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.

Apr 23, 2018 Web Exclusive By Matthew Roe. Lon Chaney is arguably one of the most eclectic and multifaceted artists of silent cinema. His renown throughout the world (even to this day) for his ...

“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 bought the film rights for "Hunchback of Notre Dame" in 1921. Also, catch "Ex Libris" and feel the library love at All Saints this weekend.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It was 103 years ago today that Creighton Tull Chaney --who would be ...

Lon Chaney Jr. put his stamp on The Wolf Man in the 1941 movie, then played Frankenstein’s Monster in “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) when Boris Karloff decided to not reprise his earlier ...

Lon Chaney, Jr. was born in Oklahoma City and, thanks to a dunk in Belle Isle Lake, lived long enough to follow in his famous father's footsteps.