SUTS Day 3: Lon Chaney, Sr.

Movie lineup (all times in EST):

6:00AM The Penalty (1920)

7:45AM The Monster (1925)

9:15M Oliver Twist (1922)

*Daily Cinema: 10:45AM The Blackbird (1926)*

12:30PM The Ace of Hearts (1921)

*Previous TNT Alert! 2:00PM The Unknown (1927)*

3:00PM Mr. Wu (1927)

4:45PM Unholy Three (1925)

6:30PM He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

8:00PM Phantom of the Opera (1925)

9:45PM Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

11:15PM Tell It to the Marines (1926)

1:15AM West of Zanzibar (1928)

2:45AM Where East is East (1929)

4:15AM The Unholy Three (1930)

Daily Cinema: The Blackbird (1926)

I don't often get the chance to feature silent films for SUTS but I got to choose one today. The Blackbird stars Lon Chaney as a kind-hearted bishop who is well-respected among his congregation, but doubles by night as a thief called The Blackbird. He sets his sights on a woman and in order to steal her (see what I did there lol.....ugh. I'll see myself out) away from a man who's also interested in her, he uses his daytime persona as a priest to expose the other man as a fraud. His goal is to use both of his personas to get the girl and remain undetected, but I can imagine this becomes difficult to impossible with his ex-wife in the same area. 

If you watch The Blackbird today, don't forget to use the tag #atvdailycinema while you're online so I can see what you think about the film. If you watch any of the other films and would like to converse with others participating in SUTS, use the tag #SummerUnderTheStars. See you tomorrow!