Alonzo is shocked and horrified, first laughing hysterically, then crying, as he realizes he has cut off his arms for nothing. When Alonzo (now truly armless) returns to Nanon, she excitedly tells him that she and Malabar are getting married. While he is away, however, Malabar's persistent love finally enables Nanon to overcome her phobia of arms, and she agrees to marry him. He blackmails a surgeon into amputating his arms. He takes extreme measures to try to win the woman he loves. When the circus leaves town, Alonzo has Nanon remain behind with him. Since Alonzo is believed to be armless, he is not a suspect. A flash of lightning reveals that her father's killer has a double thumb on his left hand, but she cannot see the killer's face. Nanon witnesses this through a window, but her view is partially blocked. When Antonio Zanzi, the circus's owner and Nanon's father, discovers Alonzo's secret, Alonzo strangles him with his bare hands outside of his circus wagon. If she holds him too tightly, she might feel his arms. When she embraces and kisses him one day, he is given hope, but Cojo warns him that he cannot let it happen again. She only feels comfortable around the armless Alonzo, because she doesn't feel threatened by him. Malabar, the circus strongman, is devoted to her as well, but she has a strong fear of men's arms and cannot stand being pawed by them, so she shuns him. Alonzo's left hand has a double thumb, which would readily identify him as the perpetrator of various crimes from his past.Īlonzo is secretly in love with Nanon.
He actually has arms, but keeps them tightly strapped to his torso, a secret known only to his midget friend Cojo. However, he is an impostor and a fugitive from the law. "Alonzo the Armless" is a circus freak who uses his feet to toss knives and fire a rifle at his partner, Nanon. Lon Chaney as "Alonzo the Armless" with "Cojo" ( John George on palm of hand.)
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