Who's the dummy?

Erich von Stroheim

The Austrian actor played a ventriloquist in 1929’s ‘‘The Great Gabbo.’’ In the film, von Stroheim goes crazy as he starts to rely more and more on his puppet, Otto.
(Michael Hardy, Globe Correspondent)
Erich von Stroheim The Austrian actor played a ventriloquist in 1929’s ‘‘The Great Gabbo.’’ In the film, von Stroheim goes crazy as he starts to rely more and more on his puppet, Otto.