7.8
Story
Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.
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Cast
16 of 16
Kenneth BranaghSelf / Narrator
Forrest J. AckermanSelf
Ray BradburySelf
Lon Chaney Jr.Self (archive footage)
Lon ChaneySelf (archive footage)
Jackie CooganSelf (archive footage)
Arthur GardnerSelf
Sara KarloffSelf
Patsy Ruth MillerSelf
Budd SchulbergSelf
Orson WellesSelf (archive footage)
Loretta YoungSelf (voice)
Tod BrowningSelf (archive footage / uncredited)
Joan CrawfordSelf (archive footage / uncredited)
Irving ThalbergSelf (archive footage / uncredited)
Waldemar YoungSelf (archive footage / uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Kevin Brownlow
- Produced by
- Patrick Stanbury
- Music by
- Carl Davis, Nic Raine
Everyone
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Facts
October 24, 2000 · 1 h 25 min · NR
- Released
- October 24, 2000
- Runtime
- 1 h 25 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 1 country