| | The Bells by Lionel Barrymore, Gustav Von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke, Lorimer Johnston, Eddie Phillips, James Young, Alexandre Chatrian, Emile Erckmann, Leopold Lewis, L. William O'connell, I.E. Chadwick, directed by James Young, René Clair Dvd, Published 2000 by Image Entertainment Multiple Formats, Black & White, Ntsc, Silent ISBN-13: , ISBN:
"Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem. A classic American horror film that combines elements of the traditional ghost story, Poe and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." "The Bells" (1926, 68 min.) follows an ambitious innkeeper (Lionel Barrymore) on a downward trajectory into insanity after murdering a wealthy traveler to settle his debts. Though he is not suspected of the crime, the innkeeper is haunted by a hypnotist in a traveling carnival ( ..."
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