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| Man of a Thousand Faces | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jack Albertson, Jim Backus, Danny Beck, Marjorie Bennett, James Cagney
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 21664
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD61104080D
UPC: 025195032582
EAN: 0025195032582
ASIN: B0016B6ZK6
Theatrical Release Date: 1957
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Lon Chaney earned his nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces" with a gallery of grotesque, misshapen characters created through a combination of elaborate makeup, contorted postures, and sensitive performances. After a rich silent-movie career starring in such classics as He Who Gets Slapped, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Phantom of the Opera, he died after completing his first and only sound film, a remake of his silent crime picture The Unholy Three. James Cagney plays Chaney in this glossy Hollywood biography, a reverent, melodramatic tribute that focuses on his turbulent private life and rise from vaudeville clown to hard-working Hollywood extra to movie star. Dorothy Malone costars as his unstable first wife, who flees her husband and their young son after a failed suicide attempt, Jane Greer is the loving showgirl who fills her void, and future real-life superproducer Robert Evans plays legendary MGM producer Irving Thalberg. Cagney is a short, thick pug of an actor where Chaney is tall and lean, but he oddly resembles the star in his craggy face, and his rarely tapped dancing skills are put to good use in the early vaudeville scenes and contorted recreations of twisted Chaney characters. But most importantly, Cagney brings to the role passion and compassion that burn through the indifferent direction and show-biz cliches to create a vivid, energetic portrait of the enigmatic cult star who rarely let audiences see his true face. --Sean Axmaker
Product Description
A touching examination of makeup master lon chaney who brought his genius to the silver screen but whose personal life was tinged with tragedy. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: James Cagney Jane Greer Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Nr
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 what chaney might have been like January 2, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is what I imagine Lon Chaney's life would have been like if he had been James Cagney. Unfortunately I wondered what the "man of mystery" himself was really like, and care little for another soap-opera twisting of reality by Hollywood script-writers.
Yes, there are people out here who are actually looking to learn something about the subjects of biopics and, once more, we have an example of the fictionalisation of fact Hollywood-style. What is the point?
Don't tell me that the truth doesn't matter; people actually believe this stuff and it is apparently fundamentally untrue.
 Double Fantastic! October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lon Chaney was an incredible treasure of his time; and James Cagney an incredible treasure of his. To have both in the same work, and have that work be the epitome of artistic and technical achievement is a gift to the generations to come. Hopefully, they'll have the sense to appreciate both men!
 Man of a Thousand Faces October 12, 2008
Although, as Cagney himself pointed out in his autobiography, a great deal of this film is fictitious and, unfortunately, for very important reasons, this is still a fine piece of entertainment with a great cast -- the sort that, sadly, we don't seem to have these days. Pleasant enough as the young Chaney's eventual meeting, in the film, with his mother is, in reality, Cagney revealed that young Chaney did, indeed, once go to see his mother. A man answered the door and went inside to tell the woman her son was at the door. Chaney overheard her telling the man to let her son know she wasn't home as a means of getting rid of him. The hurt stayed with Chaney for the rest of his life and since Chaney was still alive when the picture was made, none of that could be included in the film.
John
CAGNEY IS REMARKABLE! September 18, 2008
If you haven't seen this movie; it is PRICELESS! Cagney gives what might be the best performance of his life. He should have gotten an Academy Award for this touching yet strong role. Highly recommended!
Awesome every time September 8, 2008
Finally, this classic is available again on DVD. I've been waiting several years! This is a great movie starring Jimmy Cagney about one of Hollywood's legends, Lon Changey.
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