{"id":43139,"date":"2026-11-01T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=43139"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:47:01","slug":"lon-chaney-1000-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=43139","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces&#8221; (2000) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z110126review_lonchaney.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"689\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces <\/i>(2000)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Kevin Brownlow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Lon Chaney, Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Lon Chaney Jr., Jackie Coogan<\/strong> and <strong>Orson Welles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lon Chaney, &#8220;<em>The Man of a Thousand Faces,<\/em>&#8221; was the child of deaf parents.\u00a0 At the age of 19, Chaney, went on the road playing in vaudeville and theater acts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 22, Lon Chaney married Cleva Creighton, a sixteen year old singer.\u00a0 The troubled marriage produced one son and lasted eight years.\u00a0 It ended when his wife attempted suicide.\u00a0 A scandal followed and Lon Chaney left theater for motion pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For several years Lon Chaney made his living playing bit parts for Universal.\u00a0 Chaney did his own make-up and was adept at transforming his look into whatever character he was to play.\u00a0 In 1919, Lon Chaney got the role that made him a star in <em>The Miracle Man<\/em>.\u00a0 Bigger and better roles followed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chaney became famous for his ability to disappear into a character.\u00a0 Whether he was playing a double amputee (<em>The Penalty<\/em>), an armless knife-thrower (<em>The Unknown<\/em>), a deformed hunchback (<em>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/em>), a little old lady (<em>The Unholy Three<\/em>), a horrifying skull-faced psycho (<em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>), or any of the other roles he took on, audiences were thrilled.\u00a0 Despite his characters physical and moral failings, Chaney brought a sense of humanity to each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the height of his stardom, Lon Chaney developed lung cancer and died shortly after being diagnosed.\u00a0 The man died.\u00a0 His legend lives on.<\/p>\n<p>This is his story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lon Chaney is my favorite silent movie star.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces<\/i><\/strong><\/span> is an excellent documentary well worth your time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces <\/i>(2000)<\/strong> rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z110126review_lonchaney2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) Director: Kevin Brownlow Stars:\u00a0 Lon Chaney, Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. 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