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This item is an 8" X 10", black and white publicity photo of actor Lon Chaney Jr. in a scene from the 1941 Horror Classic-"The Wolf Man".........THIS PHOTO--HAS BEEN SIGNED BY LON CHANEY TO A SMARTLY MOUNTED SIGNATURE SLIP ON THE FRONT. THE SIGNATURE SLIP MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 1" X 3"..........Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies. Originally referred to in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, and after Man Made Monster (1941), beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under the name of his immensely more famous father, the deceased cinema giant Lon Chaney, at the studio's insistence. Chaney had English, French, and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971. THIS PHOTO--HAS BEEN SIGNED BY LON CHANEY TO A SMARTLY MOUNTED SIGNATURE SLIP ON THE FRONT. THE SIGNATURE SLIP MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 1" X 3"...............................BOTH PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
