london after midnight be without a doubt the most sought after lose film in history . so badly do we want to see the man in the beaver hat have motion that tcm make this reconstruction that give a loose idea of what the plot be like . this reconstruction give u more or less a taste of what this picture might have look like on the screen but i think tcm fail to understand the allure of london after midnight . most chaney fan accept the fact that london after midnight receive poor to lukewarm review but chaney make up and characterization through the photo we have leave have leave u fascinate . the chaney fan in me want the much well film the miracle man to be find but the kid in me want london after midnight . this make up be some of the best in film history and i argue that the vampire in london after midnight be chaney finest make up and the picture hasn not be see by mainstream audience in 80 year . i can tell that the best people be involve with this reconstruction of the picture and that they mean well but inevitably people will be disappoint . london after midnight without action be exactly what it have be all along and lifeless . the fact that all we have leave be these still photograph doesn not quench our thirst in the least bit and it make u even thirsty . i know lon chaney characterization and performance must have be fascinate and when we see that outstanding make up in a narrative fashion we want to see it move with life . brown sense of the macabre and the atmosphere of terror be all too ingrain in what we have leave . the finished product . it actually watchable and i know a lot of people complain about reconstruction but i think this one be okay . the narrative be pretty much intact even when they have trouble finding image for scene . the crew even give u some seldom see photo which show the support cast give some interesting interpretation of their character . my favorite thing about this production be the score which be outstanding and very dark and foreboding and much like what this film probably be score with in the 1920 . a for the plot and i will put my money that many people would be disappoint if london after midnight be find because they do not grasp the plot . tod borwning 1935 remake mark of the vampire be in essence a faithful remake and it have be pan for it fake vampire . chaney play a scottland yard detective name burke who use hypnosis and fear to try to find the murderer of roger balfour . burke be in fact the vampire who haunt the balfour mansion and he plan to scare the killer into a confession . not many people like the plot after read it and see this reconstruction and i do . chaney be play something he seldom get to play and a smart man and a hero at that . be the plot a little far fetch . undoubtedly so but this be tod browning we be talk about here with lon chaney in the lead role . with the atmosphere and a great performance by chaney i have no doubt that this film could have be good even great . the loss of london after midnight be all the more tragic because it be the crucial representation of how badly the studio take care of their film in the early day of motion picture . lon chaney be without a doubt one of the best actor who ever live and yet less than 50 % of his filmography be leave to judge him with . if you want london after midnight to be find donate to film preservation program . i hope and pray that london after midnight be find in some dusty old attic one day but until then this be what we have and i applaud tcm for try to satisfy the fan who mourn the loss of burnt nitrate from mgm while s vault 7 .