Man of a Thousand Faces
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1957. Vintage reference photograph of James Cagney in makeup as Lon Chaney's Quasimodo, with Bud Westmore, head of Universal-International Make-up Department, and his assistant Jack Kevan, on the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto.
A loose biography of actor Lon Chaney, played by James Cagney, portraying his beginnings as a vaudeville clown, his struggle with cancer, and finally, the passing of his makeup kit to his son. Regarded as one of the better Hollywood films about Hollywood, and a high point of Cagney's career.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
[Book #149134]
Price: $275.00
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