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

“Gruesome and at times shocking” as well as “anything but a pleasant story,” according to the 1927 New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall, “The Unknown” stars Lon Chaney as Alonzo the ...

The 100th birthday of the silent "Phantom" film, starring master of disguise Lon Chaney in his most famous — and horrible — ...

Lon Chaney was born in Colorado Springs in 1883. The child of deaf parents and grandson of the founder of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Chaney mastered pantomime at a young age.

Lon Chaney Jr. was born in Oklahoma City and, thanks to a dunk in Belle Isle Lake, lived long enough to follow in his famous father's footsteps.

From left, actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Glenn Strange, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." The 1948 film will be screened Friday night at the Omaha ...

Star Lon Chaney, a master of disguise, keeps the Phantom both shocking and sympathetic, a task made easier through the striking direction credited to Rupert Julian. 13.

Lon Chaney’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ with piano accompaniment to be screened at UMF. Posted October 8, 2024. Updated October 24, 2024. 1 min read . Font size + Gift article.

West of Zanzibar will satisfy Lon Chaney fans who like their color regardless of the way it is daubed. Lionel Barrymore captures the magician’s bride, just after Chaney has subtitled his ...

Bill Skarsgård, 34, has carved out a niche as a spooky shape-shifter; a modern-day Lon Chaney who was born with a knack for nightmares. And, as he more than proves with the film “Nosferatu ...