Movies: Lon Chaney

  • 1917
    The Piper's Price

    The Piper's Price (1917)

    The Piper's Price

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    After divorcing his first wife and marrying a more gentle natured woman, Ralph Hadley finds himself again attracted to his ex-wife, a shrewd business woman. Trouble begins when he foolishly invites her to lunch, setting gossipy tongues-wagging. The n...

    The Piper's Price
  • 1916
    The Grip of Jealousy

    The Grip of Jealousy (1916)

    The Grip of Jealousy

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    In pre-Civil War days, a woman dies in childbirth. Her sister, believing the child to be illegitimate, leaves the baby in the care of one of her sister's slaves....

    The Grip of Jealousy
  • 1918
    That Devil, Bateese

    That Devil, Bateese (1918)

    That Devil, Bateese

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    After her romance with Martin Stuart shatters, Kathleen St. John leaves Montreal for the little village of Montrouge, where she plans to teach school. Kathleen loses her way between the station and the village and is attacked in the woods by the town...

    That Devil, Bateese
  • 2013
    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) (2013)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

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    Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never beheld a figure more intriguing. Yet because of his numerous transformations, his face never became as iconic as ...

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
  • 1916
    Tangled Hearts

    Tangled Hearts (1916)

    Tangled Hearts

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    Montgomery Seaton, one of the idle rich, pays more attention to his friends' business than to his marital situation....

    Tangled Hearts
  • 1913
    Poor Jake's Demise

    Poor Jake's Demise (1913)

    Poor Jake's Demise

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    Jake's wife fears he has made good his suicide threat after he has caught her making love to the Dude in his own home. During the last minute preparations for Jake's funeral, the mourners are suddenly surprised to find him sitting upright in their mi...

    Poor Jake's Demise
  • 1914
    Virtue Its Own Reward

    Virtue Its Own Reward (1914)

    Virtue Its Own Reward

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    A humble, conscientious factory worker decides to take matters into her own hands when her guileless younger sister catches the eye of a disreputable department manager. Mostly lost: a small fragment exists....

    Virtue Its Own Reward