Silents, Please! STL presented a double feature of films by Tod Browning, film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer.

THE BLACKBIRD

The Blackbird (Lon Chaney) is a bishop by day, but a world-class thief after nightfall. When he develops feelings for a sultry singer named Fifi Lorraine (Renée Adorée), he will stop at nothing to steal a diamond necklace that she covets. Unfortunately for him, West End Bertie (Owen Moore) has the same idea and beats him to the punch, stealing the jewels and the dame's heart. But The Blackbird won't give up without a fight -- and it threatens to reveal his other persona.

THE SHOW

A Hungarian carnival troupe follows a young girl who reforms a tearaway after her old suitor tried to kill him with a poisonous lizard.