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1923 Feature
The Shock
Directed by Lambert Hillyer → • Production: Universal Pictures
The Shock is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lon Chaney as a disabled man named Wilse Dilling. The film was written by Arthur Statter and Charles Kenyon, based on a magazine story by William Dudley Pelley. This is one of the rare Lon Chaney films in which his character ends up with the female "love interest." The film is readily available on DVD.
Runtime
64 minutes
Aspect Ratio
4:3 Academy (Pillarbox)
Archival Copies
1 Vault Holding(s)
Classification
Pre-1929 Statutory
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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance
First published in 1923 (prior to January 1, 1929). Under United States copyright statute (17 U.S.C. § 304(b)), copyright protection has conclusively expired by operation of law. This motion picture has permanently entered the US Public Domain and is free from copyright restriction.