Devil Doll robbing the banker's wife
What Mrs Doubtfire was missing: revenge killings with tiny, tiny shivs! Lionel Barrymore plays an escaped prisoner who attempts to clear his name by harassing the men who had him imprisoned. He does this by taking over a scientist's lab and notes on how to shrink people to 1/6th their size, then using his mind to control the otherwise insensible creatures. Oh, and he's dressed like an old French woman! Pretty kooky, but Tod Browning has the ability to string you along through the ridiculous. I don't know what is creepier-- shrunken, immobile French prostitutes or Barrymore's wig sizzling in the fire!
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