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	Lon Chaney, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lon Chaney was born Leonidas Frank Chaney to deaf parents Frank Chaney (who was of English and French descent) and Emma Kennedy (an Irish-American).
		Chaney is chiefly remembered as a pioneer in such horror films as (the silent versions of) The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
		Lon Chaney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, he was honored with his image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lon_Chaney,_Sr. (236 words)

	Skullduggery-Lon Chaney Sr.
		Lon Chaney made almost 150 films during his career, creating some of the screen's most intricate, macabre, and memorable characters for all time - without a single word heard by the audience.
		Lon Chaney was very articulate, both mentally and physically; able to pick up the latest dance routines and steps, like buck and wing, tap, soft-shoe, and more.
		Chaney would often be seen walking away from these places with his overcoat pockets bulging from wrapped cheese, meat, and bread - after filling up on a large meal himself.
	www.laughingsage.com /macabrefiles/Fpg_1000faces1.htm (1155 words)

	LON CHANEY
		Chaney was also acclaimed for straight performances in Tell It to the Marines (1927), While the City Sleeps (1928), and Thunder (1929).
		Chaney had immense talent and the good fortune to work with the premier directors of the day, even early in his film career.
		Lon Chaney was the king of the mount in Hollywood, and would have risen to higher gargoyles if he had not succumbed to bronchial cancer in 1930 by the age of 47.
	www.angelfire.com /tx3/Jennifer1/lon_chaney.html (859 words)

	© Lon Chaney - Man of a Thousand Faces, Silent Film Actor - goldensilents.com
		Lon Chaney's greatest success came in two dramatic roles, "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" (1924) with Patsy Ruth Miller, and "The Phantom Of The Opera" (1925), opposite lovely Mary Philbin.
		Lon Chaney as Erik with Mary Philbin in "Phantom of the Opera" (1925)
		Lon Chaney with Patsy Ruth Miller in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923)
	www.goldensilents.com /stars/lonchaney.html (654 words)

	Skullduggery-Lon Chaney Sr.
		Lon Chaney was among the last few big stars who held out from making the transition to sound films.
		Chaney was making a study of sound recording techniques with the same intensity and discipline that he'd previously applied when studying the intricacies of physical and facial make-up.
		Lon Chaney as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1922)
	www.laughingsage.com /macabrefiles/Fpg_1000faces3.htm (946 words)

	American Masters . Lon Chaney \| PBS
		For Lon Chaney, the art of acting was the art of continual transformation, and it came from a desire to become someone else, to leave his own skin and enter another's.
		Chaney carefully recreated the details of the Phantom's face (described as a living skull) onto his own by using several tricks of the makeup trade.
		Chaney was very press-shy, making a rare attendance at a movie premiere, granting few interviews, and often claiming that "between pictures, there is no Lon Chaney." Mostly, this was done as a publicity ploy on Chaney's part to keep the public guessing and coming back for more in his next film.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/chaney_l.html (1345 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Lon Chaney, Jr. : Biography
		The son of actors Lon Chaney and Cleva Creighton, Creighton Tull Chaney was raised in an
		In 1939, Chaney was signed by Universal Pictures, for which his father had once appeared in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925); Universal was launching a new cycle of horror films, and hoped to cash in on the Chaney name.
		Chaney occasionally got a worthwhile role in the '50s, notably in the films of producer/director Stanley Kramer (High Noon, Not As a Stranger, and especially The Defiant Ones), and he co-starred in the popular TV series Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/10861/bio.jhtml (606 words)

	Lon Chaney Sr. - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lon was forced to return to the furniture and carpet laying business in order to support his family, but his deep love of the theater soon found him returning to the stage in vaudeville shows around Oklahoma City.
		Lon was forced to seek new employment and turned to the booming industry of silent films, securing a job with Universal Film Manufacturing Company where he received his first screen credit in a one reel short film titled Poor Jakes Demise.
		Lon Chaney, like Charlie Chaplin, shunned the transition to talking films and was one of the last of the silent screen stars to holdout against speaking roles.
	www.lonchaney.com /lc5/sr/srpages/srbiok.html (1361 words)

	Silent Film Sources Review
		Chaney had a genius for makeup which he refined as a journeyman actor at Universal City from 1913 to 1918.
		Chaney's biographer, Michael Blake, claims that Chaney was not a horror star per se.
		Chaney gave his brutish characters, such as "Blizzard" in The Penalty and the one-eyed rogue in The Road to Mandalay, complexity and a sense of mystique.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/chaney (852 words)

	The religion of Lon Chaney, actor
		Chaney was born to deaf parents who were part of a family of leaders in the Colorado Springs deaf community.
		Chaney remained close to his family througout his life and he appears to have been a life-long supporter of the deaf community, although he himself was not deaf.
		Lon had once said that even though he was not religious in the church-going sense, he did have his own faith.
	www.adherents.com /people/pc/Lon_Chaney.html (1264 words)

	LON CHANEY
		Lon Chaney could, and the dramatic untangling of his twisted legs combined with the painful, then angelic countenance of his "cure," astounded audiences.
		Lon's Professor Echo has become the ringleader, operating out of a pet store front, and often dressing as a kindly old lady whose baby is actually the feisty midget.
		Chaney's animated skull that flashes open and gapes at us the moment Mary Philbin unmasks him is actually an horrific gasp of pain, not a monster's roar.
	www.psychotronic.info /archive/lon_chaney.htm (1713 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Lon Chaney, Sr. -- Supermasochist!
		Chaney, like Flanagan, became an artist through direct early contact with infirmity: his mother was sickly, but more significantly, both parents were deaf, causing young Chaney to develop a repertoire of facial and body tics and gestures to communicate with them.
		Chaney's films are filled with images of physical repression, submission, mutilation, and castration, and his taste for such motifs dovetailed perfectly with Browning's own world-view.
		Chaney, the child of deaf mutes who made only one sound film (The Unholy Three) before he died in 1930, is remembered more for his pure horror roles — Hunchback and Phantom — than his many collaborations with Browning.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /15/chaney.html (1043 words)

	Lon Chaney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lon Chaney, known as the "man of a thousand faces" and the infamous hunchback in the silent film, "Hunchback of Notre Dame" was born on a farm two miles west of Carroll, Ohio at the corner of Winchester and Lockville Road on April 1, 1883.
		Lon's reputation as an actor, rested mainly on his ability to perform as grotesque characters in thrillers.
		It is said that Lon's parent were deaf mutes, and from learning to communicate with them by means of gestures and facial expressions he developed an ability to pantomine.
	www.ci.carroll.oh.us /lonchaney.htm (175 words)

	The Terror Trap: The Kings of Terror: The Chaneys
		In 1905, Chaney found his first wife in the form of young singing beauty Cleva Creighton, who was auditioning for a part in the traveling show in which Lon worked.
		During this time, Cleva survived a breakdown and suicide attempt, but unfortunately the marriage of the Chaneys had suffered too much damage to persevere and the couple were divorced in 1915.
		Of course, Chaney's true immortality was sealed with his screen performance as Erik, the horrible and horribly sympathetic opera house ghost in 1925's
	www.terrortrap.com /kingsofterror/chaneys.htm (652 words)

	Lon Chaney Jr: A History of Horror
		Lon Chaney had not wanted his son to follow him into the film business.
		Chaney didn't consider the film to be an accurate account of his father's life and career but he was pleased with Cagney's portrayal of Chaney Sr.
		Chaney worked more frequently in the second half of the decade when a new cycle of horror films began (a whole new generation had discovered Dracula, Frankenstein and friends when the old films were shown on late-night television).
	eric.b.olsen.tripod.com /chaneyjr.html (1311 words)

	Lon Chaney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A child of deaf mute parents, Chaney became a master of pantomime and understanding people who were born different.
		The Lon Chaney Theater in Colorado Springs, Co., is named for one of that city's most famous native sons.
		Chaney befriended the young Boris Karloff shortly after the latter's arrival in Hollywood.
	www.angelfire.com /ma4/gothgallery/LonSr.html (108 words)

	Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 29¢ Lon Chaney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The son of deaf-mute parents, Lon Chaney was forced to exchange thoughts with his family by using hand gestures and facial expressions.
		Chaney eventually became so knowledgeable in the area of theatrical makeup that he penned articles on the subject.
		Chaney also conveyed realism in his work by dramatically altering his face with wax gum and wearing a leather harness that painfully twisted his form.
	www.unicover.com /EA4PA0L7.htm (435 words)

	Cheney special
		Lon Chaney was a great actor some may argue the greatest actor of the silent era or even any era.
		After a brief introduction, the documentary gives an overview of Chaney's early life in Colorado Springs, CO., his life with deaf-mute parents, the introduction by his brother to the theatre, meeting and marrying Cleva Creighton, their subsequent divorce and his fortuitous introduction to the movies.
		One of the appeals of this bio is that Chaney's life before entering the movies and subsequent personal life are given a satisfactory overview while not overwhelming the focus of the film which is as it should be - his career.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /featurefolder2/chaneyspecial.html (1117 words)

	Silent Era : DVD : Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) Review
		Lon Chaney is among the most-popular of silent era stars, largely for the lasting appeal of his wide-range of character roles.
		Chaney’s private life and public career is examined through still photos, clips from films, and interviews with family members, coworkers, and Chaney fans who saw his films in their original runs.
		Among the rare Chaney clips is brief footage from Alas and Alack (1914), The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915), The Scarlet Car (1917), Riddle Gawne (1918), The Wicked Darling (1919), The Miracle Man (1919), The Trap (1922), Mr.
	www.silentera.com /DVD/lonChaneyThousandFacesDVD.html (493 words)

	Lon Chaney, Jr.: The Way He Walked....
		This couldn't be truer than in the case of cinematic legend Lon Chaney, Jr.
		My first and strongest impression of Lon was not unlike many others....in Universal's "The Wolf Man." But where others would call it a good movies, I saw a masterpiece and an actor who firmly touched my heart.
		Lon Chaney's portrayal of Larry Talbot and the Wolf Man helped to draw me into horror, starting the fire that burns so bright today.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /chaneyjr.htm (413 words)

	Honorary Academy Awards Nomination : lon chaney jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lon Chaney (Jr.)overcame the career handicap of being compared to the greatness of his father by creating characters of singular cinematic importance.
		Lon Chaney Jr was a great actor his one and only WolfMan role made him what he is today.So i ask you to please give him this award he needs it so that it can show how much his fans love him.
		Lon Chaney should have this award he was a great actor and he deserves to have this award handed to his family.
	www.oscarworld.net /awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=3432 (1485 words)

	Lon Chaney News
		While Lon Chaney is today best known as being the "Man of 1000 Faces," he often appeared in films in relatively straight makeup.
		Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin starred in "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1925.
		Lon Chaney's The Ace of Hearts is, as far as I can recall, the darkest silent film I've ever seen.
	www.topix.net /who/lon-chaney (375 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Lon Chaney Collection -- Lon Chaney - DVD - Black & White
		In fact, most of Lon Chaney's best-known starring vehicles revolve around his unrequited love for pretty ingénues half his age and the bizarre things he does to demonstrate his devotion.
		Chaney's beautiful assistant Joan Crawford has a pathological fear of being touched by any man. This leads Chaney to believe that he is attractive to Crawford so long as his keeps his arms hidden.
		Lon Chaney was perhaps the greatest cinematic contortionist in the history of cinema.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=2WNIOWP2GL&EAN=12569579125&FRM=0&itm=10 (1566 words)

	LON CHANEY, JR.
		This may only be a typical, 1950s "B" western, but it has an extremely colorful cast with Chaney in a great role as a crippled villain with a twisted thirst for vengeance.
		Lon has the lead role and is billed as Creighton Chaney in this early Monogram underwater adventure.
		Lon also was in the 1948 remake as the villain.
	picpal.com /lchaney.html (339 words)

	Lon Chaney (Inactive) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lon Chaney was born to fairly poor parents in the besieged England of Gaea.
		In one fateful battle, Lon's cannons were overrun by Horrors, and Lon was wounded, but he had it tended to.
		Lon decides he's had enough action for a while and leaves, looking for a place to live in peace.
	www.lpl.arizona.edu /~dddawson/Torg/PCs/chaney.html (247 words)

	Lon Chaney on Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in the film that made him a star.
		Lon Chaney in dual roles as a bloodthirsty gangster Black Mike Silva and as the kindly Chinese youth Ah Wing.
		Chaney plays a hunter living in the Canadian Northwest, who kills an evil man in self defense and then flees to the wilderness with his love in a futile attempt to escape civilization.
	www.fesfilms.com /chaney2.html (352 words)

	Lon Chaney, Jr. Bio
		Lon Chaney Jr was born Creighton Tull Chaney in Oklahoma City on February 10, 1906.
		The son of silent screen star Lon Chaney Sr and his alcoholic wife Cleva, his birth was premature and he would have died had the doctor not submerged him in the cold water of the nearby Belle Isle Lake to shock life into him.
		"Lon Chaney Jr was under contract and as far as the public was concerned, there were no other actors who could be the Wolf Man," explained Universal producer Paul Malvern.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /chaneyjrbio.htm (915 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born to deaf-mute parents, Leonidas Frank Chaney, skilled in pantomime, made his silent movie debut in 1912 and is chiefly remembered as a forerunner in such horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
		His son, Lon Chaney, Jr, was also known for his acting in horror movies.
		On his passing, he was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lon_chaney__sr_.html (100 words)

	The Films of Lon Chaney by Michael F. Blake \| PopMatters Book Review
		Lon Chaney, known for his uncanny acting ability, was known to appear for casting calls already adorned in extremely convincing make-up and often uncomfortable, hand-made prosthetic devices, to suggest a missing limb, hump, or eye.
		Lon, a member of the Northwest Mounted Police, is in love with a little girl of the woods.
		Chaney's work as the tragic Hunchback of Notre Dame is thought to be secondary to the portrayal by Charles Laughton in 1936, but Chaney's characterization of The Phantom of the Opera can be considered the pinnacle of his career and his performance remains unmatched to this day.
	www.popmatters.com /books/reviews/f/films-of-lon-chaney.shtml (1535 words)

	Insight on the News: Return of the phantom - actor Lon Chaney
		The only remaining images of silent-screen actor Lon Chaney Tare scratchy, poorly lit 1920s spectacles such as The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
		When Lon was a child, his mother took sick and became an invalid.
		In 1919, after several years as a movie extra in California films, Chaney got his break playing Frog, the crippled con artist who is miraculously cured in The Miracle Man. This was followed by films such as Hunchback in 1923, Phantom in 1925 and Tell It to the Marines in 1927.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v12/ai_18008959 (640 words)

	Lon Chaney, Jr.
		The son of actors Lon Chaney and Cleva Creighton, Creighton Tull Chaney was raised in an atmosphere of Spartan strictness by his father.
		Unfortunately, he would have little opportunity to do this in the poverty-row quickie films that were his lot in the '30s, nor was his tenure (1937-1940) as a 20th Century Fox contract player artistically satisfying.
		Hoping to convince producers that he was a fine actor in his own right, Chaney appeared as the mentally retarded giant Lennie in a Los Angeles stage production of John Steinbeck's {+Of Mice and Men.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+12217 (575 words)

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