The Chaney Blogathon Day Four: The finale!

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Well, it’s the forth and final day of our celebration of the great CHANEYS! And it’s been quite a turn out.

I’ll be taking it from here as host but my brilliant & witty co-host will be lurking around helping to showcase all the fantastic contributions. We’re so pleased with how the event has gone and grateful to all of you who either contributed, helped tout or chimed in to show love to two memorable men and support us… unflinching Blogathon mistresses’ who pulled this all together!

I want to especially thank Fritzi of Movies Silently for quietly asking me months ago if I’d like to help co-host this event. I was flattered and honored and as excited as Quasimodo hanging from a gargoyle on the side of that Cathedral! Although my hump is much smaller.

So without any further asides from yours truly- Please stay seated as here’s the finale to our Chaney program! As Alonzo the Armless shows us… this is where it all ends… Right Here…

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Monday November 18

Cable Car Guy "“ Lon Chaney Jr. Scrapbook 2

Classic Movie Hub "“ Review of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Destroy All Fanboys "“ Review of Indestructible Man

Esther J. Cepeda "“ Review of Mockery

The Hitless Wonder "“ Lon Chaney Jr. Tribute

Immortal Ephemera Dead Man’s Eyes  An Inner Sanctum Mystery

The Last Drive In Man Made Monster-Slide Show

Midnight Palace Interview with Ron Chaney

The Movie Rat By The Sun’s Rays

Movies Silently "“ Wicked Darling Angry EEEK Chaney gif , Wicked Darling Peekaboo Chaney gif,

The Ace of Heats-Chaney tearing our hearts out gif

The Nitrate Diva "“The Wicked Darling

Once Upon a Screen "“ Review of The Wolf Man

Retro Remote review Riddle Gawne

Silent Volume "“ Review of The Unholy Three (1925)

TV’s Fault The Monster (1925)

Wide Screen World  Of Mice and Men

See you at the Opera!!!!- MonsterGirl

A Thousand Faces: Musical Tribute to Lon Chaney Sr & Lon Chaney Jr

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Chaney in the unknown

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The Phantom of the Opera & ‘Bulldozer’ song by Jo Gabriel from the album Fools & Orphans

Montage of The Unknown, The Penalty, West of Zanzibar & HE Who Gets Slapped with Jo Gabriel’s  song Passing/Arriving off The Amber Sessions. lo-fi neo-classical album….

Birthday Tribute Lon Chaney

A Thousand Faces Tribute- Montage of Chaney Sr with Jo Gabriel’s song ‘A Thousand Faces’

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Son of A Thousand Faces- Montage of Chaney Jr with Jo Gabriel’s song Flicker off my album The Amber Sessions

XOXO to the Chaneys- Joey

The Chaney Blogathon: Day Two

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So it’s now day two of the great Chaney Blogathon!!! We’re celebrating the careers of two icons, father and son- Lon Chaney, Sr. and Lon Chaney, Jr.

Movies Silently took the first day to graciously host this gala event and now it’s my turn to show the Chaneys’ some love and share some incredible blogger’s contributions. I’ll also be taking the reigns on Monday the fourth and last day of the event while our lovely Fritzi at Movies Silently plays the pipe organ tomorrow, Sunday which will be the third day. Oh wait… we couldn’t afford the Pipe Organ, but you can imagine one… we’re all so imaginative here… You can read the complete list of bloggers here.)

Taking my lead from my wonderful co-host here’s a tip:-If you are a participant, please send over a link to your post. Otherwise, we will simply link to your blog's homepage.

Let’s start swinging from the bell tower as it’s Day Two and I’m raring to go!

Saturday November 16

The Artistic Packrat "“ Review of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Cable Car Guy"“Lon Chaney Sr. Scrapbook 2

Destroy All FanboysThe Defiant Ones

Durnmoose Movie Musings "“ Review of Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

Crítica Retrô "“ Review of The Penalty

The House of LizarragaChaney Caricatures

Monster Magazine World Lon Chaney vs Jack Pierce A Monster Makeup Smackdown

The Motion Pictures review The Black Sleep

Movies Silently "“ article on London After Midnight

Once Upon a Screen "“ Father/Son Pictorial ‘A Wall of Faces!’

Silent Volume "“ Review of Oliver Twist

Silver Scenes Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Silver Screenings "“ Review of Of Mice and Men

Tales of the Easily Distracted "“ Review of My Favorite Brunette

Tales of the Easily Distracted  Review of Spider baby

A trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! The Ghost of Frankenstein

“The King of all Monsters strikes again! No chains can hold him! No tomb can seal him in!”

THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN 1942

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When Bela Lugosi as Ygor brings the wounded Frankenstein’s monster to Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) to help restore his strength, the good doctor tries to replace the monster’s abnormal brain, with a normal one. The cast is fabulous with Lon Chaney Jr. as the Monster, Lionel Atwill, Evelyn Ankers as Ludwig’s daughter Elsa, Ralph Bellamy and Doris Lloyd!

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Images & Lobby Cards -courtesy of Doctor Macro’s High Quality Images

Coming to you from Trailer Land-The Ghost of MonsterGIrl!

A Halloween clip joint-Man Made Monster (1941)

Just for Halloween & our upcoming Chaney Blogathon here’s the very deranged Lionel Atwill trying to create a race of ‘Electrical Supermen’ starring Lon Chaney Jr in his glowing electro-cool rubber suit for George Waggner’s Man Made Monster (1941)

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You Man Made MonsterGirl-It’s been Electrifying!!!!!

 

A Trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! The Alligator People (1959)

We’re still in our pre-celebration mode for our upcoming Chaney Blogathon in November! And cause Halloween’s sneaking up on us, right around the dark corner, I thought I should offer you yet another Lon Chaney Jr. teaser… here’s a snappy little film by Roy Del Ruth

The Alligator People

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Lon Chaney Jr as Manon: “I’ll kill you Alligator Man! Just like I’d kill any four-legged gator!”

THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE 1959

You get under my skin!-MonsterGirl

A Trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! – The Haunted Palace (1963)

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In honor of the upcoming Chaney Blogathon

I thought it appropriate to offer you this peek into Roger Corman’s slant on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”,using an Edgar Allan Poe title…Starring Vincent Price and… screenplay by Charles Beaumont!

Co-staring our very special man of the month Lon Chaney Jr. as Simon Orne.

“Carrying on a family tradition of masterful motion picture horror!”

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Photo courtesy of Wrong Side of the Art Lon Chaney Jr with Vincent Price in The Haunted Palace 1963

THE HAUNTED PALACE 1963

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Haunting you all month- MonsterGirl

A thousand faces still lurking in November! The Chaney Blogathon is coming soon!

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The incomparable Fritzi of Movies Silently and I are so THRILLED at the turn out so far for our Chaney shingdig in November. And we can’t wait to see it all come to life like Henry Frankenstein’s creation on that slab. Speaking for myself I’ve already shouted to the lightening permeated skies and bayed at the full moon with great ‘fangs’, I mean ‘thanks’… to everyone joining us!!!

But you know… there’s still films and television serials up for grabs, so don’t be shy, listen to the sound of my voice, you’re getting anxious, you’re getting excited, you’re ready to pick one of these fantastic unclaimed works by one or both of the great Chaneys!!!!

The makers of this post & The Last Drive In are not responsible for those of you susceptible to hypnosis -who find themselves walking into walls, or late nite raids on the refrigerator…. thank you- the staff at The Last Drive In (meaning me)

  • When do we swing from the bell tower, chandeliers and stalk by the full moonNovember 15th – November 18

  • Have a question Leave a comment or contact either me ephemera.jo@gmail.com or Movies Silently

And say… don’t forget to grab one of the fabulous banners for the Chaney Blogathon in November!

Just look at these terrific unclaimed performances just waiting to be written about! There’s more at IMDb!

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Dracula Vs Frankenstein  1971

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The Female Bunch 1971

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Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans 1957

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Hillbillys in A Haunted House 1967

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The Devil’s Messenger 1961

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House of the Black Death ’65 or Blood of the Devil Man

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Witchcraft 1964

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The Haunted Palace 1963

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The Alligator People 1959

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13 Demon Street 1959 television anthology show

Gallery of Horrors ’67

Tv westerns of the 60s-Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, The Rifleman, Wagon Train

The Red Skelton Hour

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Mr Wu (1927)

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Flesh and Blood 1922

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Shadows 1922

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The Road to Mandalay 1926

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Mockery (1927)

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Where East is East (1929)

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The Blackbird 1926

While The City Sleeps 1928

The Wicked Darling 1919

Thunder ’29

The Tower of Lies (1925)

A Blind Bargain 1922

All the Brothers Were Valiant 1923

The Miracle Man 1919

While Paris Sleeps 1923

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