The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
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| James Cagney | ... | Lon Chaney | |
| Dorothy Malone | ... | Cleva Creighton Chaney | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Hazel Bennet Chaney | |
| Marjorie Rambeau | ... | Gert | |
| 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 | |
| Roger Smith | ... | Creighton Chaney at 21 | |
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Robert Lyden | ... | Creighton Chaney at 13 |
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Rickie Sorensen | ... | Creighton Chaney at 8 |
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Dennis Rush | ... | Creighton Chaney at 4 |
| Nolan Leary | ... | Pa Chaney | |
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Simon Scott | ... | Carl Hastings |
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Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be different. As an actor, he puts that knowledge (together with lots of make-up and talent) to use playing a variety of strange, unusual characters, adopting their characteristics so thoroughly as to be called the Man of a Thousand Faces. Written by Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
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portrait of abraham lincoln | looking at oneself in a mirror | crying woman | sweeping | psychotronic film |Taglines:
Only Two Women Knew The Secret Behind Lon Chaney, The Fabulous Man Of A Thousand Faces! See more »Parents Guide:
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19 November 1957 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Der Mann mit den 1000 Gesichtern See more »Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont (as James Lord Pierpont) (1857)
integrated into soundtrack when Chaney family reunites at Christmas
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James Cagney had previously acted alongside Lon Chaney's son Lon Chaney Jr in A Lion Is In The Streets (1953). See more »Goofs
Lon Chaney Jr was not born in a hospital. He was born in Chaney's cabin in Oklahoma city. See more »Soundtracks
Jingle Bells(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont (as James Lord Pierpont) (1857)
integrated into soundtrack when Chaney family reunites at Christmas
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This picture distinguishes itself from the all-too-familiar reverential and sentimental quasi-biographies of show business legends by emphasizing the complex relationship between Lon Chaney and his first wife, Cleva Creighton, and by treating their problems in an even-handed manner. She emerges as flawed and difficult to deal with - but so does he. Their child is caught in the middle.
The story would be of interest even if it did not concern a famous person. Chaney's career provides a colorful background to an essentially human drama, one which may present its characters too often as one-dimensional prototypes lacking depth or subtlety, but is nevertheless a drama which (except for the maudlin deathbed scene) effectively develops the genuine emotional conflicts at its core. In a solid cast, Dorothy Malone, as Cleva, is most notable.