Man of a Thousand Faces
Summary:
One screen legend tips his hat to another as James Cagney portrays horror film icon Lon Chaney in Man of a Thousand Faces. Joseph Pevney's bio-pic takes a somewhat whitewashed view of Chaney's career, but Cagney is nothing short of riveting in the lead. The film begins as Chaney, the son of two deaf parents, is tasting success in vaudeville as a knockabout juggler, m... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Cagney - (Lon Chaney)
Dorothy Malone - (Cleva Creighton Chaney)
Jane Greer - (Hazel Bennet)
Jim Backus - (Clarence Logan)
Robert Evans - (Irving Thalberg)
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Review:
The Man of a Thousand Faces is an above average 1950s biopic distinguished by a sympathetic performance by James Cagney as silent film star Lon Chaney. Produced by Universal, the studio for which Chaney had become a major star in The Phantom of the Opera, the Oscar-nominated screenplay is more fanciful tribute than objective histo... Continue >>
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