Lon Chaney, a monster-movie star? Think again. Modern audiences remember Chaney for his roles in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925). But his Quasimodo and ...

`We didn’t need dialogue, we had faces then,” a contemptuous Gloria Swanson, as faded silent film star Norma Desmond, sneers in “Sunset Boulevard.”Lon Chaney, in fact, had a thousand of ...

While the tribute to Lon Chaney was extensive and tasteful, ("Studying Chaney's Many Faces," Oct. 20), and a commemorative postage stamp was issued a few years ago honoring Lon Chaney (as well as ...

Two of silent-screen and horror icon Lon Chaney's thousand faces can be seen in "The Unknown" (1927) and "West of Zanzibar" (1928), a Cinematheque double feature.

“Gruesome and at times shocking” as well as “anything but a pleasant story,” according to the 1927 New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall, “The Unknown” stars Lon Chaney as Alonzo the ...

Lon Chaney was born in Colorado Springs in 1883. The child of deaf parents and grandson of the founder of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Chaney mastered pantomime at a young age.

Lon Chaney Jr. starred in the original "Wolf Man" movie in 1941. A new "Wolf Man" movie is being released Friday, Jan. 17. Here's a description of the film: ...

A special screening of the classic silent horror film “Phantom of the Opera,” featuring accompaniment by Doug Protsik on old-time piano will be presented by ArtsFarmington at 6 p.m. on Sunday ...

From left, actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Glenn Strange, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." The 1948 film will be screened Friday night at the Omaha ...

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 ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster ...