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New Watch - The Unholy Three (1925)

I liked it better than the talkie!! Not gonna update the chart for this one though, cause it's the same character and I'm running out of space lol

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New watch - Mr. Wu (1927)

It's not going on the chart cause it's boring and racist!!! but I sure did watch it :|

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Can confirm, The Unknown:

Bad bastard

Gets no bitches.

He really did make a catastrophic fumble. It didn't have to be this way

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New addition - Tell it to the Marines (1926)

This one was hard cause it doesn't really fit with the other parts he's played so far??? He's literally just a normal guy!! He doesn't even get rejected, he just stops going after her cause he loves his job too much and is like ah well, I won't get in the young guy's way, he's a good kid!! I know this film isn't right in the middle cause where east is east is in the way, but read this as a true neutral lmao

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New addition - Flesh and Blood (1922) + a nicer looking chart

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I've started watching the road to mandalay a few times now but the print and translation are so bad that I don't think it's gonna happen lol it's gonna be such a struggle to sit through

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New addition - The Monster (1925)

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New addition - Where East is East 1929

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Please visit my letterboxd page for an actual list

The chart will be updated periodically as I watch more films. This is the 3rd version I've made, more versions will be posted whenever I run out of space or just want it to look better

The placement rules I've set for myself are as follows -

only lon chaney's characters are being considered

if he plays more than one role in a film any extraneous characters will be disregarded and only the main role will be considered* (only black mike has been ranked in outside the law, his other character is pointless and horrible and I don't want to think about him lmao)

any unknown categories will be sorted based on vibes whenever possible unless too much of the film is lost

*unsure how many this will apply to but we'll find out lol

The categories are as follows -

Poor Little Meow Meow - must be sad and pathetic, mostly likeable 

Bad Bastard - must be nasty, nastiness will trump any sad/pathetic traits if placed in this section 

Gets No Bitches - can have an ex partner/wife/whatever, but must currently be maidenless. dead wives do not count towards not getting bitches

Gets Bitches - this is self explanatory lmao 

Unknown - films will only be placed here if there isn't enough information in the film to make a call. will probs only use this for partially lost films, complete films will be sorted based on vibes if possible

Films watched so far

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

The Penalty (1920)

The Unknown (1927)

Outside the Law (1920)

The Unholy Three (1930)

The Shock (1923)

The Blackbird (1926)

Alas and Alack (1915)

The Ace of Hearts (1921)

Laugh Clown Laugh (1928)

West of Zanzibar (1928)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

Where East is East (1929)

The Monster (1925)

Flesh and Blood (1922)

Tell it to the Marines (1926)

Mr. Wu (1927) excluded from the list for being boring and racist lmao

The Unholy Three (1925)

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