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Lon Chaney, as Quasimodo in the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1923 #LonChaney #TheHunchbackOfNotreDame #SilentMovieStar #1923

Sort of a "lighter side" of Lon Chaney Sr., "Laugh Clown, Laugh" told the story of a travelling circus performer who finds an infant girl and raises her on his own. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, he finds that he's fallen in love with her, yet realizes that he cannot keep her from finding love on her own. Although the story is a bit awkward, Chaney does a standout job of portraying the role of a heartbroken clown. Chaney had portrayed a clown in another film (the equally…

Actor. One of the most emblematic horror film stars of the 1940s. Though given the name Creighton Chaney by his parents, he took the name Lon Chaney, Jr. at the behest of a producer who wished to capitalize on the reputation of his father, who had starred in such silent classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and...

Directed by Tod Browning, this mystery/suspense film had the legendary Lon Chaney Sr. playing a dual role as a police detective who dons the disguise of a vampiric character in order to spook a murder confession from a suspect. This character helps to illustrate the phenomenal effects that Chaney was able to acheive with the stage make-up of the era, along with custom-made dentures and a few pieces of hidden fishing line to make his eyes bulge slightly. No copies of this film are known to…

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Famed silent film actor from Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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