"The Shock(1923, Lon Chaney Sr.)"

I don't really get this movie! I bought it at a used and new book store called "Half Price Books" in Concord, California. I also bought "Shadows(1922)" with it. They were both used DVDs I bought for $5.95 each. They were both Alpha DVDs. The picture quality isn't so hot, but the music scores are wonderful! And I bought them at a great price too.

I just finished watching it and I said to myself "What the heck was that?!". I don't get this movie at all. Did Chaney's wife die in the movie? I remember hearing something about that on the TCM documentary "Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces".

Why were the bad guys and the evil Queen after Chaney in the movie?