Monster Art: Man of a Thousand Faces

This is a wonderful painting of Lon Chaney and some of his thousand faces.  It was used as the cover of a Forry Ackerman magazine called Monsterama.  The painting was then on prominent display at the Ackermansion.

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr!

Lon Chaney, Jr. would have been 104 today!  Here is a little tribute to the only man who portrayed all four major Universal Monsters!

The Wolf Man

Frankenstein

The Mummy

Dracula

Karlon Torgosi!

Here is a terrific portrait of Forrest Ackerman.

"I never drink wine."

The Hunt Is On

The hunt of a wolf is alive and well in "The Wolf Man".

Claude Rains and Warren William discuss hunting procedures.

The Lobby Card Series - "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Costello has been a bad boy.

Karloff looking quite dapper in his smoking jacket.

"Go outside and scare someone."

"Put the mask back on!"

"Behind you!"

Let's all bow to Karloff

Noble Johnson shows is devotion to Karloff in "The Mummy".

"It's all right my boy.  I'm here now."

Perishing in a Fire

The Monster tries to escape death from a fire's flame in "Ghost of Frankenstein".

"Ow!  That's hot!"