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.
biography
pregnancy
1910s
movie business
wife husband relationship
makeup
1920s
1930s
filmmaking
father son relationship
historical figure
ex-husband ex-wife relationship
portrait of an artist
deaf-mute
hollywood history
vaudeville actor
clown makeup
silent cinema
special effects makeup
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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