The Lon Chaney Thing

2011

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The Lon Chaney Thing is a PG rated comedy about a struggling actor ("Mark") who is frustrated with his floundering career. He happens to catch on TV the 1923 silent version of Hunchback of N... Read allThe Lon Chaney Thing is a PG rated comedy about a struggling actor ("Mark") who is frustrated with his floundering career. He happens to catch on TV the 1923 silent version of Hunchback of Notre Dame and subsequently becomes obsessed with everything Lon Chaney, the star of the fi... Read allThe Lon Chaney Thing is a PG rated comedy about a struggling actor ("Mark") who is frustrated with his floundering career. He happens to catch on TV the 1923 silent version of Hunchback of Notre Dame and subsequently becomes obsessed with everything Lon Chaney, the star of the film. Mark has an epiphany and unfortunately comes to the conclusion that he can advance his... Read all

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Partially inspired by the film "Man of a Thousand Faces", the 1957 biopic about Lon Chaney Sr. starring James Cagney. In fact, the final scene of TLCT was borrowed (and tweaked a little) from "Faces".