The Blackbird

The Blackbird
Directed by	Tod Browning
Written by	Waldemar Young Joseph Farnham (titles)
Story by	Tod Browning
Produced by	Irving G. Thalberg
Starring	Lon Chaney Owen Moore Renée Adorée Owen Moore
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn [fr]
Edited by	Errol Taggart Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 11, 1926 (1926-01-11)
Running time	77 minutes (7 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Blackbird is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning^[1] and starring Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Waldemar Young, based on a story "The Mockingbird" by Tod Browning (which was originally supposed to be the film's title). Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie handled the set design. Makeup man Cecil Holland also played one of the old men living at the mission. Character actors Eddie Sturgis and Willie Fung appeared in several other Lon Chaney movies during this time period. The film took 31 days to shoot at a cost of $166,000. The tagline was "Lon Chaney in his successor to The Unholy Three". Stills on the internet shows Chaney in his dual role.^[2] In April 2012, the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection.