The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 10, 2013

This weekend there is a Chaney (Sr. and Jr.) Blogathon hosted by the sites Movies Silently and The Last Drive In. This is my contribution featuring Lon Chaney Jr., which I originally wrote on his birthday earlier this year. On 2/10/1906, Creighton Tull Chaney was born. You know him by...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 31, 2012

The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!" "I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals." (Lon Chaney) “He som   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 31, 2012

The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!" Labels: Lon Chaney, London After Midnight (1927), silent films, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) "I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 31, 2012

“I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals.” (Lon Chaney) “He someone who acted out our psyche. He somehow got inside the shadows inside ou   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on June 7, 2012

Check out the always remarkable Lon Chaney in Flesh and Blood (1922). David Webster (Lon Chaney) escapes from prison after 15 years to see his daughter (Edith Roberts). But she is engaged to the son of the crook who framed him making his revenge plans a sticky wicket. Director: Irving...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on June 7, 2012

Check out the always remarkable Lon Chaney in Flesh and Blood (1922). David Webster (Lon Chaney) escapes from prison after 15 years to see his daughter (Edith Roberts). But she is engaged to the son of the crook who framed him making his revenge plans a sticky wicket. Director: Irving...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on June 5, 2012

Watch the incomparable Lon Chaney in The Shock (1923). Chaney’s transformative skills are taken to the nth as he plays a cripple named Wilse Dilling. See him actually get the girl, for once. Director: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Lon Chaneyonline moviesThe Shock   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on June 5, 2012

Watch the incomparable Lon Chaney in The Shock (1923). Chaney’s transformative skills are taken to the nth as he plays a cripple named Wilse Dilling. See him actually get the girl, for once. Director: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Lon Chaneyonline moviesThe Shock   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 23, 2011

Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Thanks to the hard playlist making work of Classic Hollywood, we have a Lon Chaney YouTube festival. Find links to complete Lon Chaney movies posted on YouTube here. Pretty Clever Film Gal is pretty happy about this, as there are many here...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on August 15, 2011

Thanks to TCM’s August series “Summer Under the Stars” we’re being treated to 16 Lon Chaney movies today. Sixteen! If you’re not familiar with Lon Chaney, “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” this schedule is beyond an excellent primer. If you are familiar, then   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

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