"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- Harry Warner, of Warner Bros. (1926) Outside The Law Cut out the wacky faux Orientalism, because it has nothing to do with the plot, and you've got an archetype of the classic gangster flicks of the 1930s: danger and double-cross muted by melodrama. Priscilla Dean's charismatic expressiveness (both comic and menacing) carries the film, while Lon Chaney's hammy stereotypical villain nearly derails it. Online: Internet Archive Priscilla Dean: Master Of Mugging And when it comes to mean-mugging, she tops Lon Chaney, hands down. But if it's a Frankenstein you're after, Chaney's your man.