The true story of the life and loves of Lon Chaney!
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and nostalgic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- James CagneyLon Chaney
- Dorothy MaloneCleva Creighton Chaney
- Jane GreerHazel Bennet Chaney
- Marjorie RambeauGert
- Jim BackusClarence Locan
- Robert EvansIrving Thalberg
- Celia LovskyMrs. Chaney
- Jeanne CagneyCarrie Chaney
- Jack AlbertsonDr. J. Wilson Shiels
- Roger SmithCreighton Chaney (at 21)
Crew
- Joseph PevneyDirector
- R. Wright Campbell Screenplay
- Ben RobertsScreenplay
- Ivan GoffScreenplay
- Russell MettyDirector of Photography
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
- Ted J. KentEditor
- Robert ArthurProducer
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