“His eyes are ghastly beads in which there is no light – like holes in a grinning skull! His face is like leprous parchment, yellow skin strung tight over protruding bones! His nose – there is no nose ...
Lon Chaney was a legendary American who was also known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces." This was because he brought rich character portrayals and transformative makeup skills to the silver screen ...
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When "The Phantom of the Opera" premiered, 100 years ago, the term "horror film" didn't exist. "Spook melodrama," it was called. A new — and offbeat — thing. "I spoke to a lot of old-timers who saw it ...
2005-04-21 04:00:00 PDT Cambridge , Mass.-- Lon Chaney famously shocked many a viewer with his ghastly makeup in the original 1925 film version of "The Phantom of the Opera." For Ken Winokur, the ...
“His eyes are ghastly beads in which there is no light – like holes in a grinning skull! His face is like leprous parchment, yellow skin strung tight over protruding bones! His nose – there is no nose ...
The silent horror film The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney and directed by Rupert Julian, was released on this day in 1925. Chaney did more than merely play the titular Phantom, he designed ...
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OGUNQUIT, Maine — It was a film considered so frightening when first released that theaters were advised to have doctors standing by in case moviegoers fainted. It was the original big screen ...