Threatening to run away and against her mother’s wishes, Cleva joined the cast.During their travels, Lon and Cleva became “sweethearts.” While touring, Cleva became pregnant and they returned to Oklahoma.
Though given the name "Creighton Chaney" by his parents, he took the name "Lon Chaney, Jr." at the behest of a producer who wished to capitalize on the reputation of his father, who had starred in such silent classics as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Phantom of the Opera." He was a one of a kind actor that left a mark on an industry that will never be replaced. He turned to the booming industry of silent films. A long series of illnesses had put Mr. Chaney in and out of hospitals for the last year. It may teach them compassion for such poor bewildered souls.”On the set of the film, “Thunder in Winter” the look of falling snow was acheived by cascading cornflakes cereal down on to the actor. He was the son of deaf mute parents, Frank and Emma Chaney, and he learned from childhood to communicate through pantomime, sign language and facial expression. Apparently some of these breakfast bits lodged in the actor’s throat causing an infection to his esophagus which resulted in a hospitilization. He was just 47 years old. In 1920, for “The Penalty,” he had his legs bound tightly behind him in a harness, inserting his knees into leather stumps devised as artificial legs with his feet bound at the thighs. Between 1913 and 1930 he played more the 150 widely diverse roles, frequently villainous and sometimes bizarre and macabre, almost always pathetic and moving.By 1918 with over a hundred film credits for Universal, he asked for a raise and was refused. En 1929, Chaney fait construire un refuge de pierres dans un endroit isolé de l’est de la Après sa mort, la célèbre trousse de maquillage de Chaney est léguée par sa femme Hazel au Los Angeles County Museum, où elle est quelquefois montrée au public. DEATH - 1943 Director: Reginald Le Borg Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Lon's cause of death was throat hemorrhage. Great-uncle of actress/model Rebekah Chaney. Il transporte cette partie de vous en plein jour, parce que vous avez peur de ne pas être aimé, de ne jamais être aimé, vous craignez que quelque chose en vous soit grotesque, que le monde va se détourner de vous. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. DEATH - 1943 Director: Reginald Le Borg Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered.
Chaney had an uncanny ability to transform himself into characters using makeup techniques he both developed and applied. Calling Dr. Death is a 1943 Inner Sanctum mystery film.The "Inner Sanctum" franchise originated with a popular radio series and all of the films star Lon Chaney, Jr..The movie stars Chaney, Jr. and Patricia Morison, and was directed by Reginald Le Borg.Chaney, Jr. plays a neurologist, Dr. Mark Steele, who loses memory of the past few days after learning that his wife has been brutally murdered.
This was exacerbated when artificial snow, made out of cornflakes, lodged in his throat during filming and quickly created a serious infection. They all won the audience's sympathy. Born Leonidas Frank Chaney in Colorado Springs, Colorado on 1 April 1883. He made his first stage jappearance when he was only 16 months old.Mr. The constant pulling often gave him nosebleeds but this is just one of many stories proving, that with Lon, the adage great art comes from great pain was true… and that’s just the beginning.In addition to transforming his face, Chaney would also adapt his body to roles.