What can you do with your feet?  In Tod Browning's 1927 silent film, The Unknown, Lon Chaney plays Alonzo, an armless sharpshooter and knife thrower in a Spanish gypsy circus.  Alonzo smokes cigarettes, shoots a rifle, plays guitar, and throws knives with his feet!!! Alonzo's lovely assistant Nanon (Joan Crawford) is the object of his secret affection, but he is not without competition--circus strong man, Malabar, (Norman Kerry) is also in love with Nanon, but it seems she cannot bear to have a man's hands touch her.  This beautiful and macabre film features Chaney in what is arguably the best performance of his career. 

Austin's rulers of wacky symphonic rock, the Invincible Czars, will perform their LIVE original score to this American silent film dressed in traditional gypsy garb!  The band utilizes woodwinds, strings and percussion along with electric guitar, bass and rock drums to create a unique dichotomy of sound that is artistically interesting and fantastically entertaining for audiences of all ages and fans of all music genres. 

General admission tickets are $11 each and available through MPAC's Emerson Ticket Office at 214-544-4630 or on-line at http://www.mckinneyperformingartscenter.org.

 www.invincibleczars.com