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Man Who Laughs, The [...]
Universal had enjoyed huge success with The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), both starring Lon Chaney, and […]

Phantom of the Opera, [...]
Universal’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) had proved immensely successful for both the Laemmles and its star, Lon Chaney. Chaney’s grotesque make-up for […]

Mary Philbin
Mary Philbin, the classic silent actress who starred opposite Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Conrad Veidt in The Man […]

Norman Kerry
The American actor Norman Kerry, whose career spanned over twenty-five years in movies, was born Arnold Kaiser in Rochester, New York, on the 16th […]