The Great Gabbo (1929)

Directors

Erich von Stroheim, James Cruze

Cast

Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Kane

The story

thumb|thumbtime=10|The Great Gabbo (1929) Brilliant ventriloquist Gabbo increasingly uses his dummy "Otto" as his only means of self-expression—an artist driven insane by his work. Gabbo's gimmick is his astonishing ability to make Otto talk—and even sing—while Gabbo himself smokes, drinks, and eats. Gabbo's girlfriend and assistant Mary loves him, but is driven to leave him by his megalomania, superstitions, irritability, and inability to express any human emotion without using Otto as an intermediary.

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