Título: Tod Browning
Seção: Silent feature films
Background: Browning was born as Charles Albert Browning, Jr., in Louisville, Kentucky, the second son of Charles Albert and Lydia Browning, and the nephew of baseball star Pete Browning. As a young boy, he put on amateur plays in his backyard. He was fascinated by the circus and carnival life, and at the age of 16 he ran away from his well-to-do family to become a performer. Changing his name to "Tod", he traveled extensively with sideshows, carnivals, and circuses.

Conteúdo: Browning's feature film debut was Jim Bludso (1917), about a riverboat captain who sacrifices himself to save his passengers from a fire. It was well received.  Browning moved back to New York in 1917. He directed two films for Metro Studios, Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp and The Jury of Fate. Both starred Mabel Taliaferro, the latter in a dual role achieved with double exposure techniques that were groundbreaking for the time. He moved back to California in 1918 and produced two more films for Metro, The Eyes of Mystery and Revenge.  In the spring of 1918 he left Metro and joined Bluebird Productions, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, where he met Irving Thalberg. Thalberg paired Browning with Lon Chaney for the first time for the film The Wicked Darling (1919), a melodrama in which Chaney played a thief who forces a poor girl (Priscilla Dean) from the slums into a life of crime and possibly prostitution. Browning and Chaney would ultimately make ten films together over the next decade.  The death of his father sent Browning into a depression that led to alcoholism. He was laid off by Universal and his wife left him. However, he recovered, reconciled with his wife, and got a one-picture contract with Goldwyn Pictures. The film he produced for Goldwyn, The Day of Faith, was a moderate success, putting his career back on track.  Thalberg reunited Browning with Lon Chaney for The Unholy Three (1925), the story of three circus performers who concoct a scheme to use disguises to 

user: In what films did Browning appear?

assistant: Browning's feature film debut was Jim Bludso (1917), about a riverboat captain who sacrifices himself to save his passengers from a fire. It was well received.

user: Who else appeared on this film or who else contributed?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What other films was he a part of?

assistant: He directed two films for Metro Studios, Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp and The Jury of Fate.

user: What other studios did he work for?

assistant: he left Metro and joined Bluebird Productions, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, where he met Irving Thalberg.

user: Did he work with Irving Thalberg on other films later on?

assistant: Thalberg paired Browning with Lon Chaney for the first time for the film The Wicked Darling (1919),

user: How did The Wicked Darling go? was it a success?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Is there anything else interesting about Browning?

assistant: The death of his father sent Browning into a depression that led to alcoholism. He was laid off by Universal and his wife left him.

user: Did he get through this slump?

assistant: reconciled with his wife, and got a one-picture contract with Goldwyn Pictures. The film he produced for Goldwyn, The Day of Faith, was a moderate success, putting his career back