The Devil-Doll is a 1936 American horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was adapted from the novel Burn Witch Burn! (1932) by Abraham Merritt. It has become a cult film.
The Devil-Doll
Tod Browning was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films, Browning was often cited in the trade press as "the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema."
Browning in 1921
Priscilla Dean, publicity still, Outside the Law (1920)
Outside the Law, lobby poster
The Unholy Three, publicity still. L to R: Ventriloquist dummy, Lon Chaney, Tod Browning.