I know it's a little late but April Fools Day was the great Lon chaney Sr.s Birthday!
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6272/untitledkx9.png) One of the very first masters of the macabre...a great actor and
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7128/ceiphsr02nt1.jpg) a wonderful makeup innovator...the one and only...
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4914/ceiphsr05lo1.jpg) MAN of 1000 Faces!!!!
Poor guy died too young, he played some of the most memorable characters ever brought to the screen!
There was a great saying back when Chaney was around. If you saw a bug you'd say:
"Don't step on it! It may be Lon Chaney!"
It was truly amazing what pain the man put himself through to play some of his characters.