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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
Oct 24, 2000 · Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces: Directed by Kevin Brownlow. With Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. Ackerman, Michael F. Blake, Teresa Blake. Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.
- (516)
- Documentary, Biography
- Kevin Brownlow
- 2000-10-24
- Chaney’s Childhood and Early Career
- Chaney’s Rise to Fame
- Chaney’s Work with Tod Browning
- Chaney’s Legacy
Born on April 1, 1883, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Leonidas Chaney was one of four children born to deaf parents (his maternal grandparents founded Colorado’s first deaf school in 1874). As a result, Chaney learned how to communicate with his hands and face while growing up, expressing a variety of emotions without ever uttering a single word. A...
Two of Chaney’s best-remembered films are also considered classics of the silent era: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1923) and “Phantom of the Opera” (1925). In both films, Chaney dominates the subject matter and etches a distinctive personality. He was capable of not only repelling audiences with his character’s visage but generating a tremendous ...
Chaney’s collaboration with director Tod Browning was a successful one for both artists. Working together at Universal Studios in 1919, the duo hit their stride while both were under contract to MGM Studios. Browning, a former sideshow performer and vaudevillian, crafted stories that were a combination of the macabre and tragic romance. With Chaney...
When he died at the age of 47, Chaney had acted in more than 150 films and was arguably the most beloved film star of the late 1920s. He was not only a great actor, but he had become an authority on the art of make-up, helping everyone from Will Rogers to Jack Dempsey. He even wrote the ‘make-up’ entry for the 1929 edition of the Encyclopedia Brita...
Man of a Thousand Faces: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau. The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
- (3K)
- Biography, Drama
- Joseph Pevney
- 1957-11-19
Chaney is also the subject of the 2000 documentary feature, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces. The film was produced by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow and narrated by Kenneth Branagh. In the song "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon, both Chaney and his son Lon Chaney Jr are name-called in the last verse. Honors
Lon Chaney built his reputation on stunning transformations into grotesque monsters, but he wasn’t just the Man of a Thousand Faces—he was more like the Man of a Thousand Talents. For example, those who witnessed his performances firsthand said that Chaney was an entertaining comedian, an elegant dancer, and a pretty good singer, too.
Man of a Thousand Faces is a 1957 American dark dramatic film detailing the life of silent film actor Lon Chaney, played by James Cagney . Directed by Joseph Pevney, the film's cast includes Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Jim Backus. Chaney's son is played by Roger Smith, later the star of the television series 77 Sunset Strip, and ...
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Apr 4, 2022 · Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Documentary (2000) (Mastered in 2.0 Stereo - TCM to DVD+R Rip).mp4
- 86 min
- 9.6K
- Dave O'Rorey (Retromaster2000s)
