On October 29, Immanuel Lutheran Church will show the movie that made Lon Chaney famous. Dave Weesner will accompany the film on the Joel Kremer Theatre Pipe Organ in the Church gym.
On October 29, Immanuel Lutheran Church will show the movie that made Lon Chaney famous. Dave Weesner will accompany the film on the Joel Kremer Theatre Pipe Organ in the Church gym.
All are invited to view one of the first “horror” movies of its day. This was truly the masterpiece of Chaney’s career and ranks as one of the greatest tour-de-force performances of the silent era. Chaney spends most of the first half of the picture wearing a mask, and for a silent picture, this meant that all
On October 29, Immanuel Lutheran Church will show the movie that made Lon Chaney famous. Dave Weesner will accompany the film on the Joel Kremer Theatre Pipe Organ in the Church gym.
All are invited to view one of the first “horror” movies of its day. This was truly the masterpiece of Chaney’s career and ranks as one of the greatest tour-de-force performances of the silent era. Chaney spends most of the first half of the picture wearing a mask, and for a silent picture, this meant that all his emotion had to be conveyed with body language. Simple gestures with his hands and fingers take on ominous meaning as the Phantom leads Christine through the catacombs to his hidden chamber. The unmasking scene may seem tame by today’s blood-and-guts, slasher-movie standards, but it delivered quite a jolt in 1925 when the first version was released. Several press reports told of patrons fainting in the theaters during the famous scene.
