id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4576 The Unholy Three (1925 film) - Wikipedia .html text/html 3408 417 81 The Unholy Three is a 1925 American silent crime melodrama involving a trio of circus conmen, directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. The Unholy Three (1925 film) L to R: Victor McLaglen, Harry Earles, Mae Busch, Lon Chaney. At M-G-M he proposed adapting author Tod Robbins' The Unholy Three and Thalberg accommodated Browning by purchasing the rights and enlisting Lon Chaney to play the lead; Chaney may have requested that Browning direct, having worked with him effectively in 1921 on Universal's Outside the Law starring Priscilla Dean.[8] As is common of a Tod Browning film, circus life and unusual bodies play a central role in this movie along with great use of trompe-l'œil optical illusion.[21] Trompe-l'œil is exercised and played with as the illusion of Dr. Echo as "Mrs. O'Grady" and Tweedledee as "Little Willie". And: The Unholy Three "the first film at MGM for both Browning and Chaney." Films directed by Tod Browning Films directed by Tod Browning ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4576.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4576.txt