When Lon Chaney, Sr. passed away in 1930, he was one of the most popular silent screen stars. His son, originally named Creighton Chaney, ...

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 ...

For Lon Chaney was also a man of a thousand paradoxes, "the star who lived like a clerk," according to director Tod Browning, a determined loner, co-star Jackie Coogan once said, ...

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. RELATED POST.

`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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seventy years ago, Lon Chaney Jr. was the face of Universal's horror movies. Now, he's dead, but his family is looking to spook up a million dollars. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large ...

Nashville Then "Jeopardy" This actor was the star of the 1941 film "The Wolf Man" and other monster movies. Who is Lon Chaney Jr.? "I was all black and not breathing when I was born," tells Lon ...

Legendary horror movie actor Lon Chaney Jr’s family today went after Universal in the courts for more than $1 million in damages. In a nine-page breach of contract and other claims complaint ...