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Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".

Most Popular Lon Chaney Trailers

Total trailers found: 132

The Rescue Trailer (1917)

23 July 1917

After divorcing her husband Kent, actress Anne Wetherall returns to the stage. Upon receiving a plea for help from childhood chum Nell Jerrold begging Anne to save Nell's daughter Betty from marrying Kent, the ex-Mrs.

The Girl in the Checkered Coat Trailer (1917)

23 April 1917

When Mary and Fannie Graham, daughters of a good mother but a father with criminal instincts, are left motherless, Mary flees from her unhappy surroundings while Fannie, inheriting her father's disposition, remains and is raised as a thief.

Anything Once Trailer (1917)

08 October 1917

A Playboy inherits a Western ranch on the condition that he shall run it properly for 6 months. A villain makes an attempt to distract him from reaching the goal, but he, no longer the wastrel of yore, persists and becomes full owner of the property.

Nadie inquietó más Trailer (2008)

30 October 2008

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of horror, star of Argentinean theater, cinema and television for decades.

Broadway Love Trailer (1918)

21 January 1918

A small-town girl who goes to New York hoping to become a Broadway star falls in with a fast crowd.

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh Trailer (1928)

14 April 1928

A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.

The Grand Passion Trailer (1918)

28 January 1918

Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville.

The Piper's Price Trailer (1917)

08 January 1917

After divorcing his first wife and marrying a more gentle natured woman, Ralph Hadley finds himself again attracted to his ex-wife, a shrewd business woman.

The Next Corner Trailer (1924)

18 February 1924

While honeymooning in Paris Elsie is rescued from attentions of a man.Her hero is Don Arturo who takes her to Countess Longueval after her husband must go for work to Argentine.

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Trailer (2007)

16 May 2007

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J.

Damon and Pythias Trailer (1914)

23 November 1914

The friendship of Damon, the senator, and Pythias, the soldier, is famous in Ancient Syracuse.

The Flashlight Trailer (1917)

21 May 1917

Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture.

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Trailer (2014)

01 August 2014

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more.

Discord and Harmony Trailer (1914)

16 March 1914

Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of his symphonies.

The Grip of Jealousy Trailer (1916)

28 February 1916

In pre-Civil War days, a woman dies in childbirth. Her sister, believing the child to be illegitimate, leaves the baby in the care of one of her sister's slaves.

The False Faces Trailer (1919)

15 February 1919

During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters.

The Oubliette Trailer (1914)

14 August 1914

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris.

Tell It to the Marines Trailer (1926)

23 December 1926

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side.

The Blackbird Trailer (1926)

13 February 1926

Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi.

The Road to Mandalay Trailer (1926)

26 June 1926

Joe, a former sea captain whose wife died during the birth of their child at sea, is now a pockmarked, disreputable divekeeper in Singapore where he indulges in shady operations with Herrick, known as The Admiral.

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films Trailer (2011)

03 April 2011

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film.

The Monster Trailer (1925)

16 March 1925

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.

London After Midnight Trailer (2002)

01 November 2002

A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.

Yesterday and Today Trailer (1953)

02 December 1953

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.

Riddle Gawne Trailer (1918)

03 August 1918

When Gawne finds his brother dying and hears that the killer has run off with his brother's wife, he swears revenge.

West of Zanzibar Trailer (1928)

24 November 1928

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

He Who Gets Slapped Trailer (1924)

22 December 1924

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

If My Country Should Call Trailer (1916)

25 September 1916

A doctor is called to the home of a young man who wants to enlist in the Army.

The Unholy Three Trailer (1925)

20 July 1925

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.

Hollywood Story Trailer (1951)

01 June 1951

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

Victory Trailer (1919)

07 December 1919

Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.

The Horror of It All Trailer (1983)

23 February 1983

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

The Trap Trailer (1922)

08 May 1922

A miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine.

Fires of Rebellion Trailer (1917)

02 July 1917

Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her sister Helen (Belle Bennett) has repeated the pattern by marrying Dan Mallory (Edward Brady).

Where East Is East Trailer (1929)

04 May 1929

A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).

The Many Faces of Dracula Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.

The Phantom of the Opera Trailer (1925)

29 June 1925

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

The Light in the Dark Trailer (1922)

03 September 1922

A young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron's car. The woman brings the girl back to her house.

A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never beheld a figure more intriguing.

The Restless Spirit Trailer (1913)

27 October 1913

The Dreamer is unhappy with his marriage and runs away. He collapses and is found by The Desert Flower, who convince him to return to his family.

Mr. Wu Trailer (1927)

26 March 1927

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

The Phantom of the Opera Trailer (1929)

27 November 1929

Reissued version of 'The Phantom of the Opera' with a synchronized score, sound effects, new dialogue sequences, and footage reshot by directors Ernst Laemmle and Frank McCormick.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Trailer (1923)

06 September 1923

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him.

The Price of Silence Trailer (1916)

11 December 1916

A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.

The Empty Gun Trailer (1917)

04 September 1917

Frank, riding through the storm, approaches the station, to give ten thousand dollars worth of gold, which he has just brought from the mine, into safe keeping.

The Place Beyond the Winds Trailer (1916)

06 November 1916

The story of a young woman living in the wilderness.

The House That Shadows Built Trailer (1931)

08 July 1931

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912.

The Shock Trailer (1923)

10 June 1923

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing.

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary Trailer (1945)

06 September 1945

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars.

The Sin of Olga Brandt Trailer (1915)

03 January 1915

Olga Brandt, a stenographer in the office of Stephen Leslie, an attorney, receives a pitifully small salary.

Life in Hollywood No. 3 Trailer (1927)

25 August 1927

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

Mockery Trailer (1927)

13 August 1927

There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk.

Alas and Alack Trailer (1915)

10 October 1915

A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.

The Talk of the Town Trailer (1918)

28 September 1918

Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand on a book called "How to Attract the Opposite Sex," she takes its advice to heart.

Richelieu Trailer (1914)

26 September 1914

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews.

A Blind Bargain Trailer (1922)

03 December 1922

Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man.

Back to Life Trailer (1913)

24 November 1913

A gambler brings his sick wife to live in the mountains after learning she has tuberculosis and will need special care.

Quincy Adams Sawyer Trailer (1922)

04 December 1922

Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her.