Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973
by Don G. Smith
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Author: Don G. SmithEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03
ISBN: 0786418133
Number of pages: 236
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Book Reviews of Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973
Book Review: Good that a book was written about Chaney Junior
Summary: 3 Stars
I am glad that a book about Lon Chaney Junior has been written. It provides some interviews that can also be found in "Universal Horrors."
Don Smith goes off base with some of his underdeveloped theories, especially the claim that Creighton Chaney was a "latent homosexual."
Why bother with such theories?
I would have liked to have read more about Chaney's work ethic. The people I met who worked with Lon Chaney Junior, found the actor to be a nice man who suffered from the disease of alcoholism.
Disappointing book overall, but a good one to catalog his movies.
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