The Blackbird [SEP] director
The Blackbird
The Blackbird is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. In April 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection.
Plot.
The Blackbird (Lon Chaney) is a thief who uses a second identity when necessary. He lives above a cheap bar in the Limehouse district, where his alter ego The Bishop, is beloved among all guests, One evening, the police drop by looking for him after a robbery, and he flees to a
"Lady Caroline")
- "Friends and Rivals" (reprinted in "The Blackbird of Baden")
- "How Robinson Lost His Fellowship" (from "Chambers' Journal", 4th Series 8, 7 Jan.-30 Dec. 1871; reprinted in "Lady Caroline")
- "Lady Caroline" (from "The Cornhill Magazine", Sep. 1870; reprinted in "Lady Caroline")
- "The Lily of the Alley" (from "Chambers' Journal", 4th Series 11,