24 Dec 1925
Battleship Potemkin
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
Mockery
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
Top Billed Cast
Lon Chaney Sergei
Barbara Bedford Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
Ricardo Cortez Dimitri
Emily Fitzroy Mrs. Gaidaroff
Mack Swain Vladimir Gaidaroff
Károly Huszár Ivan
Kai Schmidt Butler
Johnny Mack Brown Russian Officer (uncredited)
Albert Conti Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
Jules Cowles Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)
Frank Leigh Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)
Russ Powell Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)
Bud Rae Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff Cossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited)
Tiny Jones Sam Savitsky
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