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Jan 1, 1997 · Makeup artist Michael Blake is the leading authority on the life and career of Lon Chaney, having doggedly researched Chaney's notoriously difficult-to-investigate story since the early 1970s. Blake's book is by far the most complete and accurate documentation of Chaney's colorful life and film career, and is highly recommended.
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Before the screams of sound filled theaters, Lon Chaney...
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Book Description. Editorial Reviews. On April 22, 1948,...
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Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. [1]
Oct 6, 2020 · Lon Chaney Speaks more than ninety years after his death in this excellent graphic novel biography. Lon Chaney was famous for his ability to turn himself into completely different looking, and scary, monsters. Everyone knows his iconic Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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“I’m a lifelong fan of 1920s films, and so this book is a dream come true: a thoroughly researched, lively, empathic biography of a screen icon who haunted my childhood. Lon Chaney was wholly devoted to—immersed in and perhaps engulfed by—his art.
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Jan 25, 1995 · In this biography you'll read about his beginnings, the man of musical comedies, love and heartbreak, his apprenticeship in the movies, The Bell Ringer of Notre Dame, him being a star in MGM heaven (Phantom of the Opera), the master of make-up, the fact that there is no Lon Chaney between pictures, a chronology and a film reference list.