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FASCINATING London After Midnight Home Movie Footage from 1920's!


While desperately looking for possible London After Midnight recreations, I found this gem of a video! For those who are unaware, it's a home video made around 1928 of somebody pretending to be Chaney's vampire. Seeing as the people who made it most definitely saw LAM, it can give us an idea how Chaney's character moved and acted in the film. I think it's fascinating and even creepy!

Link: http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/4505

Year: 1928 Color: Black & White
Genre: HOME MOVIES

Description: HOME MOVIES FROM THE 1920s HORROR HOME MOVIE. COUPLE SIT ON COUCH IN LIVING ROOM SET OUTSIDE. KISS. WOMAN LIES DOWN ON COUCH. VAMPIRE CRAWLS THROUGH WINDOW. BITES WOMAN'S NECK. SCARY. DRACULA, NOSFERATU DISAPPEARS. MAN TRIES TO REVIVE WOMAN. ACTORS BOW. GHOUL. VAMPIRE ACTS UP FOR CAMERA. VAMPIRE IS AN AMATEUR VERSION OF LON CHANEY SR.'S VAMPIRE DISGUISE FROM TOD BROWNING'S LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHICH IS A LOST SILENT HORROR FILM. THIS IS THE ONLY MOVING FOOTAGE OF A MAN THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MAN IN THE BEAVER SKIN HAT! COUPLE DANCES. KICK-LINE WHILE MAN PLAYS UKELELE. ACTING SILLY. MAN SHOOTING RIFLE. DOG IN FIELD. POINTER. HUNTING. CHILDREN. STOP MOTION. SPEEDED UP. TRYING TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY. HORSEBACK RIDING. YOUNG MEN. MONKEY CLEANING KITTEN'S FUR. MONKEY SCRATCHES. WHITE DOVES. MONKEY FALLS. MAN AT WINDOW. SQUIRRELS ON TREE. COLLEGE CAMPUS. PLAYING SOFTBALL. WALKING ON SIDEWALK. TRAIN IN THE STATION. COWS ON FIELD. CHUM, THE DOG ON ROOF. MONKEY PUPPET. LITTLE BOY WAVES. WOMAN FEEDS SQUIRREL. EATS OUT OF HER HAND. PEOPLE GET OUT OF CAR. CHUM, DOG, CHAINED UP. WAVE TO CAMERA. MAN SWEEPS. KISS. MAN TIPS HIS HAT. COMES HOME. BIG KISS AND HUG. GIRLS DANCE. RAGTIME DANCING. FANCY CAR. WILLIAMS COLLEGE. ELAINE AND ANDREW. MARION.


No one in their right mind would ride on a buggy driven by Klaus Kinski.

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I wondered if it was possibly a modern fake, but I don't think it is. According to this thread on Monster Kids Classic Horror Forum: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/2256/London-After-Midnight-20s-silent-amateur-home-movie it was included on the MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY DVD along with some other vintage amateur monster movies.

No one in their right mind would ride on a buggy driven by Klaus Kinski.

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