top of page

The man of a thousand faces

LON CHANEY

Enter stage left,

Universal studios stage 28 is said to be haunted by none other than the man with a thousand faces himself, LON CHANEY. Star of films such as phantom of the opera (pictured)

Chaney it is said will often been see walking around the studio rehearsing his scripts, but this by no means is his favorite spot to haunt. Lon Chaney was the son of a deaf/mute and because of this he learnt at a young age to communicate by facial expressions that is how he got the moniker of the man with a thousand faces.

Until its removal the spirit of Chaney was more often reported on the corner of Hollywood and vine sitting at a bus stop watching the world go by. Lon Chaney died in 1930 at the age of 47 from throat cancer, studio 28 is said to still to this day report the smell of the cigars and cigarettes that the man smoked when he walked the boards.


bottom of page