London After Midnight

[KriegDerSterne77]

Sideshow Silver Screen 1/6 scale figure London After Midnight

YOU ANIMATED IT!

[DrTheda735]

I have the Sideshow figure here and it does look like stop motion of the figure ... right hand is even in the same position... too bad I thought this clip was real the Doctor

[TwinDragons310]

This is pretty spooky! I like it. Thank you for sharing with your fellow fans. ^_^

[Azicoco]

I wonder what the value would be on something this rare if it was found, i bet a few people own this but know its value will increase over time OR they just want to protect it

[ohfilms1]

hoax fake for get it

[TheTitanic4]

you should take this video off, dude, people are going to think your stupid.

[xxEvilOrgasmxx]

fake its the a toy

[MatthewandMario]

how did you post this on youtube because this is valuble

[irinayugiohfan]

I want to watch this movie... :((((

[Treyskywalker77]

you just rock for that! Thnx! I subbed!

[xquickstrykex]

The film has got to be somewhere on this planet, at least one left sitting in an old trunk in some 90 year old ladies house...has to be.

[1909Titanic1912]

@xquickstrykex it has to be somewhere but im possitive in 1927 you couldn't go to the store and buy a VHS/DVD so for all we know, its lost

[1909Titanic1912]

@xquickstrykex but i understand you're thought

[xquickstrykex]

@1909Titanic1912 I always have a shimmer of hope for these sorts of things...

[1909Titanic1912]

@xquickstrykex i know what you mean, hopefully we find it, you dont know how much i would pay to see the movie (wow im desperate)

[clevelandsteamer1000]

This film is rumored to have the full reel in possession of a collector residing in Canada. Understandably he wants the film untouched for obvious reasons..not for money, but for pure cinematic legacy....weather or not this is true is up for debate, but i believe that the mystery of this film should remain in tact as not only a tribute to Lon Cheyney, but as a sort of "Holy Grail" to all horror fans (my favorite film of all time is THE SHINING (1980)

[CutandPrintFilms]

I wish I saw the movie :(

[LaffinPumpkin]

well i want to own the figure he used in this video cause im a big monster movie fan and honestly dude...make it more beliveable next time

[SylentPhantom]

Cute.

[horrorstudieo]

it's a fake you can tell it's atoy because the vampire has black hair not white plus is's a toy

[bioo80]

I have this on 16mm Film

[texas1701]

Care to make a digital copy and send it to me?

[millergamer]

@texas1701 no but I am selling it on Ebay for 2000 Bucks. BTW thats a pretty good deal because this is Chaneys best film.

[bioo80]

@bioo80 too bad i don't have any thing to watch it. HELP ME!

[FatSealVideos]

@bioo80 damn, wonder how much you'd get paid to sell that to universal

[Thisismytrollingface]

@bioo80 if this is true...which I doubt - you must show the world.

[icjburke]

@bioo80 the whole movie?

[CHAOSin8bits]

@bioo80 man, if you wern't joking, i would give you 10000 dollarx

[MrFirthguy]

@bioo80 hy did ya know that the channel cinemassecre is looking for a copy of this movie but if you made a copy it be better to send t to james nintendo nerd channel it is the name of the channel.

[cincodoggy]

@bioo80 how much do you want for it?

[firerock2245]

@bioo80 i want u to make me a digital copy and give it to me

[Lynchdontlikeme]

@bioo80

No you don't !!!!

[SonicTheAk]

@bioo80 WHY DONT YOU REALSE IT THIS IS FUCKIN RARE

[KriegDerSterne77]

@bioo80 yes and my mother is Queen Elizabeth...

[lament74]

@bioo80 excuse me , but is impossibble to belive withouth scenes

[horaciosi]

looks like stop motion

[NaturalPassion96]

how did you make the fuzzy camea effect?

[BlueRibbonWinner]

Sideshow Sliver Screen 1/6 scale figure London After Midnight- Nice try ,I have this figure, with the 28 points of articulation.

[truefreak131]

yup lol

[MonsterRevival]

It looks more like the Zombo character from the Munsters.

[tornmask]

@MonsterRevival : dat waz a "Great" episode!..lol!

[tornmask]

Now dat was a Great movie!..too bad the film was lost in HORROR!..but there was a similar film like this one with "Bela Lugosi" acting the part of a Vampire! can't remember the name of the film but it was funny towards the very end!

[themovieguy364]

You mean Dracula? That's pretty hard for a person not to remember. Plus the only thing this and that have in common is they came from the same director Tod Browning.

[tornmask]

@themovieguy364 : duh!..i know who the Count is!..but 4give me fer repeat'n myself again, da movie had nutt'n 2 do w/ Drac..it was an up dated version w/ Mr. Bela as a Vamp like the one above us..sorry 4 not do'n my homework, but i'll will get the "title" soon..til we meet again..oh!..& thx fer respond'n! =o]

[MrWesdotcom]

@themovieguy364 He's actually speaking of MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, not DRACULA

[themovieguy364]

@MrWesdotcom

Yeah I figured that out some time ago. It's been what a year since I made that last post?

[texas1701]

Mark of the vampire

[MFPhoto1]

@tornmask

Actually, London After Midnight got bad reviews and a poor audience reception. Still it would be an interesting film to watch should a complete print ever be discovered.

[tornmask]

@MFPhoto1 : i hope someday in this life of ours!..it would be very interesting! =0l

[MFPhoto1]

@tornmask I check out another video here that had the same clip. It seems that this clip is a forgery.  Looking at it again, I notice the character's moves are not quite right. According to one description, Chaney as the “vampire,” moved and walked in a hunched position. One person describe it as looking like Groucho Marx.

[MrWesdotcom]

@MFPhoto1 Yeah, Forrest Ackerman believes that Groucho copied Chaney from this film with his half crouch walk. I have my doubts about it personally, however it is possible. Unless there's any proof of Groucho's half crouch before this film was released, then it is a possible theory.

[MFPhoto1]

@MrWesdotcom

London After Midnight was released in 1927. The Marx Brothers were already established Vaudeville stars and making their mark on Broadway at that time. They already had their established characters as well. So I would say there are more than a few doubts to Forrest Ackerman's theory.

[MrWesdotcom]

@MFPhoto1 Yeah, it's an interesting theory, but very unlikely. Heck, we don't even know how closely Chaney's walk in the film resembled Groucho's. All we have to go by are still photos. And like you said Groucho had probably established his trademark walk by that point.

[MFPhoto1]

@MrWesdotcom  The description of Chaney's walk came from a critic who had seen the film. Either he was going from memory when the movie was first released, or at some time a surviving clip did exist. Let me just close out the discussion by saying that it would be more likely that Cheney caught one of the Marx Brothers' stage shows and stole the walk from Groucho. The brothers were headliners by the mid-1920's, so I find it quite likely Cheney would have seen them live.

[MrWesdotcom]

@MFPhoto1 Yeah, that's an interesting theory. It is quite possible that Chaney could've seen them. Well no matter what the answer is, whether or not one stole from the other, both Chaney and Groucho were masters ahead of their time.

[MrWesdotcom]

@tornmask I know I'm responding quite late to this, so you may already remember the title, but the Lugosi film you're referring to is MARK OF THE VAMPIRE. It was directed by Tod Browning(director of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT and DRACULA). As you probably know, it's a remake of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, although Chaney's character was split into three parts. The vampire(Lugosi), the hypnotist(Lionel Barrymore) and the police inspector(Lionel Atwill).

[tornmask]

@MrWesdotcom : there's an old saying..better late than never..thx 4 the info! =0)

[MrWesdotcom]

@tornmask Sure thing!

[jerryaltman]

There is no surviving print to date.

That' all internet bullshit.

[texas1701]

It was not my intent to deceive. It was after I posted this video that I learned of the deception. I kept it up hear as a curiosity.

[Oallright]

@texas1701 Is there not even a picture of this movie?

[DaCEric2121]

@jerryaltman i have a feeling there is a survivng print, it just hasnt been found. your gonna tell me in 40 years the only reel of it was in a fire? and it was in england? cmon there has to be another one

[Roxxy1987]

@jerryaltman this is bullsh*t thats the sideshow figure just filmed with stop motion animation

[1337wuzty1337]

@Roxxy1987 no all cameras in the 1910-1930 did that

[MsTammyjo777]

Last thing, the " LOST" footage looks fake becouse it just so banged up!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about it.. It was lost in the 50s.. Okay that's 60 years old, and it was made in 1927!!!! I'm not in the mood for math right now, but... Yeah, THAT IS A LONG TIME!!!!!

[AAA4509]

Sorry, this is not any "lost footage", this is fake footage using stop motion with a Chaney toy figure, just like another poster mentioned.

[thEannoyingE]

actually it was lost in the late sixties, (vault fire)

[MsTammyjo777]

Okay, my proof, look up Londen After Midnight Review... It's by Phantomreviews... This guy has lots of info of how it was lost and stuff...

[MsTammyjo777]

NO!!! It is NOT fake!!!!! Trust me, it is the real deal, look up the londen after midnight review by phantomreviews

[gusisgr]

FAKE This is stop motion done with a 12 inch figure!

[shaqpickle]

thats chaney alright. i recognize the face. where did you get this clip?

[Plan911FrmOuterSpace]

Hmm... there is the home movie reel shot around 1929 of a guy as the LOM Vampire, can be found on Monsters Crash the Pajama Party.

[Treyskywalker77]

Lon Chaney is the best!

[Tecun85]

What a disgraceful shame that such movie, like many others, was lost. But I guess the fact that its lost makes London After Midnight such a mystery and so hauntingly alluring

[fullblowngenius]

Read George Butler's HORROR IN THE CINEMA (out of print probably, but look around for it---paperback...)

[MrWesdotcom]

Yeah, that isn't Chaney. He moves like King Kong did. This is a nice video though.

[4thtroika]

It's still good!

[texas1701]

who?

[Drac39]

Yeah sadly none of London After Midnight survives no matter how many people want that Rick Baker clip to be footage

[LeonidasChaney]

This is actually a clip made by monster magic maker RICK BAKER!

[ringwormsnowy]

@LeonidasChaney sorry but Rick Baker is no monster magic maker. he just employs people with more talent than himself and puts his name to it. even on the new wolfman movie 90% of his work had to be cut out and redone by a small British company which does the work for Doctor who. they went uncredited as the studio could not market the film in America without Bakers name on it! how do i know this? i was working thereat the time.

[ghastlygah]

@ringwormsnowy sorry but Rick Baker IS a monster maker. Do you really believe that any FX artist does it on their own anymore? This is the case with any Fx shop/artist you can think of, ALL OF THEM. Dont get me wrong, I think artists who do the work should get the credit. And this is coming from another SFX artist (nowhere near the level of Stan Winston, Rick Baker, Lon Chaney, Dick smith, or any of those greats, but I do what I can)

[texas1701]

Oh well. Its still neat to look at

[EmilyGreene1984]

This is actually a home movie made from the "London After Midnight" doll and special effects. You can tell its not Chaney when you compare the footage of him from the film and the doll.