Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 24 October 2000
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 85 mins
Format: black and white / colour 35mm
Sound: stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Photoplay Productions Inc / Turner Classic Movies
Executive Producer: Hugh M. Hefner
Producer: Patrick Stanbury
Production Coordinator: Lynne Wake

DIRECTION
Director: Kevin Brownlow

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Operators: Gerald Saldo, Graham Latter, Mark Molesworth, Michael Wren
Lighting Assistant: John Ames
Telecine Operators: J.R. Broadwater, Nick Adams

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow
On-Line Editors: Alan Jones, Michael Peatfield
Post-Production Consultant: Charles Ware

MUSIC
Music: Nic Raine
Additional Music: Carl Davis (The Phantom of the Opera)
Music Performed By: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Recordist: Christopher Dibble

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Donna Bertaccini, Ed Colyer, Peter Jones
Dubbing Mixer: John Rogerson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Dal Bahtia

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Colourist: Colin Peters

MISCELLANEOUS
Film Sources: Harold Casselton; David Kenten; Kevin Brownlow; Michael F. Blake; Michael Yakaitis; Patrick Stanbury; Ted Larsen; BBC; Berkeley Art Museum; British Film Institute; Cinematique Royale de Belgique; Douris Corporation; Gosfilmofond; Library of Congress; Lobster Films: The Blackhawk Collection; Nederlands Filmmuseum; Pacific Film Archives; Pearson Television International; Photoplay Productions; Ron Haver Collection, Motion Picture Archives, Brigham Young University; Second Line Search; Turner Entertainment
Still Images Sources: John Mirsalis; Chaney Family Archives; Colorado Historical Society; Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Archives; Kevin Brownlow Collection; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Michael E. Blake Collection; Philip Masheter Rare Discs
Additional Stills Researcher: Lynne Wake
Special Consultant: Michael F. Blake

LOCATIONS
Locations: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Ron Chaney
Grateful Thanks: David Shepard; Eli Savada; T. Gene Hatcher; Alexa Foreman; Anita Page; Arianne Ulmer; Beth Werling; Bret Wood; David Fuentes; David J. Skal; Dick Fisher; Don Krim; Elaina Archer; Frank Holland; Gary Dartnall; George S. Shelps; James Cozart; James Karen; James V. D'Arc; Jeffrey Vance; Jim Curtis; John Mirsalis; Judy Singer; Karen Alters; Kathie Aguilar; Ken Weissman; Kenneth Parker; Lawrence Stephen Butler; Lesley Applebee; Linda Blake; Lisa Mitchell; Margie Compton; Meade Strother; Nancy Cassady; Peter Jones; Peter Langs; Peter Westervoorde; Philip J. Riley; Richard Kozarski; Richard P. May; Roger Mayer; Ron Ruthberg; Sara Hill; Scott MacQueen; Serge Bromberg; Tamar Thomas; Tim Lanza; Vanessa Timms; Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind; Forest Lawn Memorial Park

CAST
Kenneth Branagh (himself / narrator)
Forrest J Ackerman (himself)
Michael F. Blake (himself)
Teresa Blake (herself)
Ray Bradbury (himself)
Lon Chaney Jr (himself in archive footage)
Lon Chaney (himself in archive footage)
Ron Chaney (himself)
Jackie Coogan (himself in archive footage)
Arthur Gardner (himself)
Mary Hunt (herself)
Sara Karloff (herself)
Patsy Ruth Miller (herself)
Edward J. Montaigne (himself)
Malcolm Sabiston (himself)
Budd Schulberg (himself)
Will Sheldon (himself)
Orson Welles (himself in archive footage)
Loretta Young (herself)
Tod Browning (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
H.A.V. Bulleid (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Hazel Chaney (herself in archive footage (uncredited))
Joan Crawford (herself in archive footage (uncredited))
William Dunphy (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Erté (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Irving Thalberg (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Waldemar Young (himself in archive footage (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

An in-depth biography of the actor Lon Chaney.

USA
Television Distributor: Turner Classic Movies

Lon Chaney: El hombre de las mil caras – Venezuelan title

2001
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Educational TV Show or Series - nominated

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Dracula (1931)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Unholy Three (1925)
The Unholy Three (1930)
The Unknown (1927)

KEYWORDS

biographies; film history