Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Lon Chaney shall not die!!

In keeping up with my promise to continue to uphold FJA's commitment in Famous Monsters to honour Lon Chaney Sr. what better day to mark a Lon Chaney Sr. post than on the anniversary of his birth. Here's a little Youtube tribute that is really quite well done and well worth the viewing.



And for those of you with a bit more time on your hands join me in celebrating Lon's birthday with a viewing of the cinematic masterpiece and one of my personal favourite films of all time, Phantom of the Opera...




And for those who are looking for something perhaps a little more out of the mainstream of Lon Chaney films check out this piece of silent screen history. Tod Browning's (yes legendary director of great horror films such as Dracula and Freaks) 1914 Universal western silent By the Sun's Rays, Starring Lon Chaney as lead villain Frank Lawler. This one is under 12 minutes so do yourself the favor and watch it damn it, broaden you knowledge of film history, your life will only be all the better for it.




Gary D. Macabre

Posted by Gary D Macabre at 16:53
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L. F. Chaney said...

And those of you with even more time can view Lon Chaney's MySpace page at:

http://profile.myspace.com/leonidas_chaney

Or, follow him on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/lonchaney

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April 2, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Coop said...

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April 11, 2009 at 8:40 AM

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