Man Of A Thousand Faces

Few silent screen stars approached the status of Lon Chaney. A makeup genius, he was the heart of horror during the 1920s, and Cagney's respectful rendering of this great artist is spectacular. Born the son of deaf-mute parents, Chaney becomes a successful vaudeville entertainer, creating many distinctive characters through inventive makeup and skilled mime. He meets and marries beautiful but neurotic fellow performer Cleva Creighton (melodramatic Malone) but when he introcuces her to his parents, she becomes hysterical at the thought that their children might be born with congenital deafness. When baby Creighton (later Lon Chaney Jr.) is born without these afflict...