In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan.

Moonlit nitrate flickers, and suddenly 1922 feels like an opened vein. A Blind Bargain—long chained in the vault of lost Chaney oddities—slips through the cracks of public domain, a fever dream stitched from Darwinian dread and Salvation Army sermons. Forget the flappers and jazz; this is the underbelly, the basement...

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" Moonlit nitrate flickers, and suddenly 1922 feels like an opened vein. A Blind Bargain—long chained in the vault of lost Chaney oddities—slips through the cracks of public domain, a fever dream stitched from Darwinian dread and Salvation Army sermons. Forget the flappers and jazz; this is the underbelly, the basement below Prohibition, where medicine and miracle mingle for the price of a mother’s next breath. The Smell of Chloroform and Copper Pennies Director Wallace Worsley shoots Lamb’s c..."
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