The False Faces
The False Faces is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat from the novel by Louis Joseph Vance and starring Henry B. Walthall as Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Lon Chaney as the villain. A print of the film survives at George Eastman House. Lon Chaneys energetic performance remains an early example of his celebrated work.
Based on a series of novels begun in 1914 by Louis Joseph Vance, the Lone Wolf character remained a part of popular culture for generations, with movies ranging from 1917 to 1949 starring Jack Holt, Melvyn Douglas, Warren William, Gerald Mohr who had also played the part in a radio series and others as Michael Lanyard, as well as a 195455 television series with Louis Hayward delineating his fictional exploits.Henry B. Walthall had starred in D. W. Griffiths seminal The Birth of a Nation four years earlier while Lon Chaney went on to become one of the worlds most enduring cultural icons with performances in roles such as the Hunchback of Notre Dame four years later and the Phantom of the Opera in 1925. ........
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