A Blind Bargain (5) extraordinary human puppet show photographs....

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A Blind Bargain (5) extraordinary human puppet show photographs. (Goldwyn, 1922) Collection of (5) vintage original gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. single-weight glossy photographs. These amazing images, depicting the head of Jacqueline Logan with puppet body performing for a puppet audience, represent part of the only surviving visual record of this important early collaboration between Lon Chaney and Hunchback... (1923) director Wallace Worsley, as the last known print of the film was incinerated in the 1965 MGM vault fire that also claimed London After Midnight. Exhibiting some toning, marginal wear, and spot surface loss. Otherwise in good condition.

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