London After Midnight (1927)

London After Midnight (1927) 

When Roger Balfour is found shot dead in his London home, his death is declared a suicide by Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard, even though the executor of Balfour's estate, Sir James Hamlin, insists his friend never would have taken his own life. Five years later, the abandoned Balfour house comes to life again with the arrival of two sinister-looking tenants: a fiendish-looking man with pointed teeth, bulging eyes and a tall beaver hat, and a pale young woman in a long gown. (IMDB Eugene Kim)

Claude King as Roger Balfour

Lon Chaney as Professor Edward C. Burke

Henry B. Walthall as Sir.James Hamlin

Marceline Day as Lucille Balfour

Percy Williams as Williams, Balfour's Butler

Conrad Nagel as Arthur Hibbs

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Edna Tichenor as Luna, Bat Girl

Edna Tichenor as Luna, Bat Girl

Polly Moran as Miss Smithson, the New Maid

Lon Chaney as Professor Edward C. Burke

Marceline Day as Lucille Balfour

London After Midnight (also marketed as The Hypnotist) is a lost 1927 American silent mystery film with horror overtones directed and co-produced by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, with Marceline Day, Conrad Nagel, Henry B. Walthall, and Polly Moran. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was based on the scenario "The Hypnotist", also written by Browning.

The last copy of the film known to exist was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, along with hundreds of other rare early films. In 2002, Turner Classic Movies aired a reconstructed version, produced by Rick Schmidlin, who used the original script and film stills to recreate the film's original plot. (Wikimedia)