Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what being different is like; as an actor, he puts that knowledge (along with lots of makeup and talent) to use playing a variety of strange, unique characters, adopting their characteristics thoroughly enough to be called The Man of a Thousand Faces.—Ken Yousten
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.