Mockery (1927 film)
Mockery (1927) is an American film about the Russian Revolution starring Lon Chaney. The movie was the second film made in Hollywood by Danish director Benjamin Christensen and stars Chaney as a Siberian peasant who aids a countess (played by Barbara Bedford) who is threatened by the encroaching insurgency.
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| Directed by | Benjamin Christensen |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Written by | Stig Esbern (story) Joseph Farnham (titles) Bradley King (continuity) |
| Starring | Lon Chaney Barbara Bedford Ricardo Cortez Emily Fitzroy |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Edited by | John W. English |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Reception
Mockery received mixed reviews when it was first released[1] and is still regarded as one of Chaney's weaker films of his MGM period (1924-1930).[2]
Cast
- Lon Chaney as Sergei
- Barbara Bedford as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
- Ricardo Cortez as Capt. Dimitri
- Mack Swain as Vladimir Gaidaroff
- Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Gaidaroff
- Charles Puffy as Ivan, the Gatekeeper
- Kai Schmidt as Butler
- Johnny Mack Brown as Russian Officer
- Albert Conti as Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
- Jules Cowles as Peasant who robs Tatiana (uncredited)
- Frank Leigh as Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)
- Russ Powell as Man taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)
- Buddy Rae as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Michael Visaroff as Cossack whipping Sergei (uncredited)
Preservation status
The film was thought to have been lost until the mid-1970s.[3] George Eastman House has a print.[4]
References
- Silents Are Golden entry
- Lon Chaney website
- "Museum of Modern Art press release/book review of Lost Films" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. August 24, 1970. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- "Archival Film Prints Available From George Eastman House" (PDF). George Eastman House (eastmanhouse.org). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
External links
- Mockery at IMDb
- Mockery at the TCM Movie Database
- The Lon Chaney Home Page
- Apocalypse Later (Review)
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