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Overview
Release Date:
October 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
Only Two Women Knew The Secret Behind Lon Chaney, The Fabulous Man Of A Thousand Faces!Plot:
Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be different... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
great old movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Cagney | ... | Lon Chaney | |
| Dorothy Malone | ... | Cleva Creighton Chaney | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Hazel Bennett Chaney | |
| Marjorie Rambeau | ... | Gert a movie extra | |
| Jim Backus | ... | Clarence Locan | |
| Robert Evans | ... | Irving Thalberg (as Robert J. Evans) | |
| Celia Lovsky | ... | Mrs. Chaney | |
| Jeanne Cagney | ... | Carrie Chaney | |
| Jack Albertson | ... | Dr. J. Wilson Shields | |
| Nolan Leary | ... | Pa Chaney | |
| Roger Smith | ... | Creighton Chaney at 21 | |
| Robert Lyden | ... | Creighton Chaney at 13 | |
| Rickie Sorensen | ... | Creighton Chaney at 8 | |
| Dennis Rush | ... | Creighton Chaney at 4 | |
| Simon Scott | ... | Carl Hastings |
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122 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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This film starring James Cagney as Lon Chaney shows Chaney making a scene in The Miracle Man (1919). That film was based on a novel by Frank L. Packard and its stage adaptation by George M. Cohan, who acted in it himself (not in the same part as Chaney, though). And in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Cagney had played Cohan. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: This movie's depiction of Chaney's makeup for "Phantom of the Opera" is very misleading. The movie's version shows Chaney's face unrecognizable and nearly immobile behind elaborate full latex appliances. Chaney was actually proud of his ability to distort his appearance using only a minimum of makeup - in this case basically thin wires in his nose and around his eyes, false teeth and dark paint around his eyes and nostrils. moreFAQ
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I liked the movie because I love the actors in it. I think this movie represents true acting. In the early days of movies they didn't have all those special effects that movies today rely upon. Given the method of filming available at the time, the movie is outstanding. Watching the characters, knowing they are using all the acting skills they have available, makes me feel that many actors today couldn't compare.