Dr. Arthur Lamb
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Robert Sandell (McKee), despondent over his failure as a writer and his mother's declining health, attempts to rob a theatergoer, Dr. Lamb (Lon Chaney), a sinister, fanatical physician living in the suburbs of New York.
SYNOPSIS: Dr. Anthony Lamb has been experimenting with methods for prolonging human life. A half-man, half-ape, lumbers through his house, a victim of his early experiments. In another part of town, Robert Sandell, an unsuccessful writer, is distraught because his mother is ill, and must be seen by a specialist.
Overview. Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings.
With Lon Chaney, Raymond McKee, Virginia True Boardman, Fontaine La Rue. In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan.
- (72)
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Wallace Worsley
- 1922-12-03
A Blind Bargain Robert dearly loved Angela, but alas! Too soon they have to part, for shortly he must leave her to fulfill a blind bargain with a mad genius of surgery!
Brief Synopsis. Lon Chaney performs two roles: Doctor Lamb, a mad surgeon who's doing experiments on human bodies, and his crippled and apish assistant, the result of his first experiment.
Synopsis. Robert dearly loved Angela, but alas! Too soon they have to part, for shortly he must leave her to fulfill a blind bargain with a mad genius of surgery! Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb’s “experiment”, known only as the Ape Man.
