London After Midnight

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London After Midnight is a 1927 American silent mystery horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. The film featured Marceline Day, Conrad Nagel, Henry B. Walthall, and Polly Moran, with cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad and set design by Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was written by Waldemar Young based on Browning's original story titled "The Hypnotist." The production cost $152,000 and grossed $1 million at the box office. The film became historically significant as a lost work after the last known copy was destroyed during the 1965 MGM vault fire, making it one of the most sought-after lost silent films. In 2002, Turner Classic Movies aired a reconstructed version produced by Rick Schmidlin, utilizing the original script and film stills to recreate the plot. Director Browning later remade the film as a sound picture in 1935 titled Mark of the Vampire, which starred Bela Lugosi.