Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on July 24, 2023

Chaney Jr. and the black bag. The most incongruent entry in Universal's six-film Inner Sanctum series is also one of the best. Whereas its brethren are psychological suspense tales, Strange Confession (1945) is a straight drama with a subtly gruesome conclusion. Series regular Lon Chaney, Jr. star   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on May 6, 2018

Maddy of Maddy Loves Her Classic Films and Ruth of Silver Screenings are our hosts for a blogathon salute to LON CHANEY "MAN OF 1000 FACES" on May 5th and 6th. Day One Contributions / Day Two Contributions Yosemite National Park locations were used for this story set in the...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on May 6, 2018

Maddy of Maddy Loves Her Classic Films and Ruth of Silver Screenings are our hosts for a blogathon salute to LON CHANEY "MAN OF 1000 FACES" on May 5th and 6th. Day One Contributions / Day Two Contributions Yosemite National Park locations were used for this story set in the...   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on April 12, 2018

Lon Chaney, Jr. reflects on a case. Inspired by the popular Inner Sanctum radio suspense series, Calling Dr. Death was the first of a six-film series produced by Universal in the 1940s. It's an imaginative mystery with noirish elements that kicks off the franchise in style. Lon Chaney, Jr. stars...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on December 14, 2016

Lon Chaney vai ao circo / Lon Chaney goes to the circus: tragedy follows Ah, o circo! O picadeiro maravilhoso, o mágico que tira o coelho da cartola, o palhaço sempre tão feliz! O cheiro da pipoca ou do cachorro-quente embala a ideia de que tudo pode acontecer ali. Todos...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 25, 2015

Humanizing villainous characters "'Men don't go about being bad just for the sake of being bad. Unless they are Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean The Wicked Darling mentally deranged. There must be a reason for their badness, some human failing. Otherwise they merely are fictional characters having   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on October 22, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on October 22, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Mr. Chaney was one of the most prolific and frightening villains in motion picture history. West of Zanzibar contains one of his most elaborate and warped vengeance schemes. The crime: Lionel Barrymore broke Chaney’s back   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on October 8, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on October 8, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Just want to get this out in the open: Lon Chaney is one of the best and most interesting actors of the silent era. I love his work. But the man should never, ever play the vanilla male lead....   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on August 15, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on August 15, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor No could do creepy quite like Lon Chaney. I’m not sure anyone wanted to do creepy quite like Lon Chaney. Well, Mr. Chaney had some rather practical methods for creeping out his house guests in The Monster. (You can...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 30, 2014

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Directed by: Wallace Worsley Starring: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry Produced by: Irving Thalberg 110 minutes Flicker Alley (Blackhawk Films Collection) Of course, back in the 1800s Victor Hugo had no idea he was writing a novel perfectly suited to   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 18, 2013

Lon Chaney as a monster would be memorable enough. However, that wasn’t to secret of his appeal. You see, Mr. Chaney was an actor of great depth and skill and he was able to convey the most heartrending emotions on film. Here he is in The Ace of Hearts, his...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on September 16, 2013

Lon Chaney is scowling beautifully in this scene from The Penalty. You’ll recall that he is a legless master criminal and he has just discovered that the girl who works the pedals for his piano is an undercover cop. There’s really only one way to deal with this kind of...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on September 14, 2013

I’ve said it again and again but it’s worth repeating: Lon Chaney was justly famous for his makeup skills but he could be even scarier with no makeup at all. Exhibit A would be his performance in The Penalty. If you have never seen that deranged little gem, do track...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 13, 2013

Evelyn Ankers & Lon Chaney Jr. represent one of the most unusual Dynamic Duos in Classic Film. They appeared together in a number of thrillers made by Universal Studios in the 1940s. Both of them starred in many other Universal monster movies throughout the decade, and they are generally conside   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 13, 2013

Evelyn Ankers & Lon Chaney Jr. represent one of the most unusual Dynamic Duos in Classic Film. They appeared together in a number of thrillers made by Universal Studios in the 1940s. Both of them starred in many other Universal monster movies throughout the decade, and they are generally conside   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 8, 2013

This weekend I am participating in a Chaney (Sr. and Jr.) Blogathon, hosted by the sites Movies Silently and The Last Drive In. This is my post for Lon Chaney Sr. I wrote it earlier this year on Chaney's birthday, and it represents what the senior Chaney means to me...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on April 1, 2013

Thanks for hanging around Pretty Clever Films for the Lon Chaney birthday festivities. Just in case you couldn’t stay home all day to watch Lon Chaney on TCM or you just didn’t get enough Lon Chaney, I’ve put together a little Lon Chaney YouTube festival for you. This playlist con   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on April 1, 2013

Today is the birthday of Lon Chaney, Sr. – “The Man of  a Thousand Faces.” Chaney was not only one of early cinema’s most powerful actors, he’s famous for the transformative makeup, costumes, and sometimes outright brutal physical self abuse he employed to play grotesq   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on April 1, 2013

See as how it’s Lon Chaney’s birthday (born Apri 1, 1883) I thought it only fitting that today’s movie site of the day be a fabulous Lon Chaney resource. And that’s precisely what The Lon Chaney Home Page is! There is absoultely nothing fancy at The Lon Chaney Home Page....   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on March 31, 2013

That’s right, Lon Chaney was born on April 1, 1883. To celebrate Lon Chaney’s birthday, Pretty Clever Films will be having a Chaneypalooza tomorrow on April 1. Check back on Monday for: I’m not the only one coming at you with some Lon Chaney action tomorrow, either. TCM is airing   read more