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Tod Browning has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1910s through the 1930s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Dracula.
Recurring themes
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles
Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond, however, is consumed with hatred for those who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton
On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Dir. D.W. Griffith · With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with their investigation.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi
