Lon Chaney summary

Perhaps no one was better prepared for a career in silent cinema than Lon Chaney (1883–1930). His skills were honed during his childhood, when he learned to communicate with his deaf parents through facial expression, pantomime, and sign language. Famous as the “Man of a Thousand Faces,” his

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