to note how Browning was able to adapt himself with the times: in "London" the emphasis seems to be on grotesquerie (witness also Edna Tichenor's death-like pallor), since the archetype of the sub-genre during the Silent era was obviously NOSFERATU (1922); when MARK came along, Browning went for a more streamlined look - a suave Lugosi abetted by a sexy Carol Borland - spearheaded by his own landmark take on the Stoker classic! I also prefer the remake's change-of-setting (Hungary instead of London) and the blood-draining device to dispose of the victim (rather than the conventional 'suicide' of the original), thus giving credence - initially at least - to the vampires' presence in the film in the first place!