Lon Chaney collection
(DVD) 

Laugh, clown, laugh based on the play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing.

The unknown based on the novel "K" by Mary Roberts Rinehart.

Special features: introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne; audio commentaries by Chaney biographer Michael F. Blake; photo/memorabilia galleries; profiles of TCM Young Film Composers competition winners.

[The ace of hearts] Director of photography, Don Short ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; music, Vivek Maddala (2002). [Laugh, clown, laugh] Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editor, Marie Halvey ; music, H. Scott Salinas (2002). [The unknown] Director of photography, Merritt B. Gerstad ; editor, Harry Reynolds, Errol Taggart.

[The ace of hearts] Lon Chaney, Joy Leatrice, John Bowers. [Laugh, Clown, Laugh] Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young. [The unknown] Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford.

Ace of Hearts (75 min.): A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society become even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.

Laugh, clown, laugh (73 min.): A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.

The unknown (63 min.): Alonzo is an armless knife thrower and marksman for a circus, but he's hiding a secret that will lead to murder and betrayal.

Lon Chaney : a thousand faces (85 min.): Definitive screen biography of Chaney's life and career, including rare footage, archival photos and insightful commentary from costars and historians.

London after midnight (47 min.): Photo reconstruction of the lost 1927 film starring Chaney, directed by Tod Browning.

Not rated.

DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital surround stereo.; dual layer.

Silent films with English intertitles and musical acc.; optional subtitles in French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English.