Known as 'the man of a thousand faces', this documentary profiles Lon Chaney (pictured), master ... including the Phantom of the Opera, for which he painted his face white, distended his nostrils ...

When "The Phantom of the Opera" premiered ... the shock of the falling chandelier, and the mask being whipped off to reveal Lon Chaney's skull-face. Just some of the famous thrills in this ...

More memorably, "Phantom" enabled silent screen star Lon Chaney — in the wake of his ... young singer he loves strips a concealing mask from his skull-like face. The famous unmasking scene ...