Based on the novel: The penalty / by Gouverneur Morris.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920.
Special features: "Notes on 'The penalty'" (essay by Chaney biographer Michael F. Blake, 13 p.); "By the sun rays" (1914, 11 min.), short film starring Chaney; gallery of photographs and artwork from the film; "Lon Chaney's secrets revealed", a video tour of Lon Chaney's makeup case, costumes, and props (9 min.); "The Penalty : novel, script to screen" essay; trailer for "The big city", starring Chaney (1 min.); trailer for "While the city sleeps", starring Chaney (1 min.); official budget report for the film; only known surviving footage of "The miracle man", starring Chaney (3 min.); scene comparison (between novel, screenplay & film).
Photographed by Donovan D. Short ; music composed and performed by Michael Polher.
Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Charles Clary.
DVD, NTSC.
"Licensed only for private home use"--Container.
Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
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