Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
2h 2m
Running Time
August 15, 1957Release Date
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
2h 2m
Running Time
August 15, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
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Cast & Crew.

James Cagney
Lon Chaney

Dorothy Malone
Cleva Creighton Chaney

Jane Greer
Hazel Bennet Chaney

Marjorie Rambeau
Gert

Jim Backus
Clarence Locan

Robert Evans
Irving Thalberg

Celia Lovsky
Mrs. Chaney

Jeanne Cagney
Carrie Chaney

Jack Albertson
Dr. J. Wilson Shiels

Roger Smith
Creighton Chaney (at 21)

Robert Lyden
Creighton Chaney (at 13)

Rickie Sorensen
Creighton Chaney (at 8)

Dennis Rush
Creighton Chaney (at 4)

Nolan Leary
Pa Chaney

Simon Scott
Carl Hastings

Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb / Technical Advisor

Danny Beck
Max Dill

Philip Van Zandt
George Loane Tucker

Hank Mann
Comedy Waiter #1

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Comedy Waiter #2

Emile Avery
Stagehand (uncredited)

Al Bain
Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bobby Barber
The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)

Russ Bender
Judge (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett
Vera (uncredited)

June Blair
Chorine (uncredited)

Nicky Blair
Cameraman of ‘Unholy Three' (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake
David T. Stone (uncredited)

Harold Bostwick
Piano Player (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman
Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Stagehand (uncredited)

Helen Brown
Mrs. Heinley (uncredited)

Robert Brubaker
Jack Conway (uncredited)

John Bryant
William R. Darrow Jr. (uncredited)

George Calliga
Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

Charles Cane
Studio Guard (uncredited)

Anna Lee Carroll
Chorine (uncredited)

James J. Casino
Stagehand (uncredited)

Spencer Chan
Chinese Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bill Chatham
Shadow Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Chefe
Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin
Audience Extra (uncredited)

Billy Curtis
Harry Earles (uncredited)

Troy Donahue
Assistant Director (uncredited)

Nancy Kilgas
Mary Philbin (uncredited)

Charles Horvath
Ivan Linow (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy
Assistant Director in Bullpen

Joseph Pevney
Director

Ralph Wheelwright
Story

R. Wright Campbell
Screenplay

Ivan Goff
Screenplay

Ben Roberts
Screenplay

Robert L. Bratton
Sound Editor

Edward L. Sandlin
Sound Editor

Clifford Stine
Visual Effects Camera / Visual Effects

Jack Kevan
Makeup Artist

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist

Edward Dodds
Unit Manager

Ray DeCamp
Assistant Director

Milton Rosen
Music

Edward Ward
Music

Adele Cannon
Script Supervisor

Russell Metty
Director of Photography

Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Media.


Details.
This Movie Is About.
movie business
wife husband relationship
biography
historical figure
ex-husband ex-wife relationship
1920s
1910s
1930s
portrait of an artist
hollywood history
father son relationship
silent cinema
deaf-mute
pregnancy
makeup
clown makeup
special effects makeup
filmmaking
Wiki.
Man of a Thousand Faces is a 1957 American dark dramatic film detailing the life of silent film actor Lon Chaney, played by James Cagney.
Directed by Joseph Pevney, the film's cast includes Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Jim Backus. Chaney's son is played by Roger Smith, later the star of the television series 77 Sunset Strip, and Irving Thalberg is portrayed by Robert Evans, who soon left acting and eventually became the head of Paramount Pictures. The film's four writers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 30th Academy Awards.
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