The Monster (1925 film)

thumb The Monster is a 1925 film about a clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigating some strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium. Directed by Roland West. Written by Willard Mack, Roland West, and Albert Kenyon, based on the play by Crane Wilbur. You'll Guess! You'll Gasp! You'll love it!  (taglines) Dr. Ziska Rigo, a patient - I keep him in a trance. Sometimes he gets out - does terrible things. A strange case - but I deal in strange cases! I have only one guest chamber - but no doubt we can make the gentlemen comfortable. Caliban - see that the guests have the USUAL attention! My servant - don't allow him to frighten you - the poor creature is dumb! Doctor Edwards I am Dr. Edwards - the owner of this sanitarium. We were overpowered and imprisoned here by my patients. Our lives are in constant peril. Ziska, who was once a famous surgeon, controls the others...Caliban imagines he's Ziska's slave - Rigo is dangerous, while Dan is quite harmless ... They must have built those devilish traps and devices after they imprisoned us. Betty Watson I've found a hidden passage - - it goes straight down into the dark! Dialogue Betty Watson: How can I ever be worthy of a wonderful man like you? Johnny Goodlittle: Use your ingenuity. Dr. Ziska: I am Dr. Ziska - In the absence of Dr. Edwards I am in charge here. Amos Rugg: We met with an accident and would like to use your phone. Dr. Ziska: I'm sorry, I have no telephone. But I can't permit you to leave the house on so wild a night. Johnny Goodlittle: Doctor, shall we see you in the morning? Dr. Ziska: Who knows if I will ever see the morning? Taglines A mystery thriller and a love adventure. The romance of a boy and a girl in a mansion of hidden motives. A film you'll want to see all over again. You'll Guess! You'll Gasp! You'll love it! Cast Lon Chaney — Gustave Ziska Johnny Arthur — Johnny Goodlittle Gertrude Olmstead — Betty Watson Hallam Cooley — Amos Rugg Charles Sellon — Russ Mason Walter James — Caliban Knute Erickson — Daffy Dan George Austin — Rigo Edward McWade — Luke Watson Ethel Wales — Mrs Watson Herbert Prior — Doctor Edwards Matthew Betz — Detective Jennings External links 0016123 The Monster Category:Comedy horror films Category:Films based on plays Category:Films set in psychiatric hospitals Category:Haunted house films Category:Silent films Category:1925 American films Category:English-language science fiction horror films Category:Films about abduction Category:Films directed by Roland West