USA, 1928
65m
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1
silent, some versions in mono with added musical and effects score, English
An American horror film directed by Tod Browning.
Plot Summary
A magician takes his revenge on the man who paralyzed him.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Tod Browning
© 1928 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Tod Browning’s production. Controlled by Loew’s Incorporated
Distributors: Jury-Metro-Goldwyn, Ltd
Scenario: Elliott Clawson, Waldemar Young
Titles: Joe Farnham
Based on the Stage Play ‘Kongo’ by: Chester M. De Vonde, Kilbourne Gordon
Photography: Percy Hilburn
Film Editor: Harry Reynolds
Wardrobe: David Cox
Settings: Cedric Gibbons, Richard Day
Cast
Lon Chaney (Phroso)
Lionel Barrymore (Crane)
Mary Nolan (Maizie)
Warner Baxter (Doc)
Jacqueline Gadsdon (Anna)
Roscoe Ward (Tiny)
Kalla Pasha (Babe)
Curtis Nero (Bumbu)
Alternative Titles
À l’ouest de Zanzibar – France
Das Gesetz des Kongo – Austria
Gharb e Zanzibar – Iran
Más allá de Zanzíbar – Argentina
Mas Alla De Zanzibar – Colombia
No Oeste de Zanzibar – Brazil
Oog om oog – Belgium (Flemish)
Los pantanos de Zanzíbar – Spain
Em Plena Selva – Portugal
Por és hamu – Hungary
La serpe di Zanzibar – Italy
Le talion – Belgium (French), France
Vest for Zanzibar – Denmark
Na zachód od Zanzibaru – Poland
Zanzibártól nyugatra – Hungary
Δυτικά της Ζανζιβάρης – Greece
Ο λευκός μάγος – Greece
Запад Занзибара – Russia
ザンジバルの西 – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
Kongo (1932)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Tod Browning and Lon Chaney (2000)
References
Periodicals
- The Bioscope vol.81 n1208 27 November 1929) p.32
- Close-up vol.5 no.2 (August 1929)
- Photon no.23 (1973) pp.36-45 – illustrated credits, synopsis (Tod Browning – a filmography by Bill Nelson)
Books
- American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 by John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella with Steve Joyce and Harry H. Long p.627 – credits, article
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) pp.40-41
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson pp.22, 63 – notes
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.9-10; 12
- Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896-1929 by Roy Kinnard pp.221-224
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.534
- Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films 1928-1936 by Michael R. Pitts
